A mother’s eyes welled up as she watched her young daughter pet a golden retriever outside of the Bend Central Library Friday ...

Authorities have identified Griffin J. John II as the suspect in the Oct. 15 shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School that ...

Joe Craig can be described using many words, but if one were to pinpoint it to just three they would be humble, generous and inspired. These are some of the qualities that make Craig the teacher he is ...

As if the race for Deschutes County sheriff wasn’t sufficiently fraught, another investigation has been added to the hopper. On Aug. 5, the Oregon Government Ethics Commission moved to investigate ...

A series of local election forums in Deschutes County this year have all ended the same way: with a pledge. During the ...

A non-profit plans to open the doors of a new children’s museum in the Bend Central District in 2027, after two years running mobile pop-up events. With its new brick-and-mortar location, the Children ...

This year marks our second annual “Top Docs” feature, in which we highlight some of the amazing work our local health care providers are doing both inside and outside the exam room. The people ...

Dr. Maya Heck is a hospital-based psychiatrist at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend. She works primarily with adults experiencing acute mental health challenges who are hospitalized, but also ...

Bendites who’ve been around a while may very well remember Dr. Steven Knapp and his wife Susan, a nurse practitioner, from their small family medical business. For decades, the couple offered locals a ...

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Dr. Nancy Heavilin believes health care is a right, not a privilege, and refuses to think of her patients as customers. She’s a pediatrician who doesn’t shy away from the reality of the “hellscape of ...

A sunset reunion of two high school sweethearts was cut short last December in Tumalo in a pedestrian-driver crash, according to a wrongful death lawsuit. Filed in Deschutes County Circuit Court on ...