Listen: Source Weekly Update 1/21 🎧
This week, we talk about the plan for vaccinations. Oregon is prioritizing teachers and other school staff over seniors, causing a couple week delay in eligibility for people ages 65-80. Why? Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 1/21
Teachers, School Staff to Get Vaccines
Bend-La Pine Schools will work with St. Charles Health System to provide vaccination to the district’s approximately 2,200 teachers and staff.
Listen: EDCO’s Roger Lee on the Ups and Downs of the Bend Business Scene 🎧
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we spoke with Roger Lee, CEO of Economic Development of Central Oregon. EDCO is a nonprofit dedicated to creating a diversified economy and it helps recruit businesses from outside the area which will ideally provide middle-class jobs for the region’s workforce. Lee has been with EDCO for 21…
Warm Up with Homemade Broths and Stocks
While grocery store shelves are usually stocked with an array of canned and boxed varieties, making a delicious broth for sipping or a stock as a base for other soups and recipes is something you can do while doing other things, such as working on your computer or doing the laundry.
Whiskeyed Away
If there was any time better than the middle of winter to revel in the craft of whiskey, we don’t know when it is.
An Ode to Central Oregon
For those looking for a way to get up to speed on Central Oregon’s places and happenings—and on the creatives who inhabit these lands, “PLACED: An Encyclopedia of Central Oregon, Vol. 1” may be a good place to start. Edited by Bend-based writers Ellen Santasiero and Irene Cooper, “Placed” is a collection of essays and…
Where’s the White Gold?
Occurring every few years, La Niña is defined by stronger trade winds which cause water in the Pacific Ocean near the equator to be a few degrees colder than usual. This shift in temperature affects weather all over the world. While La Niña can wreak havoc on global farming commodities, she’s a double-edged sword in…
Stay Home, Get Wild with Think Wild’s discussion and trivia nights
One of the best things about Central Oregon: abundant outdoor recreation. However, spending time outside frequently leads to encounters with its wild inhabitants. Luckily, there are plenty of options for adventurers looking to do their part to protect wildlife and maybe even have some fun. After its successful Wildlife Trivia nights throughout 2020, Think Wild…
‘Live To Your Home’ With Portland’s Junebugs
The Tower Theatre is kicking off its monthly “Live To Your Home” series this week, aiming to bring some Portland bluegrass to Central Oregon with The Junebugs. To top it off, these shows are FREE! Of course there will be options to tip the band as the show goes on, and anyone who does so…
The Hunt For B-Movie Perfection
I miss the communal experience of bad movies…maybe more than the communal experience of good ones. So, because I’m me, I went on a hunt for a brand new, January 2021 release on VOD that looked so bad that I might hopefully be able to recapture that lost feeling.
Buying Beyond Bend
Central Oregon consists mainly of Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties, with a diverse collection of cities. Bend continues to maintain the spotlight whenever Central Oregon is discussed in the media, as it has the largest population center east of the Cascades. However, so many wonderful cities are speckled throughout the high desert that deserve recognition…
Free Will Astrology—Week of January 14
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author Edgar Allen Poe named “four conditions for happiness: life in the open air; love of another human being; freedom from all ambition; creation.” I’m accomplished in three of those categories, but a failure in being free of all ambitions. In fact, I’m eternally delighted by all the exciting creative…
Emily Postal
Emily Postal Bright red lipstick is my trademark. It makes me feel attractive and confident: ready to take on the world. A female friend criticizes me at parties about my leaving a lipstick mark on my glass, even when it’s a plastic cup. She says it’s disgusting, often when guys are listening. Is this her…
A Penny for Her Thoughts
Did 2020 take you to the cleaners? Don’t go it alone recovering in 2021. For a highlight reel of 2020 and to help you get your savings train back on the tracks in 2021, local Registered Principal and Registered Investment Advisor Representative Linda Zivney, with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., has some insights to offer.…
Got Investing Questions? We’ve Got Ethical Answers
How average people can think about socially responsible investing, even during these difficult financial times.
Letters to the Editor 1/14/21
As journalists, we are advised to keep ourselves out of the story and to focus instead on the people affected by any given issue. This week, in our nation’s Capitol, the focus of the ire (and outright insurrection) was lawmakers—but also affected by the fear and chaos were the many journalists covering the certification of…
Noticias en Español
Un regreso al aprendizaje en persona… en su mayoría Por Nicole Vulcan Traducido por Jéssica Sánchez-Millar La Superintendente de las escuelas de Bend-La Pine, anunció el 7 de enero que los alumnos del distrito escolar comenzarán a regresar a las aulas a partir de este mes. Los alumnos de las escuelas de Bend-La Pine en…
Yes, Cliff Bentz Failed Oregonians
Over the past week, community conversations inside Rep. Cliff Bentz’s district have centered around the question, “Did Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario) fail Oregonians when he voted against the certification of Pennsylvania’s electoral votes?” Yes, he most certainly did. It was enough for us to answer that question, knowing that Bentz—our new representative in the 2nd…
