As we outlined in the Opinion piece on page 4 of this issue, the Source’s Woman of the Year in 2019 is Erika McCalpine, a business instructor at OSU-Cascades, who moved to this community in early 2018 from Alabama. Not long after, McCalpine experienced at least one racial incident that left her feeling vulnerable—an incident […]
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.
Posted inFood & Drink
Brew News: BridgePort Closing; pFriem Expanding
In a crowded market, breweries come and go
Beer enthusiasts often rejoice at the opening of new breweries; but those announcements can sometimes come with a downside: more competition. In the case of one of Oregon’s most established breweries, that competition proved to be too much to handle. BridgePort Brewing Company announced on its Facebook page Tuesday that it would be closing its […]
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Building Up the Artistic Community
Bend’s first creative laureate aims to foster individual creativity, while also bringing people together
You might already know Jason Graham as a poet, hip-hop artist, educator and speaker who goes by the moniker MOsely WOtta—but this well-known Bendite has another role these days: that of Bend’s first creative laureate. The role is the brainchild of the Arts and Culture Alliance and ScaleHouse—two of Central Oregon’s most prolific arts organizations—who […]
Posted inSpecial Issues & Guides
Like a Happy Hour Time Machine
Roszak’s Fish House
Settling into a curvy, off-turquoise chair in the windowless lounge of Roszak’s Fish House in Midtown, a thought occurred to me: When people reminisce about the good ol’ days of Bend, before it became one of the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., this, right here, is what they’re talking about. Roszak’s opened in 1981, making […]
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A New Kid Gov for Oregon
Oregon has a female in the governor’s office—and as of the start of this year, the state also can boast having one in the kid governor’s “office.” During a ceremony on Jan. 8, Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson named fifth grader Erikka Baldwin of Eugene as Oregon’s Kid Governor. The program, modeled after a […]
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Next Up for Roundabout Art: Prineville
City puts out call for proposals for large-scale artwork in its new roundabout
Artwork abounds in the roundabouts in Bend and elsewhere in Central Oregon—and now, Prineville is looking to share some of that creative wealth. The Oregon Department of Transportation has recently finished the Tom McCall Roundabout at the intersection of Hwy. 126 and Tom McCall Drive on Prineville’s west side—just south of Facebook’s Data Center, and […]
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Yoga Use is Up in the U.S. Here’s One Way to Keep Practicing While on the Road
This Fit Week, we review a “wearable yoga mat”
This fall, the days got shorter and shorter until there was not a shred of light left after the work day was done. It’s the perennial dilemma of the office warrior: How to take care of body (and coincidentally, soul) when the dark days are upon us and outside activities get tougher to accomplish mid-week? […]
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Wild & Free In The Indoors
Whereas a mountain biker opts inside to get some spins
Wild and free in the outdoors… fresh air and wind in your hair… It’s for these external experiences that I ride bikes—but looking out on the bleak black-white world outside my office window one recent day, I also realized that moving the legs in a concentric fashion over and over, heart beating in the throat, […]
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Quite Possibly the Strangest List Bend Has Made It On
Top outdoor destinations, check. Fastest-growing, check. But coldest?!
Bend makes its way onto a host of Top 10 and “Best” lists. The city has been listed among the fastest-growing cities in the U.S. this year, and routinely gets accolades for being among the best outdoor destinations, according to this mag or that. But this could quite possibly be the most off-base list our […]
Posted inOutside
Holiday Outings
Looking for something (and maybe free) to do with family in town this week? Go play in the snow and ice!
You’ve been cooped up in the house with your relatives for days—a length of time that has you plotting next year’s destination holiday in the tropics, sans familia. But now’s not the time to lose your sh*t, budding Grinch—because you still have to keep those relatives entertained for a few more days. Let these clutch […]
