The Source Staff

The award-winning novelist and essayist Carter Sickels will read from his work at Oregon State University – Cascades on May 14 as part of the Master of Fine Arts in Writing’s Distinguished Visiting Writer series. Sickels will present and read from his work at a public event at 6:30 p.m. in the Charles McGrath Family […]

The Environmental Center is thrilled to award more than $15,000 to 12 schools and youth organizations to support garden-based education and outdoor classroom projects across Central Oregon this year. Funded projects range from launching new school gardens and improving existing garden infrastructure to creative solutions for extending the region’s short growing season. In addition, the […]

From replacing hundreds of thousands of single-use items at food cart pods and events to building one of the only adaptive cycling centers on the West Coast, 11 local projects will receive funding through the 2026 Bend Sustainability Fund (BSF), a key grant program in Visit Bend’s broader destination-stewardship strategy that ensures tourism continues to […]

If conditions are favorable on Wednesday, the Deschutes National Forest plans to conduct prescribed burning operations on the Opine 2B and Flank 5 Prescribed Burn units 15 miles southeast of Bend on the west side of Forest Service Road (FSR) 18 just north of FSR 18 and FSR 25 junction and Camp II OHV Staging […]

Dust off your dancing boots! SFF Presents has revealed the official performance schedule for the 2026 Big Ponderoo Music & Art Festival. As the countdown to summer begins, single-day tickets are officially on sale, inviting patrons to experience an intimate festival with world-class performances on Friday, June 26 and Saturday, June 27 in Sisters, Oregon. […]

Deschutes Public Library announced today that the new Central Library in Bend (61956 SE Santorini Street) will open to the public on Monday, May 11, 2026. This comes just less than two years after the official groundbreaking ceremony on the site on May 21, 2024.   “We are excited to share the new Central Library with the […]

Bend Park and Recreation District is opening registration for summer recreation programs and summer/fall sports leagues on March 17 – 18. The Summer 2026 Online Playlist is available for viewing and download now. Registration will open for programs for mid-June through August. Summer camp payment plan returns After its inaugural offering last summer, a summer camp payment plan […]

Deschutes National Forest firefighters plan to start spring understory prescribed burning season as early as next week if conditions become favorable. The Deschutes National Forest may accomplish up to an estimated 11,626 acres of prescribed burning, including up to an estimated 7,000 acres on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District, 2,126 acres on the Crescent Ranger […]