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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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Sunriver Food & Wine Festival Offers a Month of Foodie Love

Tasting events, cooking classes and more!
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Foodies: If you haven’t already planned an outing to Sunriver for the month of February, there are still plenty of reasons to do so. The Sunriver Resort Food & Wine Festival kicked off Feb. 1, featuring tasting events and cooking classes that incorporate the flavors of winemakers, farmers and food and drink purveyors from around […]

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Handel’s Ice Cream Chain Opens Store in Bend

Grand opening includes raffles, face painting and free ice cream
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Ice cream chain Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream is opening a store in Bend. The grand opening for the Bend store, located at 61165 S. Highway 97, just north of the Murphy roundabout, is scheduled for this weekend, happening from Friday, Feb. 10 through Saturday, Feb. 11. The grand opening will include raffles for free ice […]

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Justy’s Becomes Lifty’s

A trademark dispute is causing west side bar and grill to change its name
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The spot formerly known as Justy’s Bar Grill and Sandbox – where Bendites can go to play sand volleyball and more – is now known as Lifty’s, in a nod to the local ski culture. Chris Justema, a “local veteran in the restaurant, bar and beer scene in Central Oregon,” originally opened the spot in […]

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New Year’s Nerdout

Reveling in NYT’s Super Mega Crossword
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It was a mere minutes from the proverbial ball drop on New Year’s Eve on Dec. 31, 2022, and my friend, who’d rented a beach house in Yachats for us all to celebrate the New Year, was pissed off. “It’s New Year’s Eve and my friends are all doing a crossword!!” she exclaimed. And this, […]

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Bruno’s Becomes Bruno’s Again

After a stint as Midtown Market, updated concept opens in the old Bruno’s
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Bruno’s 6th Street Market is now open in the former Midtown Market along 6th Street in northeast Bend. It’s something of a return to its previous name, when the same location was the site of Bruno’s Grocery Deli and U-Bake Pizza as late as 2015. These days, Bruno’s 6th Street Market offers a full deli, […]

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Bend Brewfest Fans Will Have to Wait Another Year

Annual event on hold while construction is underway at amphitheater
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Bend Brewfest won’t be happening in 2023. The Old Mill announced this week that it would put on hold its annual beer festival – the second-largest event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest – due to construction at the location of the event. Crews have been doing upgrades and expansion of the Hayden Homes […]

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You Have Zero Proof

More bars are offering not just NA drinks, but full mocktail menus. Here are a few highlights from local places.
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Whether it’s in honor of Dry January, or for any other reason, plenty of people are looking for fancy drinks that don’t contain booze. Fortunately, plenty of bars are picking up on that fact and are offering not just the usual sodas or kombucha for the non-drinkers, but full-on mocktail menus featuring well-crafted ingredients. We […]

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Aiming for a Carbon-Neutral Future

Central Oregon Community College’s president signs a “carbon commitment” pledge aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving carbon neutrality
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Central Oregon Community College joined some 443 other colleges and universities around the nation last month, when President Laurie Chesley signed a “carbon commitment” pledge aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving carbon neutrality at the college. We checked in with COCC Sustainability Coordinator Noelle Copley about what that means for the college. The […]

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Year-End Giving Program Doubles Its Goal

Source Weekly’s Central Oregon Gives program brings in over $1 million; becomes an official nonprofit
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Most nonprofits perform a full-court press at the end of the calendar year, aiming to garner tax-deductible donations to boost their annual fundraising. But the nonprofits that take part in Central Oregon Gives have one extra player in the arena, because the program itself awards thousands in additional funds to the nonprofits that raise the […]

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