There’s no doubt that the Harmony Farm Sanctuary is a godsend for rescued farm animals — but what’s in it for us humans? As soon as a visitor arrives at the Harmony Farm Sanctuary outside of Sisters, four-legged creatures of all shapes and sizes are eager to meet the new face. (“Maybe he has something […]
Casey Munck says being the regional director for the NAMI Central Oregon chapter is an honor, not a job. There are approximately 650 branches of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI Central Oregon serves residents of Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties, led by Munck and Devon Nelson-Harmon, the community and program manager, and a […]
In the days following the Oct. 15 shooting tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary, Michael Baker got a call from Bend-La Pine Schools. The district needed help from the Boys and Girls Club of Central Oregon, for which Baker is the CEO. The schools were preparing hundreds of teaching staff to welcome students back. But with […]
Bend-La Pine Schools announced Monday it plans to welcome students back to Silver Rail Elementary Nov. 12 — what will be nearly one month after a deadly shooting at the school rocked the community. In a survey sent out Oct. 22, 86% of Silver Rail families indicated they wanted their children to return to the […]
The Silver Rail tragedy inflicted a communal trauma that most of us feel broadly. For others, that pain is acute. As such, Bend-La Pine Schools is inviting students, parents, district staffers and community members to its Community Engagement Session at Pilot Butte Middle School on Nov. 5, from 5:30-7:30 pm. For Silver Rail families and […]
A Bend-La Pine Schools staffer who wrestled the shooter during the deadly attack at Silver Rail Elementary on Oct. 15 spoke publicly on Friday for the first time since the incident. In a statement posted to the district’s website Friday, the district identified the staffer who engaged with the assailant as Cassidy Schutz, a […]
More than 36% of eligible Deschutes County voters have already voted as of Thursday morning in the upcoming Nov. 3 general election, with registered Democrats outpacing Republicans in early returns. Deschutes County is also slightly outpacing the state in early voting, with a little more than 31% of Oregon voters returning their ballots as […]
Becky Drury, 54, of Bend, is recovering in hospital after a fourth, and “hopefully final,” surgery Oct. 27 to reconstruct the left arm that was injured during the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School. Post-surgery, her husband reported she can move her fingers “a small amount” and blood flow to her hand “looks […]
Bend-La Pine Schools announced Tuesday it plans to reopen Silver Rail Elementary following the Oct. 15 shooting tragedy that left three students and a teacher dead, after an “overwhelming” 86% of parents said they wanted their children to return to the school. A letter to families posted to the district’s website didn’t specify a date […]
The topic of school resource police officers was a hot one at an Oct. 21 Bend City Council meeting, the first since the mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School less than a week before. The Bend Police Department presently provides Bend-La Pine Schools with five school resource officers and a supervising sergeant, each of […]
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