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Photo by Justin Hartley

Photo by Central Oregon Photo Contest Peer Select runner-up Justin Hartley, featuring a telling view of the silt buildup in Mirror Pond. See more of the winners in this week's feature story and check out more of Hartley's work on Instagram @ floatdontswim.

Jun 30, 2021

Vol. 25, No. 26

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Local News

Finding that Happy Place

Photo contest winners share their slice of Central Oregon

Jun 30, 2021
Local News

Legislating Child Care

The high desert is also a childcare desert. Rep. Jack Zika tells the Source Weekly how he's working to address the issue through legislation

By Jack Harvel
Jun 30, 2021
Local News

Beating The Heat

Cooling centers in Bend, Redmond and Madras provide a place for unhoused people to escape the blistering heat

By Jack Harvel
Jun 30, 2021
Local News

No More COVID... Restrictions

COVID restrictions in Oregon will be lifted on June 30 regardless of the vaccination rate

By Jack Harvel
Jun 30, 2021
Local News

Evictions Return

Landlords will be allowed to evict their tenants again starting in July, but several tools can help keep tenants in their homes

By Jack Harvel
Jun 30, 2021
Local News

Source Weekly Update podcast 7/1/21 🎧

Deaths during a heat wave, cooling centers open and evictions return

Jul 1, 2021
Local News

(Illegal) Fireworks

All fireworks were banned in Bend due to the extreme heat, but they can still be bought and they can still be shot

By Jack Harvel
Jul 6, 2021
Noticias en Español (Spanish News)

Noticias en Español

Los centros para refrescarse localizados en Bend, Redmond y Madras ofrecen un lugar para que las personas sin hogar se escapen del calor ardiente

By Por Jack Harvel Traducido por Jessica Sanchez-Millar
Jun 30, 2021

Editorial

Boot: People are dying in the heat, while others are collecting likes on social media for trolling them.

The record heat we are experiencing all around the region became deadly this past weekend for two people living on the literal margins of Bend

Jun 30, 2021
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor 7/1/21

Guest Opinion: Support for the Central Library

Jun 30, 2021

Culture Features

Stay Cool and Celebrate the 4th

Whether you're new here or you're just looking for a day out, these are the things to put on your Independence Day radar

By Nicole Vulcan and Isa Hammons
Jun 30, 2021
Culture Features

Three great summer reads

Books for your radar this summer

By Tom Beans & Aaron Akbar, Dudley's BookShop Cafe and Tom Beans & Aaron Akbar, Dudley's BookShop Cafe
Jun 30, 2021
Culture Features

A New First Friday Tradition

COBLA launches The Colors Store to showcase local creativity

By Nicole Vulcan
Jun 30, 2021
Smoke Signals

If You're New Here: A's to Your Cannabis Q's

For those new to legal cannabis, a do and don't-do list

By Josh Jardine
Jun 30, 2021
Take Me Home

Seller's Disclosures: Truth in Real Estate

What items need disclosure when selling a home?

By Christin J Hunter, Broker
Jun 30, 2021
Advice & Fun

They Blow Up So Fast

Anger seems to function as a bargaining tool to incentivize better treatment

By Amy Alkon
Jun 30, 2021
Advice & Fun

This Modern World—week of July 1

Alien Nation

By Tom Tomorrow
Jun 30, 2021
Advice & Fun

Free Will Astrology—Week of July 1

Highlight desires that uplift you and downgrade desires that diminish you

By Amy Alkon
Jun 30, 2021
Advice & Fun

Create Your Own Authoritarian Newspeak!

The real enemies of the constitution

By Jen Sorensen
Jun 30, 2021
Advice & Fun

Matt Wuerker—Week of July 1

Climate change is a hoax!

By Matt Wuerker
Jun 30, 2021

Chow

Wine on the Deck Kicks Off

Time for The Suttle Lodge summertime wine series

By Nicole Vulcan
Jun 30, 2021
Chow

Authentic Argentinian Empanadas Handmade to Order

Masa Empanadas puts a modern twist on a traditional recipe

By Donna Britt
Jun 30, 2021
Chow

Summer Wine Dinner with Kindred Creative Kitchen

Learn how to craft a three-course dinner paired with wines for each course

By Nicole Vulcan
Jun 30, 2021
Beer & Drink

Bend Cider Opens Taproom

Local company brings its brick-and-mortar to Tumalo

By Nicole Vulcan
Jun 30, 2021

Film

Family Ties

Fast and Furious franchise could use an oil change

By Jared Rasic
Jun 30, 2021
Film

Art House Cinema Survives in Bend

How one of Oregon's smallest theaters weathered the pandemic and came out the other side

By Jared Rasic
Jun 30, 2021

Sound Stories & Interviews

Source Material

Stuck inside? Check out the best music from June to help you stay cool.

By Isaac Biehl
Jun 30, 2021
Sound Stories & Interviews

Artist Fact Sheet: Josephine Antoinette

The Portland crooner heads to The Suttle Lodge for a Big Lawn Monday

By Isaac Biehl
Jun 30, 2021

Go Here

Celebrate Summer, Together Again

The First Interstate Bank Bend Summer Festival Returns

By Megan Burton
Jun 30, 2021
Natural World

Insects: They're not all 'bad'

Enjoy learning what's going on as insects do things for, and to, us

By Jim Anderson
Jun 30, 2021
Outside Features

Diving into Multi-Day Inflatable Paddleboarding

Spending a night—or many—with your boat, your gear and a gaggle of stars

By K.M. Collins
Jun 30, 2021