Listen: Source Weekly Update 1/7 🎧
This week, we talk about a campaign launched by OHA to help the effects social distancing has been having on mental health, and take a look at a nonprofit organization run by women and queer people of color. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 1/7
“Assault at the Citadel of Liberty”
This is a developing story. We’ll update as more information becomes available. Members of Congress were evacuated from the U.S. Capitol today, after armed rioters stormed in during the process certifying electoral college votes. “It’s a strange feeling to be locked in a room that you know is not really designed to be secure.” -…
Oregon Voters Said Yes to Using Psilocybin as a Mental Health Therapy. What’s Next?
During the November election, Oregon voters approved a measure allowing licensed centers to provide psilocybin, the substance found in “magic mushrooms,” to help treat people experiencing a range of mental health issues. Oregon is the first state to approve such a program—and with that, eyes will now be on the state to see how it…
Listen: 2020 in the Rearview with Editor Nicole Vulcan 🎧
As the Source puts out its last issue of the year, Editor Nicole Vulcan joins Publisher Aaron Switzer for a chat about the paper’s top-viewed stories, and the “Boot/Slipper” editorial, giving their take on some of the biggest issues of 2020. All that and more in this week’s Bend Don’t Break podcast. Source Weekly -…
Learn to Cross- Country Ski and Help the Meissner Nordic Ski Club
Cross-country—also called Nordic—skiing can be either an entry into the wide world of skiing in general, or a peaceful and heart-pounding departure from the hustle and bustle of downhill resort skiing. Wherever you’re coming from, XC Oregon’s Learn to Ski Day is a time to learn the ropes. XC Oregon is a locally based organization…
Rolling Back Environmental Protections: A Laundry List of the Past Four Years
As its time in office comes to a close and we look ahead to 2021, the Trump Administration will be remembered for many things—but conservation will not be one of them. During his time in office, his administration has led an assault on the environment: reversing, revoking, or rolling back nearly 100 rules and regulations…
Source Material: Best of the Year
Looking back, this year is really a blur. So much has happened, and almost so little at the same time. For musicians, this year was a test—and if I was in any position to give out grades, I’d say you all did wonderfully. A+ marks for the class. Some of the best music I’ve heard…
Real Estate Resolutions
As resolutions for the coming year are being formed, such as healthier mental and physical habits, now is also the ideal time to set real estate resolutions as well. If purchasing a home or home renovations are in the plans for 2021, consider supporting the healthier and more energy efficient homes movement. Reflecting on the…
Restaurant Openings and Closings
Editor’s note: A correction regarding Maverick’s Country Bar and Grill is below. In the wild world that has been 2020, plenty of our beloved local—and locally owned—restaurants have been hanging on by a thread. Buying takeout or braving the outdoor-dining scene can help them stay alive, but as 2020 ends, some of the places we’ve…
Steep and Cheap
With 2020’s opening day following Thanksgiving, the earliest seen in 11 years, Hoodoo Ski Area has broken sales records across the board—and it’s only December. “This time last year, we didn’t open until the middle of January,” said Marketing Director Leif Williams, noting that mid-December as a more typical opening. “In October, we extended our…
Werewolves and Biscuits and Dancing, Oh My!
This wasn’t a very good year, for humans or for life on Earth in general. There are still a lot of unknowns heading into 2021, and not just when it comes to cinema and movie-going. How did it feel for everyone else, watching movies you know were supposed to open in theaters (like “Soul” and…
2020, the Year Cannabis Became Essential
Many of us spent this year staying home, watching streaming services, avoiding others and eating tremendous amounts of food. You know what goes really well with those things, and always has? Cannabis. The year 2020 shows that Oregonians managed their quarantine time by buying and consuming record amounts of cannabis products, and that’s just from…
Meet Joe Slack
Meet Joe Slack My boyfriend does everything halfway, save for playing video games and smoking weed. He does sloppy work at his job, just the minimum to get by, and is always late turning things in. He’s gotten away with this so far, maybe because he’s charismatic and fun. In our relationship, he’ll promise me…
Free Will Astrology—Week of December 31
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The mathematically oriented website WaitButWhy.com says that the odds of winning a mega lottery can be compared to this scenario: You know that a certain hedgehog will sneeze just one time in the next six years, and you place a big bet that this sneeze will take place at exactly the…
Pearl’s Puzzle – Week Of Dec. 31
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The Year the Music Died
It took a decade, dozens of artists, and hundreds of volunteers to transform the Four Peaks music festival from a bootstrap local gathering into a bona fide concert destination. But it took just one rogue virus a few weeks to bring it all crashing down in late March. That’s when Stacy Koff, festival founder and…
A Year in Local News
Remember having New Year’s parties? Or how about raucous family gatherings with all the beloved (and tolerated) relatives crowding around? Remember PPE shortages, wildfires, protests and protests about closures? A lot can change in a year—and while many people are more than ready to put 2020 behind us, we’re taking one last look at some…
Letters to the Editor 12/31/20
Editor’s note: Perhaps I’d fallen prey to the adage, “can’t see the forest for the trees.” Or perhaps another saying, “drinking from a firehose,” was more accurate. Whatever analogy one might choose to apply to this past year, it’s been a doozy—and when I set out to compile our Top 10 news stories of the…
Noticias en Español
De acuerdo a una nueva carta dirigida a el Departamento de Educación y a las Autoridades de Salud de Oregon, la gobernadora Kate Brown indica que los distritos escolares pueden decidir a nivel local cuándo reanudar la educación en persona, “distrito por distrito, escuela por escuela”. Anteriormente, después de haber cerrado las escuelas debido a…
2020’s Local Wins and Losses: The Boot and Slipper Return!
In days past, the topics found on the opinion page of the Source Weekly were classified by the “boot” and the “glass slipper.” Politicians acting badly warranted a boot; favorable ones got the slipper. While the boot and slipper are only occasional visitors on this page nowadays, it seemed fitting to dust them off as…
