Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: With the warm temperatures and the warnings about the potential for fires happening this week, it’s kinda hard to believe that it’s only April and not June in Central Oregon. Fortunately, no unplanned fires have emerged yet, and locals still have a short amount of time to parade around the Deschutes River or […]

Editor’s note From the latest edition of our Leaflet cannabis guide to a look at one way that the Oregon Legislative Assembly is trying to tackle police reform and mental health services, there’s lots to read and enjoy in this week’s edition. And even as political leaders make an effort to stop the needless stops, […]

Editor’s note: A few hours before this issue was headed to press, we got the word that Deschutes County would be experiencing something of a backslide in its reopening. The county moves from Moderate Risk back to High Risk—which allows only 25% occupancy in restaurants and other public spaces—as of Friday, April 9. Crook and […]

Editor’s note: I don’t think I’m alone in saying that spring is one of my favorite times of the year. Snow left in the mountains to enjoy at our leisure, dry roads to bike upon and little bugs and buds just beginning to strut their stuff… there’s so much to love about the rebirthing of […]

Editor’s note: I could not have put it better than The Washington Post’s 5-Minute Fix newsletter, which on Tuesday outlined the events of the past week with the statement, “Back to our regularly scheduled mass shootings, intractable gun politics.” Fast on the heels of the Atlanta spa shootings that sparked so much conversation about ending […]

Editor’s note: It is a coincidence but not entirely surprising to me that on the week we are rolling out a feature story on a new effort to track and seek justice for the many Indigenous men and women who are missing or murdered in this country, we are also seeing the confirmation of the […]

Editor’s note: Over the past year we’ve spent a lot of time looking at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic—but that’s just one of the challenges Oregonians have faced this year. In this week’s feature section, two contributors offer some perspective on how events over the past year—including wildfires, tourism and a lack of volunteers […]

Editor’s note: Last year, the Source Weekly—which has long had a Women’s Issue coinciding with International Women’s Day—joined forces with the Bend Chamber’s Women of the Year awards, for one giant event. Quite literally the night of the awards banquet, I arrived a little late due to the fact that I’d written a breaking news […]

Editor’s note: Last year, just days after Oregon got its first reported cases of COVID-19, I put an offer on a house in the Orchard District. As a first-time homebuyer, it felt crazy to do so at that time—and people tried to talk me out of it—but as we’ve seen over this past year, 2020 […]

Editor’s note: How was the first weekend of the return of inside dining for everyone? Cheers to those who were able to secure a coveted spot at a cozy table without having to fight gauntlet-style battles to do so. Or, maybe you went back to the food cart pod that’s been your go-to throughout this […]