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Listen: Oregon’s U.S. Rep Cliff Bentz Condemns the Violence at the Capitol 🎧
For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with Oregon’s District Two U.S. Representative Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario). He represents Bend and all of Eastern Oregon in Washington, D.C. Bentz just took over for former U.S. Representative Greg Walden who had previously held his seat for more than two decades. Throughout this conversation, Bentz discussed…
Listen: Source Weekly Update 2/11 🎧
As we approach Deschutes County’s move out of the Extreme Risk category on Feb. 12, we talk about what this will mean for restaurants and take a look into the status of vaccines in the county. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 2/11
Deschutes County to Move Out of Extreme Risk
Ten of Oregon’s counties—including Deschutes County and those in the Portland metro area—will move into a lower-risk COVID risk category starting Feb. 12, Gov. Kate Brown announced Tuesday. Deschutes County will move to High Risk, which allows restaurants to open at 25% capacity indoors, among other relaxed restrictions. Under Extreme Risk, only outdoor dining was…
Pandemadating: Love is a Battlefield
[Note: Names of those quoted have been changed to protect the identities and privacy of innocent humans seeking love.] The gap between those coupled up going into COVID and those not is as vast as a battlefield, casualties piled high on the latter side. What’s a single lone-star cowpoke to do? Instead of standing in…
Couples, Keeping It Interesting
Whether married or otherwise, couples—like everyone else—have seen new challenges and unexpected circumstances arise over the past year.
Winco Foods Opens
Employee-owned supermarket chain WinCo Foods is now open in Bend. Located in the former Shopko at 60 NE Bend River Mall Drive, the supermarket is known for its extensive bulk section, open-shelf storage and discount prices. Founded in 1967 by two men, the company created an employee stock ownership plan in 1985. The Bend store…
Lone Pine Opens East Side Location
Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, a favorite downtown Bend haunt that last year moved from Tin Pan Alley to NW Harriman Street, now has a second location. Lone Pine’s “East End” location, at 1462 NE Cushing Drive Ste 160, in the new building behind the On Tap food cart pod, offers the same delicious coffee drinks…
To Avoid Fires, Sisters Folk Festival Moves to October
This week, Sisters Folk Festival announced that the festival will move the date of the popular fall gathering into October, in hopes of avoiding wildfire/smoke season. This year the festival will take place Oct. 1-3. That is, of course, if it’s held at all. Many popular and larger festivals like Coachella and Stagecoach, and Glastonbury…
Fine Tuning My Love
Shred Betty, as defined by urbandictionary.com: A cool female snowboarder of exceptional ability. Roses are red, violets are blue, free refills stacked in the white room, fresh and new. Chocolates are dark, filling is creamy, set back my bindings for turns totally dreamy. Amethysts are purple, diamonds are icy, untracked faces picking lines so spicy. …
Increasing Access for BIPOC Cannabis Workers
With its explosive growth and lofty projections for the continuation of the same, the cannabis industry is a popular career choice. While operating stealth illicit basement grows, slinging sacks or loading up vans with hundreds of pounds of packs were once the sole options for working in cannabis pre-legalization, that’s changed. Many of the OGs…
Foxtail Reimagined to Survive Pandemic
In early January, the line wrapped around the Box Factory buildings and customers filed like soldiers 6 feet apart in the cold, waiting at least an hour to order pastries and treats on the last day Foxtail Bakeshop & Kitchen was open to the public.
Listen: Local Music Legend Jeshua Marshall of Larry & His Flask on Going Solo 🎧
For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with Jeshua Marshall, the bassist and co-founder of the internationally known punk band Larry & His Flask. The Flask toured with the Dropkick Murphys and played the mainstage on the Warped Tour and they are likely the most famous act to emerge from the wilds…
Tighten Your Laces! In-Person Racing Returns
Itching to get outside and moving after a long season of staying home and staying safe? Racing season is just around the corner.
No Rabbits. No Hates. Just Magic.
A friend recommended I watch some weird-ass little movie on Hulu called “In and Of Itself” and now I can’t think about anything else.
Winter 2021 is Looking Much Different Than Years Past
Thus far, the winter season of 2021 has been anything but typical. We’ve been blessed with warm days—that is, warm within in the context of Central Oregon’s version of winter warmth. Central Oregonians are finding themselves spending more time outside than is usual for the winter months, and then of course there is the housing…
Blarenaked Ladies & Dad Man Walking
Blarenaked Ladies Whenever I feel like I click with someone, I want to be upfront and tell them I like them right away. My friends all say this is dating suicide (and that’s how it’s been working out for me). But if I’m looking for emotional honesty in a partner, shouldn’t I lead with it?…
Free Will Astrology—Week of February 4
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Aquarian author Alice Walker writes, “In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they’re still beautiful. In the coming weeks, I hope you’ll adopt that way of thinking and apply it to every aspect of your perfectly imperfect body and mind…
Letters to the Editor 2/4/21
Editor’s note: Happy February! After an eventful January, it’s nice to look ahead to what could be an enriching Black History Month, filled with opportunities to focus on moving our country forward, rather than biting our nails about what political calamity might happen next. This week’s Source Picks section includes a few great events to…
Noticias en Español
La guía de salud pública, la cual hemos escuchado por meses, parece ser muy simple: usar el cubrebocas, lavarse las manos y mantener el distanciamiento físico de las personas fuera de su núcleo familiar. La cosa es, que no es tan simple. Existe muchas zonas grises y matices dentro de cada una de estas guías…
A Glass Slipper for Rapid Vaccine Deployment; A Boot for Hypocritical Relaxed Restrictions
Last week, health officials from Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System did something extraordinary: In the span of a weekend, they saw over 3,000 people pass through the doors of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, acting on guidance from Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, who placed teachers and school staff in Group 1B…
