The State Elections Division closed its investigation Thursday into whether new Councilor Casey Roats ran afoul of election law in his voter registration and candidacy filings after finding insufficient evidence of a violation. The investigation was sparked by a complaint filed by local activist Michael Funke alleging that Roats knowingly provided false address information on election-related […]
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City Council Swears in New Members, Elects Jim Clinton and Sally Russell as Mayor and Pro Tem
In a quick and largely ceremonial meeting, Bend City Council swore in its three newest members. After Casey Roats, Barb Campbell and Nathan Boddie took their seats, they joined council in voting unanimously to re-elect Jim Clinton as mayor and to elect Sally Russell as mayor pro tem. “As many people may not know, it […]
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Councilor Doug Knight Vies for the Mayoral Gavel
When the new City Council meets for the first time on Wednesday, it’s short agenda includes electing a mayor and mayor pro-tem. In Bend, the mayor functions similarly to the chair of a board. He or she helps create the meeting agenda in cooperation with the city manager, facilitates meetings (with the ever-so-official gavel), and […]
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Budweiser is Over: 7 Beers Americans Have Stopped Drinking
Beer sales are down. Sales of particular variety of beer, that is. According to KGW, the big name brands are those experiencing the biggest dip. It’s no surprise, then, that Anheuser-Busch/InBev jumped at the opportunity to purchase 10 Barrel. Here are the top seven brands with plummeting sales. (Read the full analysis here.) 1. Budweiser […]
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Tips for Avoiding Christmastime Car Break-ins
Heads up folks—’tis the season for car break-ins. Last night, a Source staffer’s car got broken into in the Connecting Point parking lot between 7 pm and 11 pm. She told us that one of the glass repair shops she called noted that they’d had multiple calls about break-ins just today. We called the Bend […]
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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Troy Field
Troy Field, the sometimes sports field near the downtown Bend library, is officially on the market. Declared surplus property by its current owners, the Bend-La Pine School District, the large rectangular patch of grass is one of the few undeveloped properties in downtown Bend. The public entities who got first dibs on making a bid […]
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City of Bend Explains Snow Removal Priorities
Were you among the many Bendites cranky about the accumulation of snow and ice during our first snow of the season? Perhaps you wondered why the snow ploughs never made it down your street. Well, the City has responded via a video released its annual video explaining how it approaches snow removal, what methods it uses, and […]
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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Casey Roats
We want to know how you feel about the hot-button issues of the day. That, and polls are a great way to kill time and make fun graphs! You may have noticed the results in this week’s issue of our recent poll on the Grand Jury decision not to indict the police officer who shot […]
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Bend City Council Proclaims Dec. 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Bend City Council issued the following proclamation during tonight’s meeting, recognizing Dec. 7 as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The proclamation was initiated by the Bend Heroes Foundation. Proclamation DECEMBER 7TH, 2014 as PEARL HARBOR REMEMBRANCE DAY WHEREAS, December 7th, 2014 marks the seventy-third anniversary of the premeditated attack on Pearl Harbor propelling our nation into WWII, […]
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City Council Finds Councilor-Elect Casey Roats Qualified
In a 5-2 vote, with Mayor Jim Clinton and Councilor Doug Knight dissenting, the Bend City Council approved a motion finding councilor-elect Casey Roats qualified to be elected to City Council. We’ll have more in this week’s issue, online and on stands Wednesday. What’s your take? Sound off in our poll and in the comments […]