The Source Editorial Board, Author at The Source - Bend, Oregon

Holiday Gift Guide

It’s that time of year, and when it comes to local gift-giving, let us be your “Source!”

by The Source Editorial Board December 6, 2023December 1, 2025

FOODIE The kitchen is the heart of the home, and this character warms it up with lots of foodie love. Pamper them with gifts that turn into magical meals. Savory Spice Round the World Spice Collection Find product online: savoryspice.com Arome Six Cup Classic ChemEx coffeemaker Derwent Mill Find products online: aromekitchen.com Souper Cubes Souper […]

Opinion

The Oregon Legislature, a “Super School Board”

by The Source Editorial Board December 6, 2023February 1, 2024

Per state tradition, the Oregon State Legislative Assembly only meets for a “short session” during even-numbered years – giving state legislators just one month for legislative fixes and other stuff that didn’t get done the previous year. But in 2024, that short session is shaping up to be on the long side. Not only do […]

News

Holiday Gift Guide

It’s that time of year, and when it comes to local gift-giving, let us be your “Source!”

by The Source Editorial Board November 29, 2023December 1, 2025

BAR FLY Central Oregon may be bright and sunny, but this rugged character prefers the doom of a local haunt. Here are some ideas for the epicure in your life. Revolvr Bellroy Hide and Seek Hi Wallet Runwell 47mm Watch by Shinola Utility Balm/Mustache wax Canfield Chrono 43mm Watch by Shinola Mackinaw Wool Jack-Shirt by […]

Opinion

We Didn’t Want a Civil War, But We Still Want a Civil War

by The Source Editorial Board November 29, 2023January 18, 2024

Imagine a world where Bend’s Summit High School gets so much money for its sportsing programs that one day, in hopes of getting even more exposure and money coming in for sportsing, the school proclaims that it will no longer play its cross-town rival, Bend Senior High School. Two publicly funded schools of about the […]

Opinion

The Audacity of the Oregon GOP Calling Out Teacher Walkouts

Members of the Oregon GOP are calling it a “dangerous precedent” — this notion of teachers, paid to do a job, walking out in protest

by The Source Editorial Board November 22, 2023February 17, 2024

Members of the Oregon GOP are calling it a “dangerous precedent” — this notion of teachers, paid to do a job, walking out in protest. Considering this talk of a “dangerous precedent” is coming from the members of the party that this year convened the longest-ever legislative walkout in Oregon history, we are amused. Some […]

Opinion

After His Bluster About the Owyhee, Rep. Bentz Should Probably Talk to His Compatriots in the Senate More Often

A host of ranchers, environmentalists and others worked on a compromise for the Owyhee. Now Bentz needs to get on board.

by The Source Editorial Board November 15, 2023May 14, 2025

In early November, Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR2) took to the floor of U.S. House of Representatives to deliver a 4-minute speech opposing a Senate bill that would turn about 1.1 million acres of the Owyhee Canyonlands in southeastern Oregon into wilderness. Over the past several years, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), along with Sen. Jeff Merkley […]

Opinion

The King of “Poverty Porn” Hits a Snag

The notion of using public funds to help the sheriff craft a narrative about homelessness was bad enough. Then the situation got worse.

by The Source Editorial Board November 8, 2023September 17, 2024

In late summer and early fall, when “homeless consultant” Kevin Dahlgren submitted his purported “Point in Time” count, local service providers and some members of the public were already concerned. Not only did the report skew widely from the counts and reports compiled by a host of service providers and volunteers during the more formal […]

Opinion

The Democratic Party Machine Should Take Congressional District 5 Seriously This Time

Things have been interesting since the last U.S. Census

by The Source Editorial Board November 1, 2023January 1, 2025

Things have been interesting since the last U.S. Census, after which, Oregon got a new seat in Congress. Bend, Redmond and a good portion of the southeast Portland suburbs got lumped together as the newly drawn Oregon Congressional District 5 – a strange marriage of rural, urban and suburban voters stretching across one great divide […]

Opinion

A Citizen Initiative, Doomed Before it Started

In November 2020, a citizen initiative in Oregon got the whole country talking

by The Source Editorial Board October 25, 2023December 8, 2024

In November 2020, a citizen initiative in Oregon got the whole country talking. Oregon voters, determined to champion a more compassionate version of addressing the drug crisis, voted in favor of Measure 110, the landmark drug decriminalization and treatment bill. It passed with 58% of the vote. What followed could be described as nothing short […]

Opinion

Heaven Help the Agency That Eschews Winter Plowing

Damned if you do tax and damned if you don’t

by The Source Editorial Board October 18, 2023December 8, 2024

Take to social media to get your news and you’re sure to find any number of inane or oddball views of any situation in Central Oregon. This week, after the Oregon Department of Transportation announced that it would operate on a reduced snow-plowing schedule this winter due to budget shortfalls, the internet erupted in a […]

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