Laurel Brauns
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Did Bend Leave Public Transit in the Dust?

Public transit receives less than 2% of total funding scheduled in the new Transportation System Plan—and some are crying foul
Laurel Brauns

Soon, the Bend City Council will approve the City of Bend’s Transportation System Plan, which will then head off to the state. In Salem, Bend will be judged by its ability to accommodate the flood of newcomers (another 100,000!) that will arrive in the next 50 years. The 150-page document is a result of years […]

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Power Check

In the aftermath of last week’s ICE protests, people in Bend demand accountability for elected officials
Laurel Brauns

The anger hangover from last week’s ICE raids was aimed directly at Bend City leaders during Wednesday’s Bend City Council Meeting. Along with a heated visitor’s section and two public hearings, a number of big-ticket items were also on the agenda, including a human rights commission, a 20-year transportation plan and a transportation bond measure. […]

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Primer on Immigration Law

The Deschutes County District Attorney and a 26-year veteran of immigration law dissect ICE’s visit to Bend
Laurel Brauns

In the aftermath of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement standoff with hundreds of Bend protesters on Aug. 12, the Source dug into the local, state and federal laws which led to the arrest and detainment of two Bend men. Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel said the detainment was not an anomaly. “Not only […]

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Locals’ Staycation: Meandering Along the Metolius

About an hour’s drive from Bend, the tiny town of Camp Sherman offers a break from the city, with the sounds of the river to lull you to sleep
Laurel Brauns

Camp Sherman often falls off the radar of many of Bend’s road warriors because it’s so close to home. But in the spirit of following the Governor’s orders, which recommend not traveling more than 50 miles for recreation, this lush oasis by the Metolius River offers plenty of space to distance from other travelers while […]

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Green Ridge Fire Evacuation Orders

People who live near Black Butte are on Level One and Level Two Evacuation notice
Laurel Brauns

The Deschutes and Jefferson County Sheriffs’ Offices issued Level One and Level Two evacuation notices for people who live in forested areas of Central Oregon between Crooked River Ranch and Camp Sherman on 12:42pm Wednesday. Level Two notices are now in effect for houses north of Indian Ford Road; east of Green Ridge Road 11 and […]

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After ICE Protests, What’s Next?

Processing the victories and failures of the protest against ICE
Laurel Brauns

Hundreds gathered in the parking lot behind the SpringHill Suites in Bend Wednesday night to prevent the removal of two Bend men who were inside two separate white buses. Federal agents were eventually successful in taking the men off the buses by using pepper spray and other intimidation tactics. Janet Sarai Llerandi Gonzalez, the executive […]

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Pandemic School Year

2020-2021 may be the weirdest school year in Central Oregon since 1918
Laurel Brauns

This fall, only the youngest students in the Bend-La Pine Schools district will go back to their brick-and-mortar classrooms, but COVID prevention protocols will begin the minute they step on the school bus. Most local students will not come to campus at all. At least, that’s the latest word as of this writing; most who […]

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Donations for Warm Springs

Donators can drop supplies at the Jefferson County Public Health Building
Laurel Brauns

Jefferson County Public Health partnered with the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to collect donations for people who live in Warm Springs, including people who don’t have homes. Donators can drop supplies at the Jefferson County Public Health Building at 715 SW Fourth Street in Madras from 8am-5pm Monday through Friday. As of Aug. 10, […]

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Three Arrested at Prineville Black Lives Matter Protest

Cops say a fight broke out at the end of the demonstration between counter-protestors and the BLM activists
Laurel Brauns

On Saturday around 6pm, Prineville police officers arrested three people at a Black Lives Matter protest, at the corner of Third Street and Court Street in downtown Prineville near the courthouse. Michael Satcher, 42, Ronald Campbell, 57, and Jasmine Barnett, 40, were arrested for disorderly conduct. Satcher and Barnett, members of the Central Oregon Peacekeepers, […]

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lab at OSU-Cascades

Advancing social equity and inclusion in Central Oregon by helping local business owners and managers build diversity in the workplace
Laurel Brauns

Erika McCalpine, a business faculty member at OSU-Cascades, will lead a new laboratory designed to advance social equity and inclusion in Central Oregon by helping local business owners and managers build diversity in the workplace. The lab will provide two diversity and inclusivity trainings this summer. It will also offer consulting services to advise employers […]

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