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The Burn Issue 2020
Pandemic burnout. Preventing fires near homes. Exercising in the heat. Burning doobs. These following stories are focused on all things “burn.” Read these stories to feel the Central Oregon “burn:” -Burnout in the Time of Coronavirus – Precaution exhaustion, fear of being judged and the claustrophobia of quarantine are part of the new normal – By…
Alleged “Rolling Coal” Incident Leads to Charges
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel has charged a Bend man with two counts of harassment following an alleged “rolling coal” incident during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in Bend. According to the DA’s office, 20-year-old Dylan Freville drove his truck through a crowd gathered for a Black Lives Matter demonstration May 30. “On at…
The Source Weekly Update 7/29/20 🎧
In this week’s Source Weekly update were focusing on the pandemic and race related crimes: three more people in Central Oregon have died from COVID. A Bend man charged in alleged racial bias incident. Alleged “rolling coals” incident on a BLM demonstration leads to charges. All in this week’s Source Weekly Update. Source Weekly -…
Five Central Oregon Deaths Reported in a Single Day
Five more people in Central Oregon have died from COVID-19, the Oregon Health Authority reported Tuesday. Before mid-July, Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties had reported zero deaths from the virus. That spiked later in the month, after an outbreak at Mt. Bachelor Memory Care in Bend, where three residents died last week. The deaths reported Tuesday include…
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Bend Man Charged in Alleged Racial Bias Incident; Friend Sets Up Fundraiser for Victim ▶ [with video]
Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel has charged a Bend man in an alleged incident of racial bias. On Monday, Hummel’s office announced that it had charged 35-year old Bendite Jeremiah McBride with bias crime in the second degree, harassment and criminal mischief, related to an incident that started at the Red Robin restaurant in…
Night 57: Federal Troops, Tear Gas, and the Clash for Power
When walking even a half mile from the protests your eyes begin to water, the smell of RoundUp creeps up your nose, your throat inches, then burns. Chants billow towards you: “Whose streets…. our streets.” Goggles soon become a necessity. Two masks help shield your throat from the invisible, sharp air, and as the first…
Pearl’s Puzzle – Week of July 27
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The Social Wellbeing of the Community in the Time of COVID 🎧 [with podcast]
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Cameron Clark, the founder and owner of C3 Events, which produces Munch and Music and the Northwest Crossing Saturday Farmers Market. He moved to Bend in 1990, and soon after began creating memorable community experiences for both visitors and locals in Central Oregon including the Bend…
Three New COVID-19 Deaths in Central Oregon
The Oregon Health Authority reported early Friday that two people from Deschutes County died from COVID-19. In addition, the first death in Jefferson County was reported by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs late Thursday night. In all, the OHA reported nine new COVID-19 deaths in the state Friday, raising Oregon’s total to 282. Among the…
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A Night in Portland, as Federal Troops Remained ▶ [with video]
You can smell what’s ahead before anything else. A slight whiff of pepper—or perhaps more like the scent of RoundUp, left in an enclosed shed over the summer. Next is the boom of a crowd chanting: “Enough is enough. Enough is enough….” And then the loudspeakers, on this night, announcing that Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler…
Fines for the Unmasked
The Bend City Council held an emergency meeting Thursday morning, where councilors voted in favor of issuing fines to people not following mask orders. The fines would range from $100 for the first violation to $500 for the third and the order will stay in effect until Deschutes county enters into Phase Three or Gov.…
Free Will Astrology—Week of July 23
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “How can I communicate to wild bunnies that I am their ally?” asked a Twitter blogger named Ghost Girl. That question is a good place to start my oracle for you. In the coming weeks, I think you’ll be wise to meditate on how to enhance your relationship with all kinds…
Letters to the Editor 7/23/20
Editor’s note: In other years, we’ve put out our annual Restaurant Guide earlier in the season, giving locals and tourists alike a guide to what’s good to eat in Central Oregon. This year, everything is different. Restaurants and bars continue to grapple with new and changing regulations, with customers who might not be ready to…
The Plague Rages On
Over the last month, daily COVID-19 case counts in Oregon have soared far beyond the first peak in March. Back then, Gov. Kate Brown shut down the state; Oregonians were told not to leave their homes for anything besides essential services and a walk around the neighborhood. This time, strict mask mandates replace lockdown, as…
A Curfew Won’t Solve Bend’s Leadership Vacuum
This week, the Bend City Council began a discussion around the possibility of implementing a 10 pm curfew in the city, in an effort to avoid the inevitable breaches of social distancing protocols that can happen when people are drinking alcohol and socializing late into the night. The idea of a curfew is only in…
Masks in the Outdoors
As the summer goes on and the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage in the U.S., many people are spending more time outside. Some locations offer plenty of solitude and distancing—but at busy local places like the Deschutes River Trail or Smith Rock State Park, it’s very possible to be within someone else’s 6-foot physical bubble.…
Annual Deschutes River Cleanup takes place July 25
The Deschutes River blesses people with endless hours of float-oriented fun over the summer—so the least we can do is help keep it clean! Beyond its opportunity for a variety of recreational activities, the Deschutes is a major part of Central Oregon’s economy. From the crops it helps water, to the fly shops that rely…
Pop-Up Culture
Some of the most defining moments of my life took place at the local drive-in near where I went to high school in Grants Pass, Oregon. Sitting in the bed of a filthy pick-up truck watching Jodie Foster’s “Contact” is where I had my first beer and kiss, within about five minutes of each other.…
Local to the Core
At the end of May I wrote about a new album in the works called High Desert Calling—a giant collaboration from Central Oregon artists, allowing the community to support them during the pandemic, all hosted in one place. Now the album is finally here. Volume one features 58 tracks with genres ranging from rock, rap,…
Real Estate Inventory is at an All-Time Low
In recent years the Central Oregon real estate market has been no stranger to low inventory. In June 2020, the region took a dip to less than one month of inventory for the city of Bend. Inventory is the number of homes actively for sale. There just isn’t enough housing inventory for the number of…
Blurt Force Trauma & Bleachable Moments
Blurt Force Trauma I became friends with this awesome guy who moved into my apartment complex. I can tell that he’s into me, but he’s not my type at all. What should I say to tell him I’m not interested? —UncomfortableTelling a guy you aren’t interested before he asks you out is like coming up…
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Rookie Food Cart of the Year – Aina Kauai Style Grill ▶ [with video]
Aina Kauai Style Grill, tied for Rookie Food Cart of the Year, was selected for its welcoming Aloha spirit and for bringing Central Oregon a slice of Hawaiian culture and cuisine it had not yet seen. Owner Ian Vidinha grew up on Kauai, with native Hawaiian and Portuguese roots. His culture translates into his unique…
Tastes Like Summer
Some things just hit different come summertime. Here’s a short list: milkshakes, corn on the cob, tacos, margaritas, sandwiches with chips on it, cold beer… fresh fruit… you get the idea. If you take those last two items and roll them into one delicious beverage, you’ve got something ripe for the summer—which is exactly what…
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Restaurant of the Year – Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails ▶ [with video]
Our Restaurant of the Year for 2020 is a vibrant downtown gem and a cornerstone of the small-business community in Bend. Our readers voted Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails both Best Dinner and Best Food Service in our Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll in 2019. For our staff-selected Restaurant of the Year award in this…
Stay Off My Lawn
As of July 15, Oregonians are required to wear masks outdoors if unable to maintain a safe 6 -foot distance from other people. Still, anyone driving by Drake Park on Saturday afternoon might assume these additional guidelines were not in place. Throngs of swimsuit-clad, tube-toting locals (and tourists) finish floating the river there—face coverings absent.…
Restaurant Guide 2020
In other years, we’ve put out our annual Restaurant Guide earlier in the season, giving locals and tourists alike a guide to what’s good to eat in Central Oregon. This year, everything is different. Restaurants and bars continue to grapple with new and changing regulations, with customers who might not be ready to comply, and…
Burnout in the Time of Coronavirus
The last four months have brought more uncertainty into the lives of Americans than many have seen in their lifetimes. For some, it’s the stress of the unknown that can be most exhausting. The major details of day-to-day life are upside down, from jobs to home life, to home-schooling, concern for older parents, claustrophobic arguments…
Sparks and Rec
Paul Dewey founded Central Oregon LandWatch in 1985, and recently stepped down from his role of executive director to strategic advisor—allowing him to remain on the frontlines of wildfire prevention. “I’ve been working on these issues for the past 35 years,” he said. “LandWatch involvement in wildfire protections extends over several decades. The west side…
Listen to Your Heart
As mask regulations ramp up, quarantine continues and the monotonous day-to-day routine proves to be as strangling as the walls around your home office, exercising is a necessity. That early-morning run or after-work trip to the bike trail is increasingly becoming something of a therapy appointment. But as the year creeps along into its hottest months, some of Bend’s popular trails prove unforgiving, dusty and sometimes dangerous, depending on the time of day. The major threat to be aware of when exercising in the summer is heat stress, which can lead…
Burning One Down, Without Smoke
Remember late last year, when the biggest thing on the health-concern horizon centered around vaporizers? In what feels like one million years ago, but was really only 2019, at least two Oregonians died from a mysterious lung illness that researchers now believe is linked to dangerous and unregulated additives. A series of raids at illegal…
