This week I’m setting my regular content aside to talk about something close to my heart, and close to this community. My heart is with everyone affected by the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School last Thursday. I knew Griffin J. John II, the shooter, a little, through a special education program at Silver Rail […]
Since the horrific shootings at Silver Rail Elementary on October 15, I have written various versions of this Editor’s Note in my head. One lamented the mental exercises in futility we as Americans engage in, every time one of our babies dies in a school shooting. Another was an attempt to examine the yawning social […]
The mass shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School happened less than a week from the date of this writing. Amid the maelstrom through which rumors swirled, verifiable facts, often confirmed by local law enforcement authorities and eyewitnesses, have been laid bare alongside anonymously sourced information. National news outlets, including The New York Times, have identified […]
Media outlets in Central Oregon, including Central Oregon Daily, KTVZ, Bend Radio Group, KPOV, Horizon Communications, Oregon Public Broadcasting and the Source are banding together this week to share a message of support for the people affected by the tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary School Oct. 15. We created this poster and social media images […]
Deschutes County Health Services, St. Charles Health System and Bend-La Pine Schools are once again teaming up to provide people with a safe space to seek crisis stabilization and emotional support in the aftermath of the shootings at Silver Rail Elementary School. That event resulted in the death of a teacher, Megan Lambert, 25, and […]
In the second full day since a 16-year-old gunman shot and killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, dozens of people visited a memorial to pay their respects, piling flowers, stuffed animals, candles, posters and balloons near a sign at the entrance to the school’s parking lot. Blue paper hearts […]
Two fundraisers aimed at raising funds for the 7-year-old girl injured in the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend have brought in hundreds of thousands as of Saturday. “Saylor Graham is a 7-year-old little girl, daughter, sister, and niece (sic) with a fierce determination to thrive,” reads a GoFundMe page set […]
Bend-La Pine Schools will remain closed Monday and Tuesday in the aftermath of the Oct. 15 shooting at a southeast Bend elementary school that left three children and a teacher dead, the district announced Friday evening. That doesn’t include Silver Rail Elementary, where the shooting occurred. The school is still the site of an […]
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