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Redmond Library Gets Nod for ‘Superior Sustainability’

Hub City’s new public facility recognized in national and regional awards

by Nicole Vulcan October 7, 2025October 7, 2025

The new Redmond Library, opened in January, cuts an imposing figure: Two stories of glass, wood and steel comprise a 40,000-square-foot facility that generates all its own energy, conserves water and has a lower carbon footprint compared to other buildings of its size. And for all that, the new downtown facility on SW Deschutes Avenue […]

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City of Bend Creates New Position for Wildfire Preparedness

Melissa Steele is on a mission to teach you how to save your home

by Nic Moye October 7, 2025October 7, 2025

Melissa Steele has seen firsthand the devastation a wildfire can cause. She not only lost her home in the 2018 Camp Fire in Paradise, California, but worked for Cal Fire at the time, trying to save other people’s lives and property. That fire was one of the deadliest and most destructive in California history. Now […]

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One Chapter Closing Leads to a New Beginning

The East Bend Library is closing, six months before the new Central Library is expected to open

by Nic Moye October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

Sarah Rankin visits the East Bend Library with her 1- and 3-year-old daughters on a regular basis, two or three times a month. “I love picking out movies for us to watch…or recipe books for myself or crafting books,” she told the Source. Her oldest daughter’s first birthday was celebrated at the eastside library. “We […]

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Rescued Poodles Up for Adoption

Adoptions will be first come, first serve starting Friday, Oct. 3

by The Source Staff October 2, 2025October 2, 2025

The Humane Society of Central Oregon (HSCO) has been caring for more than 40 poodles rescued from a property in Alfalfa in early September. The dog’s owner, Lorinda Maxwell, is facing 49 counts of felony animal neglect. On Sept. 5, deputies and Animal Control Officers served a search warrant at Maxwell’s home on Elk Lane. […]

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Dr. Angeles, MD, FACS

Dr. Angeles, founder of the Angeles Wound Care Institute, partners with the nonprofit Angel Flight West to deliver advanced wound care to eastern Oregon

by Sally Compton October 2, 2025October 27, 2025

Dr. Adam Angeles, board-certified plastic surgeon, wound specialist and founder of the Angeles Wound Care Institute, a division of Bend Plastic Surgery, partners with Angel Flight West to bring advanced wound care services directly to patients in remote Oregon communities with no means of transportation to specialty clinics. Angel Flight West is a nonprofit organization […]

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Sondra Marshall, Ph.D

Local psychologist is accelerating elite competition opportunities for athletes with intellectual disabilities

by Sarah Isak-Goode October 1, 2025October 2, 2025

Sondra Marshall, Ph.D has become a familiar name across Central Oregon over the past two decades. The Bend-based psychologist founded the Programs of Evaluation, Development and Learning at St. Charles Health System, creating what has become a lifeline for local families navigating developmental and medical challenges. Marshall also helped launch the Central Oregon Concussion Program […]

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Top Docs of Central Oregon, 2025

Celebrating Health Care Heroes Giving Back to the Community

by The Source Staff October 1, 2025October 14, 2026

Central Oregon has no shortage of impressive people in any professional field, but this week we’re shining a spotlight on a handful of the “top docs” — or more accurately, “top medical professionals” — of our region. These “top docs” are not just serving their community in their practices, but also, going above and beyond […]

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Amy Snow, PA-C

Local dermatologist travels hundreds of miles to donate hundreds of hours to people without access to care

by Nic Moye October 1, 2025October 1, 2025

Amy Snow, physician assistant-certified, is a practitioner on the move. Since March, she’s opened Snow Dermatology, taken her free mobile clinic to teenagers in rural Central Oregon and has offered free skin cancer screenings in remote areas of Oregon, as well as farmers markets. And that’s only the present. What’s she’s done in the past […]

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Linda Hatch, FNP

Prineville-based nurse practitioner and ski patroller says she’d readily give up her day job to serve others in need

by Nic Moye October 1, 2025October 8, 2025

Family Nurse Practitioner Linda Hatch grew up in a family of volunteers and carries on the tradition into the present day. She’s been part of the National Ski Patrol for 50 years, inspired by her father who was also a member of the ski patrol. She started volunteering with her father in the Berkshires of […]

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Bend couple wrestle with homelessness, addiction amid treatment shortage

Christine Greene says she and her partner, Levi, are unhoused and caught in a cycle of despair. Studies show that Oregon is among the nation’s worst in access to treatment.

by David Dudley ForJournalism Lab September 30, 2025September 30, 2025

At first glance, Christine Greene would appear to be living a version of the American Dream. She lives in a camper trailer with her partner, a dog, a pair of kittens and a toad. A white picket fence marks the boundary between their yard and the desert that surrounds it. Greene is friendly with her […]

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