Community Journalism

The Redmond High manufacturing program has grown over the past decade into a powerhouse, with students winning competitions and getting internships and job opportunities right out of high school.

Mourners gathered in the Bend High gym bleachers Saturday afternoon, ready to honor Bradley Hughes: a friend, brother, student, cousin, coworker and athlete. The family requested a moment of silence to start the memorial. Taylor Swift’s song “Shake It Off” broke it almost immediately. Bradley Hughes’ friends and family rose to dance, because that was […]

As the sky darkened, the music got louder and the Caldera High School seniors celebrated as a once-in-their-lifetime moment intersected with history. Students accepted brightly-colored scoops of ice cream and cups of espresso from the Sweet Retreat Scoop-N-Sip truck Wednesday night as they made their way onto the football field. Some tossed a football as […]

Voters rejected Bend-La Pine Schools’ local option levy in Tuesday’s primary, leaving the district to decide how to follow through on previous warnings that it would be forced to cut staff and increase class sizes in the next two years. The district’s budget will shrink by 3% next year, which includes trimming 58 positions through […]

Redmond High School’s aging HVAC system will get $3.5 million worth of desperately needed repairs this summer as the school district wraps up projects paid for with the $27.5 million bond measure passed in 2020. Repairs to the 50-year-old system, which begins with new fans, will take over a year to complete. But there are […]

The Bend-La Pine elementary school teacher was bleeding. One of her students had stabbed her arm with a pencil in a classroom she described as often out of control. Chairs have been thrown, desks overturned, and once a student darted out of the room, scaled a nearby fence and disappeared. The student behavior was described […]