Letters to the Editor

Guest Opinion: Water laws in Oregon As a local farmer in Central Oregon, I am writing today out of desperation, out of panic, and from the heaviest heart. But I am also writing out of hope. If Oregon can make some changes to water laws and regulations, and fast, we may only have to endure […]

Guest Opinion: Enforce Water Quality Laws for the Deschutes River For the past twelve years, the Wild and Scenic lower Deschutes River has been warmer and filled with nuisance algae, to the detriment of aquatic life. Meanwhile the Department of Environmental Quality has stood by and allowed the river to be harmed. At its April […]

Time to Retire Congressman Kurt Schrader Congressman Kurt Schrader’s close ties to the pharmaceutical and oil & gas industries are well documented. Publications including Salon, The New Republic, The Oregonian, and The Intercept have all published stories linking his vote to kill the prescription drug pricing provisions included in the Build Back Better Act to […]

Reduce climate anxiety with action in local elections I appreciate the Source’s article last month highlighting Dr. Sarah Jaquette Ray’s work and presentation on Climate Anxiety. As someone who has known about human-caused climate change since I was 18, and been involved in taking action ever since, I do have my fair share of climate […]

Corrections: The 3/10 story, “Who’s Running,” listed Vikki Iverson as a Republican running in the House 55 race in the 2022 May primary, and stated that Tim Knopp was running in 2022; those details were both incorrect. The 3/10 story, “Tots! Moves into 9th Street Village,” incorrectly stated that the business’ new pizza cart would […]

Guest Opinion: Lower Snake River Dams Need to Go I’m an aquatic ecologist and I’d like to speak to you about dams and fish. I was Research Coordinator at Olympic National Park during the time we removed the two hydropower dams on the Elwha River. Those dams produced little power and it would have cost […]

Safety Just moved to Bend recently (after visiting the last 15 years) and noticed the same problem here as back at our old home; so I’ll offer the same suggestion to the local police department as I did back in NH. Here’s a chance to make some extra money for the city as well as […]

TRUCKER TANTRUM 80% of Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19.  Fortunately for them, Canadians aren’t culturally hobbled by a large minority of anti-science, religious fundamentalist flat earthers forcing their foolish faith into law, the way cancel culture conservatives have traditionally attacked American democracy with their nonsense and baseless bigotry. For the most part, Canadian truckers are […]

This week’s issue is packed with information you are not likely to see covered elsewhere. Jack Harvel’s feature story dives into the effect the current shortage of public defenders can have on those accused of crimes, and on the attorneys who are still doing the work. Damian Fagan takes you on a journey into the […]