Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: The first few days of October are bringing plenty of fall cheer to the streets of both Bend and Sisters, with both Bend’s Fall Festival and the Sisters Folk Festival back on the docket this year. Seeing live music in the streets is one way to spark the joy that so many of […]

Editor’s note: This week’s cover image is what is commonly referred to as a “ghost bike.” Drawn by our graphic designer Erica Durtschi, it was the image that came to mind most readily when we were discussing our coverage of the Safe Streets Summit happening this coming week. Too many cyclists and pedestrians are hit […]

Editor’s note: When times are tough and the days are long, our precious pets are always there for us. Twice a year, our pet-loving team at the Source Weekly dedicates our issue to all things pets—and that time is now! Check out the stories starting after page 16, including a look at the fate of […]

Editor’s note: This week’s feature story highlighting the story of a Sept. 11 survivor was a collaborative effort on the part of a number of people from the Source Weekly team. Occasional contributor in the Outside section, Linda English (aka Gravel Girl) introduced us to Chuck Allen, her friend and a somewhat recent transplant who […]

Editor’s note: Long, long ago, before my time as editor of this fine publication, some smart minds saw the writing on the wall and knew that Bend was fast becoming a micro-brew darling. Boom, our beer column was born. Where we once called the column “Micro,” the proliferation of the term “craft” to signify everything […]

Editor’s note: Masks are back, indoors and out. Vaccinations are becoming required in a number of settings. The National Guard arrived at our local hospital this week. Local vets are weighing in about their time in Afghanistan as they see refugees clamor to get out. Anything else big happen this week? Some of those topics […]

Editor’s note: I feel like I’ve said, “just before this issue went to press” a lot recently—probably due to the fact that the governor and state agencies have seemed to enjoy issuing statements late in the afternoon all throughout the pandemic, and also due to the fact that we’re a weekly paper with just one […]

Editor’s note: I don’t think I am alone in being astounded that it’s August already. It seems like all of 2021 has involved waiting for something—waiting for a change in leadership, for a vaccine to arrive, for a summer that looked more like ones we have known in the past… and then August arrives and […]

Editor’s note: In the moments before this issue went to press, the Oregon Health Authority recommended we all go back to indoor mask-wearing once again. Every day for the past week or more, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state has continued to go up, and as of this writing, St. Charles hospital had […]