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Project Censored
Every year since 1976, Project Censored has performed an invaluable service — shedding light on the most significant news that’s somehow not fit to print. Censorship in an authoritarian society is obvious, from a distance, at least. There is a central agent or agency responsible for it and the lines are clearly drawn. That’s not…
Listen: Source Weekly Update 12/24 🎧
This week, we talk about COVID restrictions and determine whether they are enforceable. Will legal action be taken if indoor dining continues? We also look into the body cam evaluations being done by Bend officers. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 12/24
A Camp at Juniper Ridge? Maybe Not.
City of Bend staffers advised against a temporary camp for the unhoused off Cooley Road at Juniper Ridge at the Dec. 16 City Council meeting. The site is currently used for rock crushing, and earlier this year, the Bend City Council was considering a temporary managed camp once the crushers moved out. The rock crushing…
Pearl’s Puzzle – Week of Dec. 21
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Listen: The Story Behind Central Oregon Gives 🎧
For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we spoke with Rys Fairbrother of What If We Could, and Aaron Switzer, the Source Weekly’s publisher and founder of Central Oregon Gives. Both Switzer and Fairbrother have been working to help nonprofits for years through sponsorships, marketing and storytelling. The Central Oregon Gives program combines all…
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Bend Gets Its First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine ▶ [with video]
It’s the moment that many have been waiting for all year: Vaccines designed to safeguard against the COVID-19 virus have arrived in Central Oregon. St. Charles Health System received its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Thursday, which arrived in the state earlier this week. WATCH: St. Charles released a video Thursday of the arrival…
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Bend Chamber Releases Series Sharing Local Business Resilience ▶ [with video]
With unemployment high and many places forced to close or reduce service due to ongoing pandemic shutdowns, most—if not all—businesses in Central Oregon have been affected by COVID-19 in some way. With Gov. Kate Brown extending Oregon’s state of emergency Thursday for an additional 60 days, calling it “the darkest days of this pandemic,” now’s…
Hundreds More Affordable Housing Apartments Underway in Bend
A project that could very well be Bend’s biggest affordable housing project to date is now underway. Wishcamper Development Partners recently held a virtual groundbreaking ceremony on Stillwater Crossing—a $51.6 million, 240-unit affordable housing apartment community planned for Bend. The site is north of Ponderosa Street along Atwood Drive, parallel to Highway 97. Planning for the…
Governor Calls Special Legislative Session
Oregon legislators will meet at the Oregon State Capitol Dec. 21 for a special one-day session aimed at tackling wildfire relief and the impacts of COVID-19. Gov. Kate Brown announced the special session Dec. 15, in an effort to move forward on some $800 million in relief for Oregonians. “Included in the Governor’s budget priorities…
Big Flavor for a Small Holiday Gathering
Crook, Jefferson and Deschutes counties are among the 25 counties falling under COVID-19 “extreme risk” status, which means holiday gatherings indoors and out must be kept to six or fewer people from no more than two households. But people can still stay safe this season without going full Scrooge. Keep this year’s holiday guest list…
Gone But Not Forgotten: Locals Remember Sunriver Kayaker
From the 100+ posts on the remembrance page for local kayaker Blaine Davis, it’s clear that he was a beloved member of the outdoors and wider Central Oregon community. The page, Blaine Davis Remembrance, includes hundreds of photos and comments and notes from the many lives and communities he touched as far away as New…
If You’re New Here: A Primer on Ice Skating
Welcome to “If You’re New Here,” a new, occasional feature in the Source Weekly that gives the many newcomers to Central Oregon a primer on some of the area’s most beloved destinations. This week, If You’re New Here has some deets on where to go for ice skating in Bend and beyond. Bend Park and…
Think Outside the Pie
For a family-sized holiday dessert, think outside the pie with a swiss roll—perfect for a small holiday centerpiece. Composed of a simple sponge cake and a filling such as jam and whipped cream, it offers a light dessert after a heavy holiday dinner. The only tricky part: rolling the cake so it features the signature…
Get Your Holiday Edible Game On
Homemade gifts rule, and that includes cannabis edibles. You know who could use some cannabis-infused edibles this holiday season? Every adult in this batshit country. Cannabis edibles can help with the common physical and psychological manifestations of the stresses of the pandemic, including insomnia, anxiety and pain. (“Just wanting to be high right now” is…
Maybe Books Will Save Us
Somehow, the time of exchanging gifts is very nearly upon us. If you’re running out of time and gift ideas, here are seven books anyone on your list would be happy to receive: “Local Dirt: Seasonal Recipes for Eating Close to Home” by Andrea Bemis Organized by season, Bemis, the owner of Tumbleweed Farm in…
The Bliss of “Soul Sprint”
It’s a well-known fact that one of the best parts about video games with cars is that you can drive like an absolute maniac. Just ask anyone who’s played “Grand Theft Auto” in their lifetime. But sometimes I find that slowing things down, just going for a cruise while taking in the scenery and soundtrack…
A Cronenbergian Christmas
In celebration of the worldwide DVD/Blu/VOD release of “The Last Blockbuster” this week (written, directed and produced by Bendites Taylor Morden and Zeke Kamm, and with an appearance by yours truly), I decided to make it a Blockbuster night. Nothing streaming was tickling my fancy and I’m literally two blocks away from the last Blockbuster…
2020 Housing Boost
The year 2020 will go down in the history books as an unprecedented year in many regards. The real estate market in Central Oregon was no exception. Since approaching the year’s end it seems appropriate to begin reflecting on this year’s real estate activity. The National Association of Realtors reported that existing home sales hit…
Adoptee Strainer
Adoptee Strainer My boyfriend, who was adopted as an infant, just heard from his birth mom for the first time ever. She contacted him out of the blue, sending a perfectly nice message, not expecting anything from him. Instead of responding to it, he’s just sort of shutting down. Times are tough enough, and I…
Free Will Astrology—Week of December 17
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): According to researcher Nick Watts and his documentary film The Human Footprint, the average person speaks more than 13 million words in a lifetime, or about 4,300 per day. But I suspect and hope that your output will increase in 2021. I think you’ll have more to say than usual—more truths…
Noticias en Español
Cientos de viviendas económicas en marcha en la ciudad de Bend Está en marcha un proyecto de vivienda económica que puede ser uno de los más grandes a la fecha en Bend. Recientemente, los colaboradores del Desarrollo Wishcamper, realizaron una ceremonia de inauguración virtual en donde se colocó la primera piedra en Stillwater Crossing—…
Getting Educators Vaccinated Early is a Path to a Speedier Recovery
Earlier this month, as news of two prospective COVID-19 vaccines began to go from a possibility to a reality, an interactive module offered by The New York Times, “Find Your Place in the Vaccine Line,” allowed people to get a sense of where they would stand in the line to get vaccinated against the virus,…
Letters to the Editor 12/17/20
Editor’s note: Plenty of wiser minds have weighed in this week about how it feels, at this present moment, to see a COVID-19 vaccine roll out amid a global pandemic and an ongoing economic crisis—with the pressure and expectations of the holiday season thrown in. If I had to characterize all of this in culinary…
