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Dallas Finn Calvert

Dallas is a staff reporter and calendar editor for The Source. She previously worked for The Bulletin, the Lake Oswego Review and the West Linn Tidings. She’s also worked as a stringer for The Oregonian, The Chronicle of the Horse and other publications, and as a tech editor. When she’s not working, you’ll find her riding a horse or a bike, walking her dog, skiing or paddleboarding, and watching sports.

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Candidates Set for Bend Mayoral and City Council Races in November 

Two candidates, including the incumbent, are running for mayor, while candidates for both City Council positions will run uncontested
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Tuesday, Aug. 25 at 5pm was the filing deadline for the Bend City Council and mayoral races that’ll be decided on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Two City Council positions are up for grabs, including Positions 5 and 6, both of which will feature uncontested races. Ariel Méndez currently holds Position 5, for which he’s running for reelection, while Elana Reinholtz is running uncontested […]

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Celebrate Your Canine Companions

Fun events celebrating National Dog Day are happening around Central Oregon
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It’s time to celebrate your best friend! National Dog Day is Wednesday, Aug. 26, and a few fun events are happening around Bend in honor of our canine companions.  On Saturday, Aug. 22, check out the Dogs & Lagers Fest at Crux Fermentation Project. From 12-5pm, this family-friendly, fourth-annual event features food, lagers, local vendors and adoptable dogs from Street Dog Hero.  At GoodLife Brewing on Saturday, Aug. 22, check […]

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Local Businesses Named in USA Today’s 10Best Annual Awards

Central Oregon companies recognized in wine, beer, fly fishing and more
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Several Central Oregon businesses recently received Readers’ Choice awards in the USA Today 10Best annual polls across a plethora of lifestyle and travel categories.   Readers vote on the annual awards after a panel of experts, chosen by USA Today, nominates 20 finalists in each division. The news organization adds new categories regularly throughout the year, so people can vote for the top 10 nationwide in the […]

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Head Start is Coming to OSU-Cascades 

NeighborImpact will run Head Start program in half of the classrooms at the former site of Little Kits Early Care & Education Center
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Head Start is coming to the Oregon State University-Cascades campus. On September 8, it’ll take over three of six classrooms in the 7,200-square-foot building that formerly housed the university’s Little Kits Early Care & Education Center, which abruptly closed its doors in July, citing “ongoing financial challenges.”  Head Start is a federal program that provides an umbrella of […]

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Worthy Mural Makes a Mark Downtown 

Colorful mural depicts nature’s avengers striving to protect the earth
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It’s taken a few years, but a colorful, arresting mural commissioned by Roger Worthington, Bend resident, lawyer and owner of Worthy Brewing, is now installed on the side of his Worthy Building in downtown Bend.  The installation at 806 NW Brooks St. took three people and four hours to complete on Aug. 7. The 40-foot by […]

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Redmond Is One Step Closer to a Full Fireworks Ban

City Council will hold final vote on ban at its Aug. 25 meeting
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The Redmond City Council moved one step closer to a permanent ban on fireworks Aug. 11, with a 6-1 vote in favor of proposed ordinance 2026-11, prohibiting the sale, use and possession of fireworks in the city.  The Council will have a second reading, and likely a positive vote to the ordinance, at its meeting on Aug. 25. Councilor Jay Patrick cast the only dissenting vote for the ban, […]

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Best New Food Cart in Redmond: Top Dogs

Prepare to be amazed by the delicious and spicy secret ingredient on the street dogs
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Mustard, mayo and ketchup? Check! Bacon, grilled onions and peppers? Yes, please. Flamin’ Hot Cheetos? Wait, what?  At Top Dogs, named 2026 Best New Food Cart for Redmond, there are big dogs, little dogs, chili dogs and the fan favorite, street dogs, which feature a bacon-wrap grilled dog topped with all the usual condiments, grilled onions and peppers — and the aforementioned Flamin’ Hot Cheetos.  […]

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Best Radio Personality: Kris Arnold 

Winning never gets old for the 92/9 program director and popular DJ
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Kris Arnold oozes cool. She’s rocking an all-black outfit and black sparkly slides, her blonde beachy waves shot through with vivid pink. She looks like she’d be right on point in front of the camera on a cool music show or fronting a rock band. But fortunately, for Central Oregonians, she’s quite happy behind the mic, playing a wide selection of rock from the past five decades as a DJ on 92/9 FM.   It’s no […]

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Best Fitness Studio: Altius Pole Studio 

Altius owner says offering a safe, welcoming “third space” is vital
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Emily Aygun totally understands that people might not know what to expect when they walk into Altius Pole Studio, named the 2026 Best Fitness Studio in the Source readers’ poll. She recalls feeling the exact same way when she attended her first pole-dancing class. It was a moment that changed her life.  A mathematics major at San Jose […]

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Election-Integrity Pundit Says Oregon is “Communist” 

Local expert disagrees with suggestion that election fraud is widespread
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A smoky haze enveloped the grounds of the Lone Pine Events Center last week, pushed Terrebonne’s way from the wildfires surrounding Central Oregon. Inside the meeting space, Dr. Douglas Frank, a notorious election-integrity pundit, was stoking flames of another kind.   Talking before a crowd of approximately 40 people, as part of his “Who Is Controlling Our Elections?” tour, the physicist, who has become well-known with his message that election fraud […]

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