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Scale model maker Mark Alvarado made this miniature of our historic building (circa 2011, notice the window changes) on the corner of Georgia and Bond.
The Source Weekly
Bend’s Independent Voice Since 1997
The
Source Weekly is a weekly newspaper based in Bend, Ore., covering news, art, music, events, outdoors and other issues of interest to readers in Central Oregon.
Our mission: to go deeper into the stories Central Oregon is talking about, and to offer thoughtful, well-researched, sometimes humorous and always entertaining insight into issues—with a lens of equity and social justice, and the goal of balanced journalism, backed by diligent fact checking.
Based in downtown Bend, the Source was founded in 1997 by Aaron and Angela Switzer, who continue to independently own and operate this vibrant local paper. Several years after founding the
Source Weekly, the Switzers also founded Lay It Out Events, offering a host of events including the Bite of Bend, WinterFest and SummerFest. 2016 marked the launch of
Bend Nest: A Parenting Magazine, a
Source Weekly sister publication.
In addition to covering local news, the
Source Weekly maintains the most comprehensive events calendar in the region, and produces a host of guides and special issues—including
Scout, our annual visitor’s guide; an annual
Best of Central Oregon issue; a biannual
Happy Hour Guide; an annual
Restaurant Guide; a
Breakfast & Lunch Guide and
The Leaflet, our biannual guide to the cannabis scene in Central Oregon.
Have an event to share? It’s free to submit and share your event on our Calendar page.
Looking to connect with us? Visit our
Facebook,
Instagram or
Twitter feeds to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in Central Oregon, or visit our
Contact Us page to email us directly.
Awards We've Won
2010
First Place —
Best Feature Story, awarded to Daniel Pearson (Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism)
2011
3rd place – Social Issues Reporting, awarded to Eric Flowers (Society of Professional Journalists Northwest Excellence in Journalism)
2012
1st Place – Writing, awarded to Eric Flowers (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
2018
1st place – Best Editorial/Column, awarded to Nicole Vulcan/Aaron Switzer (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
1st place – Best Feature Writing, awarded to Nicole Vulcan (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
2nd place – Target Audience Publication General Excellence (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
2019
1st place - Best Editorial/Column, awarded to Nicole Vulcan/Aaron Switzer (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
1st place – Target Audience Publication General Excellence (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
1st place – Design, awarded to Shannon Corey, Wyatt Gaines, Esther Gray (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
2nd place – Best Feature Writing, awarded to Nicole Vulcan (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
3rd place – Best Feature Writing, awarded to Chris Miller (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
2020
1st place - Best Feature Writing, awarded to Nicole Vulcan (Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association)
1st Place - Design, awarded to Shannon Corey, Esther Gray, Darris Hurst
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I am originally from Hawaii and new to Central Oregon.
I love anything out doors, Traveling, Shelling and designing jewelry in my free time.
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Ashley is a native Floridian who enjoys live music, strong coffee, and a good Old Fashioned. She is a former Olympic trapeze artist with an extensive bug collection.
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Ban is a proud father, fearless volleyball coach and an avid sponge painter.
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One of the original members of the Source team, Angela remembers the days of ringing fax machines and crying babies when the newspaper operated out of her home. She loves all things outdoors, especially mountain biking with hubby, trail running and cooking gourmet meals, while camping in her beloved Eurovan. Her partner in crime is a mini Aussie named Kashi. She is a self-taught accounting wizard, loves to read non-fiction books and is the Editor of Bend Nest Parenting Magazine.
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Richard Sitts grew up in the midwest, mostly in Kansas. After earning a journalism degree from Kansas State University, he worked in various capacities at newspapers in Kansas, New York, New Mexico, California and Colorado, before arriving in Bend several years ago. Highlights included working as a bureau reporter covering the Navajo Nation in Window Rock, Ariz., copy editing and writing stories for the Albuquerque Tribune, and serving as editor for a group of four weekly newspapers in central California. Once, between journalism jobs in Houston, he worked as the assistant stage manager at an old school, burlesque dinner theater. The second show every night, the dancers performed topless, as he moved curtains and props, and operated the dry ice fog machine.
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Nicole Vulcan has been editor of the Source since 2016. (Blame her for everything since then.) Favorite car: A Trek commuter bike. Favorite cat: An adopted dog who looks like a Jedi master. Favorite things, besides responding to your comments: Downton Abbey re-runs, Aretha Franklin albums, and pink wine.
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Aaron Switzer is the founder and publisher of the Source. He remains fascinated with the art of communication even after being marinated in it for the past 30 years. He has many favorites but they pale in comparison to mountain biking on the middle fork of the Willamette with any family member who will go. Believes ultimate frisbee is the worst sport and best game ever invented. Thinks everyone should ride a motorcycle.
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Darris is an award winning graphic designer, professional photographer and video production specialist. If he’s not in front of his computer, then you will find him taking in a game somewhere, working in the garden, adventuring with his family or playing a round at the local disc golf course.
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Jack is originally from Kansas City, Missouri and has been making his way west since graduating from the University of Missouri, working a year and a half in Northeast Colorado before moving to Bend in the Spring of 2021. When not reporting he’s either playing folk songs (poorly) or grand strategy video games, and checking out the different hiking trails in Central Oregon.
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A journalist and sometimes historian with Midwest roots, Megan found home in the PNW. When not covering local news & events, she spends her days desperately teaching her old dog new tricks and relearning to grow food in the fickle high desert.
Source Weekly Editorial Policies:
Fact Checking Policy
Our editorial team makes every effort to verify the information provided to us is accurate and truthful before we publish it. Reporters are responsible for checking names, dates, titles, days and dates, addresses and URLs and other factual information in their stories, and for verifying the information included in quotes is accurate and truthful. An editor and copy editor subsequently edit and fact-check information provided in stories before they go to press or are published online. If you encounter information you deem incorrect on our site or in our print publication, please email editor@bendsource.com and provide any supporting documentation so that we can review it and assess whether a correction is in order. (see Corrections policy below)
Ethics Policy
Our ethics policy is simple: seek the truth. Verify information before it’s published. Aim to present a responsible and fair glimpse of the issue at hand. Be accurate, and correct inaccuracies as soon as possible.
Our editorial team does not engage in “pay to play” journalism, in which sources pay or otherwise influence us to write a positive story on them, and our news and advertising departments engage in separate duties so as not to allow undue influence from advertisers over our editorial coverage. When we are in doubt about a particular ethics-related question in our journalism, we rely on the trusted guidance from the Society of Professional Journalists and The Associate Press’ ethics policies to help us make sound decisions.
Corrections policy
When we make a mistake in our stories, we will update or otherwise correct the story in its online form as soon as possible and will add a note to the story that indicates what changes we made. We will also publish a printed correction in our print edition, if the error appeared in print, within three weeks of the initial error.
Comment policy
We believe in people’s First Amendment rights to free speech, even if we don’t agree with their arguments, and will not remove comments simply because they differ with the personal or political perspectives of our staff. We do reserve the right to remove comments or block users from our website and social media accounts should they use libelous or slanderous language— in other words, when they write things that are untrue or intended to defame someone. We also reserve the right to remove or block users who post spam on our site(s), and to filter comments for hate speech and threats.
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