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Local News

Conor Oberst Video from the Domino Room

Conor Oberst brought his newly formed Mystic Valley band to the Domino Room last night and played a set that showcased material from his soon

By The Source Staff
Aug 1, 2008
Local News

Calling All Skaters:The Division Street Skatepark Project wants you to help them build a dream park

You want a skatepark? Then get your ass out there and build yourself one. That is the philosophy that fuels a group of local skateboarders

By Mike Bookey
Aug 5, 2008
Local News

Living Art: On the street with Bend's best unsung artist

We met at the Westside Tavern last December, a stool between us and Ferris Bueller's Day Off on the TV. Pointing to the screen he

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Local News

Westlund: Alley Aide Is a Little Too Cagey

The state treasurer campaign of Democrat Ben Westlund, hit last week by a Republican revival of an old "sex scandal," has struck back with charges

By H. Bruce Miller
Aug 5, 2008
Local News

Westlund Finds an Unlikely Ally

Democratic state senator and treasurer candidate Ben Westlund, under attack from Republicans over an 11-year-old "sex scandal," got help from an unlikely quarter: the conservative

By H. Bruce Miller
Aug 4, 2008
Local News

GOP's Titanic Idea: Sell Oregon's Water

File under "Yeah, THIS Is Gonna Fly": Oregon Senate Republicans want to sell Oregon water to "water-poor" out-of-state customers.

By H. Bruce Miller
Aug 2, 2008
Local News

Republicans Resuscitate a Westlund "Sex Scandal"

The blogosphere - or the Republican neighborhoods in it, anyway - is abuzz with news of a "sex scandal" involving Democratic state senator and state

By H. Bruce Miller
Aug 1, 2008
Local News

Wyden Wants to Snuff Out Toy Lighters

With the economy tanking, gasoline prices soaring, the war in Iraq dragging on and the war in Afghanistan heating up, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 31, 2008
Local News

Greetings From Kayonu Toe

Remember John Hummel, the local lawyer and Bend city councilor who abruptly resigned and launched a major career change? He's alive and well and blogging

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 31, 2008
Local News

Exploring the Ted-Gordon Connection

Democrats are hoping to make some of the oily scandal swirling around Alaska's Ted Stevens stick to his fellow Republican Sen. Gordon Smith.

By H. Bruce Miller
Jul 30, 2008

Editorial

Home Sweet Home (Foreclosure): The local real estate market, ticket price collapse, etc.

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Editorial

Reuse, Recycle, Rebrand: A proud tradition of reinvention, pot shortages and more

Name changes have a long and storied history in this country of great re-inventors. Take Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. who became Snoop Dogg or John

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Editorial

The Glass Slipper: Bend's Rational Water Plan

They don't call this "the high desert" for nothing. Scant rainfall (about the same as Los Angeles gets) means Central Oregon depends on winter snowpack

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Editorial

The Boot: Oregon's Own Daddy Warbucks

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Editorial

Sheriff Blanton's Secret List

Doesn't share, gets booted. There could be as many as 6,671 Deschutes County citizens walking around legally with concealed handguns. Or maybe there are only

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Phone Book Harassment

By Intern
Jul 31, 2008
Letters to the Editor

That Wasn't Skynyrd You Heard

Note to Shelby Harwood: I hate to break it to ya, kid, but "Lynyrd Skynyrd" effectively died in a plane crash in 1977! No offense,

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Another Septic Standoff

In late 1994 when I had my home built a septic tank was installed on the property by Mike Daly Construction. Just this past Monday

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Elite is Kind of Neat

In the middle of May this year, a friend of mine was kind enough to post a response to C.T. Belza's to identify a letter

By Intern
Jul 31, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Open City Selection Process

Approximately four weeks ago I submitted my application for consideration as a possible member on the Juniper Ridge Advisory Board. Last week on KTVZ Juniper

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Finish What Ya Started

I just want to give a big shout out to the city for such a dynamic job of paving 14th street last Friday morning. Oh

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Butt Out

Damn- I can't stop world hunger, Darfur, corporate thieves, evil K Street lobbyists, but I can, with thousand of others, try to save a little

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Letters to the Editor

NOW, WHO'S UP FOR A GAME OF JOHN DEERE CHICKEN RACE?

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Letters to the Editor

His Cold Dead Hands

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Better Lights are the Answer

I want to divorce my car. Really! I'm getting so tired of the traffic in Bend! You know what I mean - horn honking, bumper

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Don't Check Parenting at the Door

This letter is an outcry...a complaint, if you will, to the parents of Central Oregon. I work in a retail establishment and I've been noticing

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Letters to the Editor

UGB expansion must include plans for infrastructure

The most foolish move Bend could make, being $20 million in debt, would be to rush the addition of 20 years of build-able residential land

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008

Culture Features

Ladies Night: Menopause The Musical heats things up in Bend

Bra busters at 2nd street. How would you like to see a hilarious musical that ends with wily middle-aged women from the audience gathering on

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Culture Features

Micro Cosmos: Silver Moon's Noble India Pale Lager

The trend in IPA's over the past few years has been to go obnoxiously big, as evidenced by one local brewery's not so long ago

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Culture Features

Get Elevated: Bend's underground art festival, part deux

Underground and off the wall. Last October, Bend got its first taste of the local underground art scene when Oxygen Tattoo decided to put together

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Picks

Our Picks for the week of 8/8-8/13

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Picks

Our Picks for the week of 7/30-8/7

By Mike Bookey
Jul 30, 2008
Book Talk

Hit the Ground

Thirty years ago, Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami owned a jazz club in Tokyo. It was a tiny place. During the day, he served coffee; at

By John Freeman
Aug 5, 2008
Book Talk

From the Eye of a Dog: The Art of Racing In The Rain, By Garth Stein

The Art of Racing In The Rain by Garth Stein puts a canine in the narrator's seat and gives readers a chance to experience life

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008

Chow

The Interloper: Cia Mambo holds up surprisingly well

Musseling in on downtown. With so many restaurants biting the dust (Ernesto's, Kayo's, etc.) you might think the dining scene here is tanking, but there

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: CSA's That Walk

These days pretty much everybody knows that Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to support and reap the benefits from local small farms.

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Chow

Dining on a Budget: Good food at good prices... without the golden arches

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Chow

A Fresh Concept: Jackson's Corner revives the neighborhood corner store

Fresh baked and hot off the grill at Jackson's.With the closing of Delaware Market, it seemed as though the neighborhood corner store in Bend had

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Fair Food, Corn dog dipping and virgin funnel cakers

more than just a phallic symbol. I just spent a week working at Deschutes County Fair, and I think I've gained five pounds. Most years,

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Chow

Sample Platter: Asian Sensations, your best bet on East meets West here in Bend

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Chow

Sample Platter: Asian Sensations, your best bet on East meets West here in Bend

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: Fair Food, Corn dog dipping and virgin funnel cakers

more than just a phallic symbol. I just spent a week working at Deschutes County Fair, and I think I've gained five pounds. Most years,

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Chow

A Fresh Concept: Jackson's Corner revives the neighborhood corner store

Fresh baked and hot off the grill at Jackson's.With the closing of Delaware Market, it seemed as though the neighborhood corner store in Bend had

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Chow

Dining on a Budget: Good food at good prices... without the golden arches

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Chow

Quick Bites: CSA's That Walk

These days pretty much everybody knows that Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a great way to support and reap the benefits from local small farms.

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Chow

The Interloper: Cia Mambo holds up surprisingly well

Musseling in on downtown. With so many restaurants biting the dust (Ernesto's, Kayo's, etc.) you might think the dining scene here is tanking, but there

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008

Film

Cast This Vote Out to Sea: Sugary bipartisan romp goes nowhere fast in Swing Vote

And that's how I plan to roll my way into the semis.Swing Vote is a schmaltzy fairy tale that dives deep into unbelievable land, reviving

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Film

Kung Fu Mummy: Latest incarnation should be permanently buried

seriously, does my foot smell bad?The Mummy franchise has risen from the dead again, but just barely this time. Riding on its past blockbuster success

By Intern
Aug 5, 2008
Film

ABBA Attack: The music never stops

Why, lord? Why? Why, lord? Why? Meryl Streep never ceases to amaze, and what she does in Mamma Mia!, a screen adaptation of the hit

By Bob Grimm
Jul 30, 2008
Film

eX-istential Stew: This installment belongs back in the filing cabinet

The FBI: Screwing up the X-files since 1993.One question was burning in my mind as I strolled out of a screening of The X-Files: I

By Intern
Jul 30, 2008
Film Events

Time for a new Soul? Soul Caliber IV

Next week in the stars cabaret vip room. In yet another sequel to the popular fighting game genre, Soul Caliber IV takes on the next

By Shawn Wallbaum
Aug 5, 2008
Film Events

E3 2008...Yawn!: The electronic expo announces some cool titles, but the event's new format isn't

Resistance 2: One of the few highly anticipated titles in '09. Each year, the major video game and computer software companies gather to showcase what

By Shawn Wallbaum
Jul 30, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

An Indie God, Flip-Flop Jams, and Hip-Hopping Hot Rods

By Mike Bookey
Aug 5, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Sound Check: The Peaks Prevail

It's almost impossible to pick out the highlight of any multi-day music festival, but at 4 Peaks last weekend, the pinnacle came precisely at the

By Mike Bookey
Jul 30, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Ghost Tigers From Beyond: Tiger Army is coming, lock up your caskets

You should see his underwear. The word "psycho" conjures many images: psycho killer, psycho ex-girlfriend/boyfriend, psychosomatic, psychologist, psychosexual, any number of suffixes will bring about

By Denise CaJacob
Aug 5, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

From Utah, With Love: Matt Lewis freestyle raps, loves alt-country and Alaska

Vandals shirt meets acoustic guitar. That's a good way to describe Matt Lewis.Matt Lewis and his band live in Utah and they don't have a

By Mike Bookey
Aug 5, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

String Sisters: The female acoustic powerhouse that is the Sweet Harlots

Fiddler in the greens.I hadn't exactly heard The Sweet Harlots when I arrived at a classically cozy house near Harmon Park. I'd heard of the

By Mike Bookey
Jul 30, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Brooks & Dunn vs. Alice Cooper: Who's older? Who's more drunk? Who should you see this week?

If you've got this much blood on your clothes, laundry probably isn't your biggest problem.This week, two longstanding, albeit utterly different, popular music acts will

By Mike Bookey
Jul 30, 2008

Natural World

Get to Know Your Fisher Birds: There's more than one way to catch a fish

World TravelerIf you're a bird, there are several ways to catch fish. You can snatch them off the surface as bald eagles do, you can

By Jim Anderson
Aug 5, 2008
Natural World

The Robbers are Coming!: The invasion of the robber flies

Not all flies are "bad," this robber fly is dining on a bot fly. Summer is waning and it's time for the adult robbers to

By Jim Anderson
Jul 30, 2008
Outside Features

The Dog Days of SummerMountains, rivers and sharing it all with your best friend

By Pam Stevenson
Aug 5, 2008
Outside Features

Miles and Miles of Trails: Ultra Running, Ultra Mountain Biking & More

By Pam Stevenson
Jul 30, 2008