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.
Dinner and a movie is a classic date night—but in the era of Netflix-and-chill dating culture, you may be lucky if your date invests enough time for just the movie, or just the dinner. Date nights for the time-strapped are one thing Ted Eady had in mind when he opened the Odem Theater Pub in […]
Icy niblets of snow are starting to fall from the sky when I leave Central Oregon in mid-February, headed for Jim Belushi’s cannabis farm in southern Oregon. When I get there, the fertility of spring abounds. The sun is out, casting whitish-yellow beams onto the Rogue River. Jaunty squirrels dart across the dirt driveway leading […]
It’s not every day that a mom and daughter put their heads together to collaborate on a writing project—and it’s even less common when the pair resides in Central Oregon. Kim Cooper Findling is the author of “Bend, Oregon Daycations: Day Trips for Curious Families,” among other guidebooks and a memoir. Now, she’s teamed up […]
Last year, Bend-based author Kristen Riggle released her locally focused book, “Little Bird Explores Bend,” introducing young readers to some of the animals and geography of the region. Now, the author has launched a Kickstarter campaign to produce her newest book, “Hello, Bend!” geared toward a younger set, children age 0 to 3. Riggle says […]
On March 15, students in Bend high schools walked out of class to participate in the Youth Climate Action Walkout. Students at schools nationwide also participated. At Bend Senior High School, organizers say several hundred students took part in the walkout. Some continued on to Drake Park to join with other students, demonstrating from other […]
During the 2017-18 school year, Bend-La Pine Schools’ student population was 82 percent white, according to Oregon Department of Education statistics, making the non-white student population roughly 18 percent. Compare that to the 1997-98 school year, when the district had a “minority population” of 4.3 percent, and it’s clear demographics are changing. With 18,064 students, […]
The first day of this recent big storm was magical—the white stuff piling up like lovely puffs over the grime of winter. You may have shoveled the walk a bit, mostly enjoying some time off in front of the fire. The next day, maybe the groceries were running low. Maybe you had to go back […]
In Central Oregon, Planned Parenthood’s Bend Health Center serves around 7,000 Central Oregonians a year, according to stats provided by the Center in 2017. That’s about 600 to 700 patients a month. According to the staff there, about 96 percent of the services the Bend clinic provides is preventative—including screenings and treatment for sexually transmitted […]
Activist Rachel Cargle will be in Bend two times over the next month—first, as a lecturer at this week’s Muse Conference, and then as a presenter at TEDxBend March 30. Both appearances will center around a lecture she’s given around the country, titled, “Unpacking White Feminism.” At the root of Cargle’s work: exploring the “intersection […]
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