Mar 26 - Apr 1, 2009

News

• Local News

  Episode 1

  What started out as a way for some friends in the snowboard industry to share stories photos and inappropriate content, has morphed itself into an

  By Intern

  Mar 31, 2009

  
• Local News

  How Many "Days of Sunshine"? It's a Cloudy Issue

  Does Bend, aka "the Paradise of the Cascades," really get 300 sunny days a year? Not according to the weather experts.

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 28, 2009

  
• Local News

  Hard Times Hit Stumptown

  Portland made the front page of the New York Times today, but Oregon's metropolis probably would just as soon have passed up the honor.

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 27, 2009

  
• Local News

  Luring the Lifestyle Nomads

  Bend has picked up another one of those "Best Of" honors: This time, it's being touted as "America's Top Mountain Biking Town" in Mountain Bike

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 26, 2009

  
• Local News

  At Last: Badlands Wins Wilderness Designation

  It took a long time getting there, but Bend's Badlands area has finally achieved federal wilderness status.

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Local News

  Cutting Their Loses: As sales plunge, some shop owners opt to pack it in

  After a couple of years watching merchants come and go, Bend Downtowners Association Executive Director Chuck Arnold has come up with a term to describe

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  

Opinion

• Editorial

  The Big Payday: Overstimulated at last, drone åwars, ships that bump in the night, and more!

  Editor's note: Mike McMenanminuses has been sent on the road to discover a lost country formerly known as America. He is reporting from Cape Disappointment,

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Editorial

  The Mount Bachelor Voucher Fiasco

  It looked like a pretty good deal at the time: For $269, you could buy a voucher for five all-day lift tickets at Mount Bachelor

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Keep Bike Lanes Clear

  I wanted to say a few words about the, you guessed it, bike lanes. We have seen many, many responses to the bike lanes here

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 26, 2009

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Keep Downtown Skater Friendly

  This week's letter comes from J. Turley who fears a crackdown on downtown skateboarding will limit commuting options and unfairly target law-abiding skaters. Thanks for

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Letters to the Editor

  A National Disgrace

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Stop Being So Snide

  Can the editorial staff please do me a favor and stop using parentheses to interject their astute observations of obvious grammatical errors within readers' opinion

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Big Britches

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 25, 2009

  

Culture

• Culture Features

  Keep Your Left Hand Up!: A night at the Golden Gloves

  By Suzanne Burns

  Mar 26, 2009

  
• Culture Features

  Taking the Apron out of the Kitchen

  By Eric Flowers

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Picks

  Our Picks for the Week of 3/25 - 4/2

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 25, 2009

  

Food & Drink

• Chow

  The Cocktailing: Sucker Punch

  One unfortunate side effect of alcohol is that normally calm and often times bland people will become uncharacteristically headstrong, violent, and/or maniacal. This weekend

  By Mike Bookey

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Chow

  Better Late Than Never: Breaking Bend's fine-dining mold at Staccato

  By Alice Finer

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Chow

  Better Late Than Never: Breaking Bend's fine-dining mold at Staccato

  By Alice Finer

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Chow

  The Cocktailing: Sucker Punch

  One unfortunate side effect of alcohol is that normally calm and often times bland people will become uncharacteristically headstrong, violent, and/or maniacal. This weekend

  By Mike Bookey

  Mar 25, 2009

  

Screen

• Film

  Dupe City: Performances shine in romantic con game

  By Mike Bookey

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Film

  Bromantic Comedy: Actors squeeze formulaic plot for all its laughs

  By Mike Bookey

  Mar 25, 2009

  

Music

• Sound Stories & Interviews

  CD Review- The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Sound Stories & Interviews

  The Dre Dog Commeth, Again

  Mr. Andre Nickatina, looking dapper as usual. It must be nice to be an Andre Nickatina fan in this town - and there are plenty

  By The Source Staff

  Mar 25, 2009

  

Outside

• Natural World

  The World of Oregon's Weird Wildlife: Introducing you to a couple new species

  By Jim Anderson

  Mar 25, 2009

  
• Outside Features

  Corned Beef Hash: On a hare's trail in search of beer and fitness

  By Pam Stevenson

  Mar 25, 2009