Mayor of Bend shares how her community is doing after elementary school shooting

NPR | By Megan Lim,

Ailsa Chang, Jeanette Woods, Vincent Acovino

Published October 16, 2026 at 7:15 PM EDT

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mayor of Bend Melanie Kebler about how the community is grieving the three children and teacher who were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School on Thursday.

Megan Lim

Ailsa Chang

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist and a host of NPR’s newsmagazine All Things Considered, as well as NPR’s daily news podcast Consider This.

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Jeanette Woods

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