The Source Staff

A pair of Bend residents was handed a stiff fine by the state Department of Environmental Quality for allegedly failing to properly address a leaking sewage treatment system at their property in Waldport.
Kathy Louise Trudel and Karin Marie Denman were fined more than $105,000 for failing to fix a leaking septic system at their property on the Alsea Highway.

Hard hit rural counties will have another year of federal support for roads, law enforcement and other services that were on the chopping block this year after a last minute deal today extended the Secure Rural Schools program and more than $340 million in funding for rural America.
In Oregon, dozens of counties were bracing for severe cutbacks at the start of the next fiscal year July 1.

After much technical hand wringing, we are pleased to announce that this year’s Best of Central Oregon ballot is up and live. Just click here, follow the instructions and start submitting your votes.

The controversial health care reforms developed by the Obama Administration and passed by Congress last year are legal, the Supreme Court ruled today.
The reforms mean insurance companies may no longer deny coverage based on pre-existing conditions and that children may remain on their parents health care plans until they are 26, among many other changes.

Deschutes will celebrate its bday with a party in the alley near the downtown pub tonight.
 
There’s gonna be bbq, music, specials on beers and a generally festive atmosphere.

A New York driver was stopped twice on Tuesday by state troopers in two different counties for speeding during an Cannonball Run-style rally race that spanned at least three states. Police said they were tipped off by law enforcement from Idaho and Nevada that participants in the Bullrun Rally would be traveling through the state and had drawn complaints from motorists.