News
Posted inNews

Mat Garriott: Vagabond Silver

Sometimes You Have to Free Fall: A Journey from Manager to Maker
Lynn Lewis

Timeless elegance, like a Tiffany creation handed down from one generation to the next, guides jeweler Mat Garriott’s work. Inspired by old-fashioned techniques, the native Bendite uses vintage hand tools rather than machines to craft his unique pieces, whether custom or commercial. Recovering from the life-changing experience of testicular cancer and exhaustion from chemo about […]

Posted inNews

Shop Local

Hidden in plain sight: Stories of local businesses
Lynn Lewis

Bend may be known for beer and deer, but the community’s heart and soul are its people and their stories… often hidden in plain sight. In honor of Shop Local Saturday and our Shop Local issue, here are some of the stories of local business owners. Kevin Gorman: Web Cyclery Matt Garriott: Vagabond Silver Lonnie […]

Posted inNews

Skyrocketing Number of Cannabis Studies

Josh Jardine

For decades, cannabis research has been seriously lacking, due to fear-based, repressive prohibitionist beliefs. There’s a school of thought that believes this may be due in part to Big Pharmaceutical not wanting the public to have a more comprehensive understanding of a plant that you can grow yourself and might be able replace a medicine […]

Posted inNews

Lonnie Patrick: The Cobbler’s Den

Bringing New Life to Old: A Cobbler’s Tale
Lynn Lewis

For repairs of your Scarpa hikers, Lucchese cowboy boots, Jimmy Choo heels… Birks or Clarks, Saddleback leather suitcases, your fave old motorcycle jacket, or any other leather good needing TLC, cobbler/artisan Lonnie Patrick can help. Patrick’s inspiration and on-the-job training began when he was 12, under the watchful eye of his dad, a custom boot […]

Posted inNews

Nearly Half of Homeowners Hit with Surprise Repairs

Unexpected repairs can be very costly
Avatar photo Nick Nayne, Principal Broker

A recent survey of U.S. homeowners found that nearly half experienced unexpected home repair costs that created considerable anxiety. Protecting yourself against unexpected major repair costs is particularly important for first-time homebuyers who typically have very limited budgets, particularly during their first winter. There are some ways for new homebuyers to protect themselves. The first is […]

Posted inNews

Torched Towns: Could Bend be Next?

Bend Ranks No. 8 in Pacific Northwest wildfire risk, study says
Chris Miller

While the most destructive wildfire in California’s history rages on, the U.S. Forest Service and Pyrologix—a Montana-based wildfire analysis firm—have identified the 100 communities in the Pacific Northwest with the highest cumulative risk of wildfire.  Bend ranks number 8. “The high ranking mentioned above confirms all the work that we have been doing since the […]

Posted inNews

Bend Beats Out Redmond For Affordable Housing Program

Project will add 85 housing units in the first phase; with hundreds more to follow
Chris Miller

The City of Bend will be the first to test out a state affordable housing project. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development chose Bend, likely for its acute affordable housing shortages. Redmond and Bend were both in the running to test out House Bill 4079, which  allows cities to use a non-traditional urban […]

Posted inNews

Big Changes for Well-Traveled Trails

Forest Supervisors announce plan to create a permit system for busy trails during peak season
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Ask a local how they feel about the traffic on trails and natural areas in Central Oregon, and chances are they’ll tell you that things are way too crowded. Some might even say that the wilderness areas near Bend are being “loved to death“—the phrase used in a post written by local writer Katy Bryce […]

Posted inNews

In Local Races, a Huge Jump in Voting from the Last Midterm Election

Whether due to ‘Motor Voter’ registrations or an influx of newcomers, numbers went way up
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Midterm elections—the elections that take place in between presidential election years—traditionally see lower voter turnout rates than presidential election years. That holds true for the 2018 election cycle, compared to 2016, but in terms of sheer numbers, voters in Deschutes County turned out in far bigger numbers this year than they did in 2014. Here […]

Sign up for newsletters

Get the best of The Source - Bend, Oregon directly in your email inbox.

Sending to:

Gift this article