Remember how we were totally relieved yesterday that Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, the Sudancese woman once sentenced to death for refusing to renounce her Christian faith, was released from prison? Well, turns out she was re-arrested while she and her U.S. citizen husband and two children were trying to leave for the United States. While we can all be […]
Erin Rook
Erin was a writer and editor at the Source from 2013 to 2016.
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Central Oregon Gets Gay for Pride Week
Central Oregon’s LGBT Pride Week kicked off Sunday with a BBQ and picnic in Farewell Bend Park and continues tonight with events for all ages and inclinations. Here’s the rundown of all the ways to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Central Oregon Pride (as well as the Bend’s non-discrimination ordinance) and the 45th anniversary of […]
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What in the World
The U.S. Supreme Court has released decisions in three cases, including Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, in which it ruled that, while the Environmental Protection Agency was getting a little big for its britches it should still be able to tell 83 percent of greenhouse gas emitters to clean up their act. The Sudanese woman sentenced to […]
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City Appoints Bend Police Chief Jim Porter to Permanent Position
City Manager Eric King announced today that he appointed interim Police Chief Jim Porter to a permanent position as head of the Bend Police Department. Porter stepped into the interim role after the firing of former Chief Jeff Sale, who was removed from his position following the sex scandal involving then Public Information Officer Lt. Chris Carney. “Upon […]
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I’ve Never. . . Worked Out With the Navy SEALs
Now, I have!
The first time I played the popular drinking game “I’ve Never,” I was a high school sophomore, and instead of taking shots, we kept score with sugar packets at the local Shari’s. The game appealed to me for two reasons: 1) I got to learn other people’s secrets, and 2) I almost always “won” because […]
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Out of Town 5/18-5/26
ashland sunday 22 The Two Gentlemen of Verona Director Sarah Rasmussen flips the script of the classical all-male portrayals of Shakespeare’s works with fully female casts in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. It may be the oldest romantic story in the book—boy meets girl, boy meets best friend’s girl; betrayal […]
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Pregaming for the Town-Gown Showdown
Opposing sides in OSU land use debate reveal their colors
Crossing guards stationed outside the Bend Police and Municipal Court building assisted a slow but steady stream of visitors as they made their way across NE 15th Street from the parking lot by Lava Lanes. Inside the courtroom, a sea of neon green and orange clad concerned citizens packed into the room, standing along the […]
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To Catch a Fire Starter
Investigation into Two Bulls Fire raises arson suspicions
From the second story porch of their home on Tumalo Reservoir Road, Veronica and Les Hudson watched as the fire in the forested area on the other side of Bull Flat raged, jumping from hill top to hill top, burning through ponderosa pines like they were match sticks. As firefighters set up a base camp […]
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Bites for Rights Raises Funds for BRO in Bend
If you haven’t taken your lunch/coffee/dinner break yet, let us make a few recommendations. Today is Bites for Rights, which means that participating restaurants are contributing a portion of their proceeds to Basic Rights Oregon the statewide LGBT rights org—when you eat there today. Despite the recent marriage equality victory, there’s still work to be done to secure full equality for lesbian, […]
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City Water and Sewer Rates Will Increase in October
City Council voted 4-3 tonight to increase water and sewer rates by 5 and 9 percent effective October 1. The rates were anticipated to increase as of July 1, but Mayor Jim Clinton and Councilors Sally Russell, Doug Knight, and Jodie Barram expressed concerns about hitting ratepayers with the increase before the October 15 end of irrigation […]
