Oregon Senator Ron Wyden met with students at OSU-Cascades today to discuss growing concerns over high tuition costs and student loans. The Senator said he supports legislation to freeze college tuition by providing incentives to states to do so. He is also looking at legislation to allow students to repay their loans by re-directing debt […]
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The Streets Have Never Been Scarier
The Deschutes Historical Museum’s big annual fundraiser brings Bend’s haunted history to life
Turbulent. That’s how Vanessa Ivey, manager of the Deschutes Historical Museum, describes Bend’s early days as a mill town. But Bend was not much different from many other western towns that had their roots in the early 1900s. “North Bond Street was all about shoot-em ups, saloons and rough nights,” Ivey says, when women were […]
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Should Oregon Ranchers be allowed to kill wolves?
With Oregon’s growing population of wolves, wolf-cattle encounters are increasing. Two hours south of Bend at Fort Klamath, four cattle have been killed by wolves, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The killings occurred on private ranch land. Should ranchers be allowed to protect their herds – even by killing wolves? Listen […]
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G.I. Joe Goes to Washington
WWII vets, average age 92, transform into 18-year-olds during trips to D.C.
With a flurry of flags crossing the thoroughfare, it wasn’t a typical Sunday morning at Portland International Airport. Milling through the crowds were hundreds of flag-bearing veterans, waiting to greet their brothers and sisters returning from Washington, D.C. on an Honors Flight for WWII vets. The group—average age 92—had departed Portland the previous Thursday for […]
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Measure 97: Opposed by Bend City Councilor Sally Russell
Sally Russell who is running for re-election to the Bend City Council and would like to be chosen Mayor by her council colleagues has come out in opposition to controversial tax Measure 97. The measure would tax gross sales rather than income for large corporations doing business in Oregon. Her full statement is found below. […]
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Source Weekly Video: Honoring Oregon’s WWII Veterans
40 World War II veterans from Oregon were honored with a flight to Washington DC by Honors Flight and the Bend Heroes Foundation. Upon return at PDX, they were honored with a 20-minute standing ovation by well wishers.
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Source Weekly Audio: Honoring C. Oregon’s WWII Veterans
An Honors Flight to Washington DC has recently returned to Oregon honoring 40 World War II Veterans. This generation saved the world according to many. From Bend alone, 125 WWII Veterans have been honored with this trip to Washington where they visit 11 different historic sites. This will be the Source Weekly’s Feature article on […]
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Bend Is Haunted!
Like many western towns, Bend has a sordid past – even a haunted past. Listen to this interview with Venessa Ivey of the Deschutes Historical Museum as she documents Bend’s ghostly past.
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Fish Rescue
Every October, a group dons their waders to rescue fish around Lava Island. Thousands live. Thousands also die.
It was 2013 when Kim Brannock of Bend first witnessed thousands of dying fish in a side channel of the upper Deschutes River near Lava Island. As co-founder of the Coalition for the Deschutes, she was sickened by the sight, only to find out it had been occurring for decades with seasonal irrigation water flows […]
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C. Oregon’s Biggest Issue?
Water is critical to life and is perhaps Central Oregon’s most important issue as populations grow and water resources become stretched. The Source Weekly’s Brian Jennings reports on an issue that sheds light on this important matter (audio below) that is the focus on this week’s feature article at bendsource.com and the Source Weekly. Photo: […]