Local Pre-Registration Available for COVID Vaccine
Deschutes County and St. Charles Health System have launched a new web page that allows people to sign up to be alerted when it’s their turn to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. The site, centraloregoncovidvaccine.com, allows Central Oregonians to enter their name, address and other information that helps authorities sort out when they are eligible to…
Signs of Spring in the Wild
Spring is always a joyful time in Central Oregon, and all the more so this year as we inch closer to the end of the pandemic. To help you celebrate this all-too-short season, we emailed local botanists, birders and other naturalists to ask them which signs of spring they most look forward to encountering at…
Women in Film
BendFilm is filled with brilliant women. Throughout the tenure of the organization there have been several amazing women with the festival, but recently Executive Director Todd Looby has made it a priority to focus on showing movies by women and BIPOC and staffing BendFilm with new and diverse women. This being Women’s History Month, I…
“Anxiety” Rocks
There have been plenty of moments over the last year when screaming would have been a totally appropriate reaction to life—which is why the full-length debut from Poolside Leper Society might come in handy, more now than ever. Released in February and titled “Anxiety,” the album features eight tracks recorded at the Firing Room in…
Local Brew News
Here are some of the latest tidbits happening in and around Beer Town, USA. Cascade Lakes Brewing Reopens its Pub with a New Look When it comes to apres-ski beer offerings, snow riders don’t get much closer to the mountain than the Cascade Lakes Brewpub at the Colorado Avenue/Century Drive roundabout. For the past four…
Locals’ Nights Roundup
Locals keep the economic engine of Central Oregon running—and every once in a while, we like to check in with the Source Weekly’s calendar listings to share an updated list of the locals’ nights on our radar. As things begin to open back up and (hopefully) get back to something resembling normal, these are some…
Mountain Biking Race Series Brings the Mudslinging, Chain-Breaking Fun
Getting on your bike is a great way to stay fit, active and soak up the beauty that Central Oregon has to offer. If you are looking for a little more adventure with your wheels, the Oregon XC Series Mountain Bike Races are packing in the dust, mud and fun. The series kicked off in…
Successful Buying and Selling
The real estate market is constantly evolving and changing, and just like life, people need to adapt with these fluctuations. In the not-too-distant past, homebuyers could schedule showings a week ahead of time and had a plethora of homes to choose from—and, most importantly, some time to think. Sellers could also expect to be on…
La Pine Food Cart Lot Seeking Carts
La Pine A La Carte, the food cart pod that began its journey in Central Oregon in 2019, is on the hunt for new food carts. Owner Denny Morgan put a call out on the Source calendar page, asking for “a new or favorite food cart or even a mobile vendor.” Interested parties can contact…
Stalk Of Shame & The Blurt Locker
I’m a 34-year-old woman seeking a relationship. Last week, I went to dinner with a man. We had an instantaneous connection and ended up having sex. I haven’t heard from him since. I’ve always believed sex on a first date doesn’t matter if there’s a connection. Now I’m worried I moved too quickly. I’m tempted…
Free Will Astrology—Week of March 25
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the novel House of Leaves, the hero Johnny Truant describes his friend Lude as wanting “more money, better parties, and prettier girls.” But Johnny wants something different. What is it? He says, “I’m not even sure what to call it except I know it feels roomy and it’s drenched in…
Your Belly’s Best Friend
Sometime last fall I picked up a jar of pickles from Central Oregon Locavore. My mom’s homemade pickle supply had run dry and I was interested in trying a new brand—and the fact that this jar was made locally made it all the more enticing. I’ve been dreaming of those pickles ever since. Not only…
BTW, We’re Not Going to Get Out of This Alive
Unless you’re in your late 60s it’s likely this concept hasn’t registered, excepting for those, and may God bless them, who’ve prematurely stared down death. But look at the oblivious rest of us go! Then here comes act three characterized by a palpable, albeit subtle, sea change. Suddenly we get it at a cellular level:…
What’s Your COVID Pivot?
It’s a simple premise: After one year of living with COVID-19 and coming to terms with our nation’s legacy of institutional racism, we wanted to know, what have those experiences taught us? And beyond that, how have they changed us? The Source Weekly reached out to a host of local leaders and community members to…
Letters to the Editor 3/25/21
Editor’s note: I could not have put it better than The Washington Post’s 5-Minute Fix newsletter, which on Tuesday outlined the events of the past week with the statement, “Back to our regularly scheduled mass shootings, intractable gun politics.” Fast on the heels of the Atlanta spa shootings that sparked so much conversation about ending…
Luke Wirkkala Murder Retrial Kicks Off
Luke Wirkkala is back on trial in Deschutes County, over eight years after shooting his houseguest, David Ryder, on Feb. 4, 2013. The jury will again be tasked with deciding if Wirkkala, now 40, acted in self-defense when killing Ryder, who was 31 at the time. In his first trial in 2014, Wirkkala was sentenced…
Here are the People Running for School Board, Parks in the May Election
After a raucous 2020 election season, some might be overwhelmed at the prospect of going through it all again—but here we are, looking at another election season. Local elections for school board parks and other positions are happening May 18. Ballots will be mailed out starting April 28, and the Source will conduct endorsement interviews…
Noticias en Español
Después de una bulliciosa temporada electoral 2020, algunas personas podrían sentirse agobiadas ante la expectativa de pasar por todo esto de nuevo, pero aquí estamos, pasando por otra temporada electoral. Las elecciones locales para la mesa directiva del distrito escolar y de parques y recreación y otros puestos, se llevarán a cabo el 18 de…
The Tourists Are Coming. Let’s Plan Accordingly
With spring upon us and COVID-19 vaccines promised to be available to all people in Oregon within a handful of weeks, we here in Central Oregon are beginning to look to the summer and beyond—when tourism will return with full force to the region. Tour operators and guide services we have talked to say they’re…
