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Airport Parking Alternatives Are Coming. You’ll Just Have to Wait a While.

Redmond airport officials hope to raise the daily fee from $15 to $24 per day, the same rate as Portland

by The Source Editorial Board March 22, 2023June 30, 2024

Officials at the Redmond airport raised prices on daily parking five years ago. Now, they want to do it again, raising the daily fee from $15 to $24 per day. It’s the same price someone would pay to park daily at Portland International Airport, they pointed out – even though we all know that the […]

Opinion

If China Hat is the Forest, One Small Managed Camp is a Tree

Friction brews between various cities and Deschutes County

by The Source Editorial Board March 15, 2023July 5, 2024

This past week the public has had a window into the difficulties and details that go into approving a managed camp for unhoused individuals in Central Oregon. After initially indicating support for using county funds to launch a camp for “medically fragile” individuals in south Bend, Deschutes County Commissioners Patti Adair and Tony DeBone voted […]

Opinion

On the Homelessness Issue, One Step Forward, One Step Back

The situation is dire

by The Source Editorial Board March 8, 2023June 11, 2024

Editor’s Note: Deschutes County Commissioners backed out of the agreement to hire a contractor on City-owned land on Murphy Road shortly after this article was published. Click here for an update on this story. Ask people in Central Oregon about homelessness and most of them are bound to say that something needs to be done. […]

Opinion

In 2023, the Culture War is a Gender War

Have women achieved the equality and parity in this 21st Century that was so sought after throughout the 20th?

by The Source Editorial Board March 1, 2023May 13, 2025

Every year, as we put out an annual Women’s Issue, we turn our attention toward perennial questions like, what is feminism today? Does it have a place anymore? Have women achieved the equality and parity in this 21st Century that was so sought after throughout the 20th? To be sure, some of the past issues […]

Opinion

Railway Safety is an Effort for All Cities

Fossil fuels and other dangerous materials travel by train

by The Source Editorial Board February 22, 2023December 18, 2024

We have to admit: When the Bend City Council adopted a resolution in 2021 that declared opposition to seeing rail cars carrying fossil fuels run through the city, we were dubious. What could a small city like Bend do to actually make things safer, in the face of petroleum companies and the other private enterprises […]

Opinion

Bring Back the Bend Water Pageant, Tweaked for Modern Times

Water is Life. No resource on Earth is more precious. Wouldn’t it be great to celebrate it with a new twist on an old idea?

by The Source Staff February 15, 2023July 2, 2024

Bear with us while we get a little aspirational here. There will be exclamation marks! This month, the work on the trails hugging Mirror Pond is causing water levels to be low in that part of our beloved Deschutes River. That is causing evidence of the past to show up – namely, the pilings that […]

Opinion

Governor’s Budget: Prioritize Fewer Band-Aids, More Brick-and-Mortar

Gov. Kotek has followed through on her promises to prioritize some of the biggest pain points facing the state – even at the expense of some other local projects

by The Source Editorial Board February 8, 2023September 20, 2023

When gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek was on the campaign trail, she made it clear that housing and homelessness would be among her top priorities should she win the race in November. Now that she’s in the governor’s office, we’re seeing that promise play out. Kotek declared a Homelessness State of Emergency just after taking office. […]

Opinion

Oregonians Lack Basic Information About Water Issues. A Recent Secretary of State Report is a Start in Changing That.

Cities like ours should be empowered and funded to better monitor and manage their waters

by The Source Editorial Board February 1, 2023September 29, 2023

Plenty of people think of Oregon as a rainy, green oasis – but those of us who live in the 2/3 of the state that doesn’t look like that know differently. Here in Central Oregon, water is scarce enough to mean some farmers don’t get the water they need at crop-growing time. Others begin hobby […]

Opinion

For the GOP and Oregon’s Two Most-Junior Congresspeople, Pistol Packin’ IRS Agents Are Top Priority

The Internal Revenue Service has hired more than 5,000 new agents to improve its aging technology

by The Source Editorial Board January 25, 2023November 3, 2023

This next week, Americans will begin that annual task of filing their taxes. This year, unlike the past several, that task will be met with a little more help on the other end. Due to funding secured last year through the Inflation Reduction Act, the Internal Revenue Service has already hired more than 5,000 new […]

Opinion

What We Lose When We Lose Local News

Publishing remains a challenging endeavor – but it remains meaningful work, as the community of Medford is about to find out.

by The Source Editorial Board January 18, 2023September 23, 2023

Here in Central Oregon, we are fortunate not to live in a “news desert” where local coverage is hard to find. Between our weekly coverage, and the daily coverage at two local TV news stations, a daily newspaper, several other community papers, a public radio outlet with a reporter in Bend and the coverage of […]

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