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Coming in Hot: The Return to School for Bend-La Pine Students
Two weeks into the highly anticipated Central Oregon school reopening (for younger grades) and many are assessing the merits of education exclusively through virtual WebEx lessons versus a part-time classroom experience. Students in grades K-3 in Bend-La Pine Schools returned Jan. 25, with grades 4 and 5 going two days a week starting a week…
Listen: Source Weekly Update 2/18 🎧
A housing project for veterans that could be used as a model for other homeless programs, a taproom that’s handing over the keys to a wine bar, and a new food cart pod opening in Prineville — all in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 2/18
Cliff Goes to Washington
The Source sits down with newly elected Rep. Cliff Bentz to talk about life in Washington, D.C.—and of course, his vote against certifying Pennsylvania’s electoral college votes.
Listen: Surviving the Isolation and Anxiety of the Pandemic with Dr. Sabrina Hadeed-Duea 🎧
For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with Dr. Sabrina Hadeed-Duea, a Licensed Professional Counselor and adjunct professor at Oregon State University – Cascades. During this conversation Hadeed-Duea details the benefits of wilderness therapy and explores the challenges and rewards of Zoom counseling. She also discusses the cultural implications of COVID precautions…
Bring the Adventure into Your Home
Let’s soak up some filmed action shots, stunning scenery and moving personal stories from around the world.
Right on Time
Editor’s note: Burt Gershater is a new columnist for the Source Weekly who is springboarding from his column in Arizona to doing one for readers in Central Oregon. To kick things off, I asked him to answer a few questions. Source Weekly: You have a popular column in your former home of Flagstaff. Talk about the genesis…
Portland’s Killer Burger Coming to Bend
For the past two years, Portland’s Killer Burger has been the winner of “Portland’s Best Burger” in the readers’ poll for Willamette Week—similar to the Source’s Best of Central Oregon poll. Soon, Central Oregonians will be able to enjoy some of those popular burgers right here in Bend. The Killer Burger franchise announced this week…
Cocoa Power
Art is good when it springs from necessity. This kind of origin is the guarantee of its value; there is no other ––Neal Cassidy In the middle of the night, partway through a cross-country drive, I unfolded myself from the driver’s seat at another random gas station. Someone special was waiting at the east end…
Winter Beer Fest Ahead
It’s been a rough 12 months for us beer lovers. So many missed beer festivals; enter virtual beer festivals. I know… it’s not quite the same, but the virtual beer festivals can be quite fun and they can still support great causes. This is the case for the second annual Suttle Lodge Winter Beer Festival…
Immigrant Song
I’ve said it a thousand times in these pages over the years, but the most important thing that cinema can do for the world is create empathy—not just for different cultures and religions and people, but for ourselves and the struggles we think we’re fighting in the dark.
A Central Oregon Love Song
Why not dedicate a song to your partner? Or if your skills fit the bill, write a song for them… which happens to be exactly what Bend artist Kolby Knickerbocker did.
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Zombies Attack Bend! ▶ [With Video]
It’s my first time at Zero Latency, the virtual reality arena that recently opened on Third Street in Bend. I’m terrible at first, but over the course of the first 15-minute game in the arena, I get better at knowing where the zombies—my height and making creepy noises all the while—are coming from.
Stare Way To Heaven
Stare Way To Heaven I’m a girl in my early 20s, and I recently started dating a guy I met in college. I’m very happy, except for one issue: For as long as I’ve known him, he’s followed Instagram accounts of attractive women with provocative photos (ranging from half-naked to entirely naked), and he’ll “like”…
Free Will Astrology—Week of February 11
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): I’ve adopted some lines from poet Walt Whitman for you to use in composing a love note. Send it to a person you know and love, or to a person you want to know and love, or a person you will know and love in the future. Here it is: “We…
Redmond Revival
Redmond, Oregon, sits only 17 miles north of Bend and the quick and easy access to outdoor recreational opportunities help support the city as one of the fastest-growing residential and industrial communities in Oregon. Where mostly sunny days proceed clear, cool nights and precipitation is minimal, keeping true to the designation of the high desert. …
Exploring Crater Lake’s Winter Wonderland
From Bend, a visit to Crater Lake can be done in a long day or as an easy overnighter with a stay in Chiloquin or Klamath Falls. The BIG challenge isn’t necessarily planning ahead, it’s how the current conditions will dictate your visit.
Noticias en Español
A dos semanas de la tan esperada reapertura de las escuelas en la zona centro de Oregon (para los grados más bajos), muchos están evaluando los méritos de educación exclusivamente por medio de las clases virtuales de WebEx, en comparación con la experiencia en el salón de clases por la mitad del tiempo escolar. Los alumnos…
A Look at COVID’s Fallout, in Numbers
This week, people in Deschutes County got word that the county would move from the Extreme Risk category to the High Risk one—allowing for more relaxed restrictions and once again allowing restaurants to serve indoors in a limited capacity. This is welcome news, and with rapidly declining COVID-19 case numbers statewide, it puts Oregon on…
Letters to the Editor 2/11/21
Editor’s note: I can’t lie: Seeing case numbers drop sharply and hearing that Gov. Kate Brown had relaxed restrictions on Deschutes County starting this week was some of the most welcome news I’ve received in a long while. And since we’re the Source Weekly, home to a staff that loves to revel in all the…
Sparrow Bakery Launches Campaign to Support Struggling Restaurants
Who doesn’t love takeout? So how about we do it two times more a week? Restaurants in Deschutes County got some relief this week when the governor announced a relaxation of guidelines—but they’re still expected to struggle for quite some time, due to the extended closures. “As widely documented throughout the pandemic, food service and…
Black in Bend
Not long ago, Bend social studies teacher Brad Horn reached out to the Source to share how he and his students had recently completed a project in which each student conducted an oral-history style interview with a community member. Some talked with those involved in Oregon’s deadly summer wildfires; others interviewed locals on the topic…
