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Local Students Stage Mass Walkout Against Gun Violence 

More than 300 young adults packed the sidewalks around Peace Corner in downtown Bend on Monday afternoon
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–Update: This story was updated at 4pm Oct. 27, adding details about four tickets issued to drivers around the protest. Approximately 300 young adults filled the four corners of Wall Street and Newport Avenue Monday afternoon, while many more in vehicles circled the downtown core, hanging out car windows, standing in truck beds, screaming and […]

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Governor Declares State of Emergency for Bend-La Pine Schools and High Desert ESD

The designation frees up state resources while awaiting assistance from the federal government
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During a press conference Monday morning, Gov. Tina Kotek told Central Oregon that, in the wake of the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting, we are not alone. Kotek issued an executive order, declaring a state of emergency in Central Oregon in response to the mass shooting at Silver Rail on Oct. 15. The declaration pertains […]

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Hundreds Turn Out for Megan Lambert’s Memorial Service at Caldera High School 

Approximately 600 gather to celebrate her life; a “Walk for Megan” set for Sunday at Dudley’s Books in the Old Mill District
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Approximately 600 people congregated at Caldera High School on Saturday, Oct. 24 to celebrate the life of Megan Lambert, 25, a Silver Rail Elementary School teacher who was shot and killed along with three students on Thursday, Oct. 15 at Silver Rail.  The Caldera auditorium was packed Saturday afternoon with attendees, including people from R.A.D. […]

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Local Law Enforcement Confiscates 69 Guns While Executing Search Warrant  

Indictment is possible for Bend man on several charges related to possessing, manufacturing and selling firearms
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Central Oregon law enforcement seized 69 firearms, many of them “ghost guns” bearing no serial numbers, from a Deschutes River Woods home on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The suspected gun manufacturer wasn’t at the house and isn’t believed to be in the area.   At approximately 6 pm on Wednesday, officers with Central Oregon Drug Enforcement and […]

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‘I’m Just a Carpenter from Bend’: Father Who Killed Silver Rail School Shooter Grapples With the Aftermath

In an exclusive interview with OPB, Kaylub Giamanco, the man who fatally shot the teenage school shooter at Silver Rail Elementary, shares what he wants people to know about his experience. OPB granted the Source permission to reprint the interview.
by Emily Cureton Cook and Jen Baires, OPB

Kaylub Giamanco woke up and got his kids ready for school that Thursday like it was any other day. The family made breakfast and packed lunches. He and his wife spent a little extra time dressing up their two girls because Oct. 15 was picture day at Silver Rail Elementary. Giamanco dropped the girls off […]

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NAMI Hosts Special Event for Silver Rail Parents and Guardians

Therapeutic processing group will meet on Sunday morning at Kiln Bend
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A special therapeutic processing group is happening on Sunday, Oct. 25 for parents and guardians of Silver Rail Elementary School students, in the wake of the Oct. 15 school shooting that left five people dead, including a teacher and three students. The National Alliance on Mental Illness Central Oregon branch is hosting the event for […]

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District Asks Families to Complete Survey on Return to School for Silver Rail Community

BLPS solicits ideas for a “safe, thoughtful transition back to school”
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Bend-La Pine Schools is asking families and staff to share their thoughts about what a return to learning for Silver Rail Elementary School students could look like. On Thursday, Bend-La Pine Schools issued an update about its return-to-school process for the school community that was rocked by a deadly shooting that killed three students and […]

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“Never Experienced a Family Assistance Center Like This.” 

Multitude of resources offer services, meals and a space to connect for Silver Rail Elementary School students, families and staff
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Local businesses and other organizations banded together recently to quickly establish a temporary assistance center for families and staff affected by the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting on Oct. 15. Officials at Wednesday night’s Bend City Council meeting described how several local entities swiftly collaborated to create a “phenomenal” space in Bend at which Silver […]

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On Advice of FBI, Bend-La Pine Schools Removes Memorial at Silver Rail

Agents said taking down the memorial within one week of the shooting would be essential to possibly reclaiming the school as an educational facility
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Bend-La Pine Schools on Thursday packaged up a makeshift memorial to victims in last week’s Silver Rail Elementary shooting, after federal agents said leaving it any longer could make it harder to possibly reclaim the school as a place for instruction.   In the days following the Oct. 15 tragedy, which left three students and […]

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Marked Increase in Interest for Concealed Handgun Licenses, Sheriff’s Office Says

Since the Silver Rail tragedy, applications have doubled the number for the entire last quarter.
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The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office is seeing a marked increase in the number of people interested in getting a concealed handgun license, the office said Thursday. Since the Oct. 15 shootings at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, in which a father of two students entered the school and shot the assailant with a legally […]

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