Jennifer was a features and investigative reporter for the Source Weekly through March 2025, supported by the Lay It Out Foundation. She is passionate about stories that further transparency and accountability in our region. A nerd at heart, Jennifer enjoys diving into wonky topics and messy data. Away from her computer and reporting notebook, she can be found chasing her two young children around parks and soccer fields.
Lori Wood was at her home in La Pine’s Newberry Estates on Tue., June 25 when she heard a knock on the door around 2 pm. It was the police, alerting her of a nearby fire and the need to immediately evacuate. Wood, who was home with her two grandchildren and bedridden husband, was stunned. […]
On Thu., June 27 at a co-working space in Bend, two former employees of Black Butte Ranch held a press conference with their lawyers detailing years of abuse and harassment by a former co-worker, Glenn Michael Woosley. They also announced a $13.5 million dollar lawsuit on behalf of themselves and seven other former employees against […]
The main artery through Central Oregon, U.S. Highway 97, serves many purposes. It’s a popular route for long-haul truckers and a tourist thoroughfare. And for those who live in rural communities along the 670-mile highway, it serves as a main street, the way to quickly get from one end of town to the other. As […]
After all the ballots were in and counted last Tuesday, schools lost big in Central Oregon with significant fundraising attempts failing in Deschutes and Crook County. In Crook County, a district bond to repair and update schools failed with 52.9% voting against. Snowstorms earlier in the year prompted the $11.5 million bond for repairs at […]
In a Land Birthed by Fire A three-part series exploring how Central Oregon can safely live with fire We can’t control where an earthquake hits, when a volcano erupts or the path of a hurricane or twister, but we can take measures to prevent a fire from breaking out and barreling down on a community. […]
On a recent smoky Saturday, desperate to get my young, squabbling kids out of the house, my family and I headed to the Downtown Bend Library. Instead of going straight to the children’s area where they could burn off some energy and refresh their books, we went upstairs to explore a collection I’d just learned […]
Andrés Portela is the city’s new director of Equity and Inclusion, a role he feels ready to take on after spending nearly a decade working for equity in Arizona. In some ways, he says, coming to Bend means getting to join a movement he’s been following from afar for many years. * This interview has […]
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