I t’s been one year since the Bend City Council adopted its Climate Action Resolution, aimed at improving energy efficiency in the city. Some of the biggest sources of energy usage: electricity and natural gas. An update issued Sept. 19 reported that over the “past few years,” the City of Bend achieved a savings of […]
Nicole Vulcan
Nicole Vulcan became Editor of the Source in 2016 and was promoted to Editor in Chief in 2024, managing the Editorial Board and the news team's many investigative projects. She's also at work on her debut book of journalistic non-fiction, titled "Self Medication," which traces Oregon's drug decriminalization efforts in the 21st Century, and tells a parallel tale of her own family’s losses from fentanyl addiction in the age of Measure 110. With all of that on her plate, send snacks. Catch up with the adventures at her book's Substack, called Self Medication.
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Protocol
A Maggie O’Malley Mystery
B end-based writer (and Mountain View High School grad) Kathleen Valenti spends her days writing advertising copy—but she’s just published her first novel, a mystery titled “Protocol.” I picked the book up recently, and like many mysteries that have held me in their grip until it’s late in the night and my family has abandoned […]
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Ack! Here’s what you missed in Pearl’s puzzle this week
Here’s what you might be looking for from this week’s puzzle.
Dear fans of Pearl’s Puzzle: We’re sorry we had to leave out Pearl’s Puzzle in the 9/7 issue. And to make matters worse, we included the answers to the 8/31 issue as the clues the 9/14 issue. Confused yet? We’ll try not to let it happen again. Here’s a look at what we may have […]
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Call for Poetry: Enter the Source’s Poetry Contest!
Get your poems into the Source by Oct. 9
Enter the Source Weekly Poetry Contest! In partnership with OSU-Cascades Master of Fine Arts program Win prizes! Read with famous poets! Get your very own one-on-one critique with McSweeney’s poet Emily Carr! And have your poetry published in the Source’s Poetry Issue Nov. 2! Rules for Entry: Choose between two categories for submission: The theme […]
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Sisters Folk Fest Canceled… *Sniff*
Air quality forces closure of beloved local festival
This just in from the folks at Sisters Folk Festival: “It is with profound regret that the Board of Directors of the Sisters Folk Festival announces that the September 8 – 10, 2017 event has been cancelled due to extremely poor air quality conditions in Central Oregon. “After days of intensive consultation with fire managers, […]
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Highway 20 back open; More fires reported in the region
With one lane open, officials say it could be slow going
Highway 20 at the Santiam Pass is back open this morning, after the Oregon Department of Transportation closed it last night due to wildfire. Here’s the update we received from ODOT this morning: “One lane is open on U.S. 20 between mileposts 75 to 88 with two way traffic being flagged with a pilot car. […]
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Traveler Alert: Fire Closes Highway 20
Closure expected to be “lengthy,” officials say.
Traveling to the Willamette Valley or into the Cascades today? Avoid Highway 20. The Oregon Department of Transportation released this notice less than one hour ago, alerting drivers to the closure of Hwy. 20: “U.S. 20 remains closed because of a wildfire about 5 miles west of Santiam Pass. Eastbound traffic is being stopped at […]
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Milli Fire Expands
The Milli Fire near Sisters expanded over the Aug. 19-20 weekend to approximately 11,236 acres as of Tuesday morning. The fire, located about 9 miles west of Sisters, prompted evacuations of people in the Crossroads, Edgington/Remuda, Wildwing and Peterson Burn Road areas, as well as people along both sides of Three Creeks Road. In addition, […]
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Nena Springs Fire and Evacuation Notices Lifted
The Nena Springs fire on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation has not grown in size since Aug. 20, fire officials said Tuesday. That fire had grown to about 68,135 acres, and prompted evacuations at the Charley Canyon, South Junction, Culpus Bridge and Wolf Point subdivisions of Warm Springs. The Nena Springs fire is thought to […]
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Court Denies Appeal from PGE in Deschutes River Alliance Lawsuit
The Deschutes River Alliance scored a victory in court last week in its lawsuit against Portland General Electric. The lawsuit, filed last year, alleges that PGE is violating some tenets of the Clean Water Act via its facility at the Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project. In that suit, DRA alleges that PGE’s facility was responsible, […]
