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Transportation Transformation
The 2020 Transportation General Obligation Bond passed in 2020 with a strong majority of support, showing that people in Bend have taken notice of the growing problems with traffic congestion, poor walkability and unsafe biking. So with the bond passed, now what? It took three years for the City to create an implementation plan that…
Back to Normal, With Extra Steps
On May 18, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown released interim guidance on mask enforcement after previously announcing that mask mandates would be dropped for vaccinated individuals. Though at the time, some hoped this would be a return to normal, many business owners were anxious about following and enforcing these new rules. The Source Weekly reached out to over…
Source Weekly Update 5/20/21 🎧
In this week’s podcast, masks off, and a look at what pet owners can do in an emergency after the end of 24-hour services in Bend. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 5/20/21
Take a Hike with the Deschutes Land Trust
The Deschutes Land Trust has a packed calendar for the summer season. From simple wildflower hikes to osteology and outdoor yoga, there’s lots to enjoy among the beauty of Central Oregon this spring. After putting many of its hikes and walks on hold through late May, it’s exciting to see a wide variety of events…
Coming Soon: Tyler Martian’s ‘Refined’
The sophomore slump is referenced in a lot of areas—academics, sports and even music., but Bend’s own Tyler Martin (aka Tyler Martian) wants to make sure his next release is way better than the first. This past weekend, Martin dropped the first single and video for his upcoming project, titled “Refined.” The track is the…
A New Gathering Space for NWX
A new “market hall” dining space will open later this month in Northwest Crossing, adding a wide array of new flavors to the area in one fell swoop…or rather, a few waves of swoops. The Grove, set to open May 28 at the corner of Mt. Washington and Northwest Crossing Drive in northwest Bend, is home…
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Worthy Brewing’s Organic Farm ▶ [with video]
Visitors to Worthy Brewing can’t help but notice the hopyard is looking a bit barren. It’s not that the land proved infertile. Quite the contrary; it’s being repurposed into a new organic farm, the latest venture for the Worthy Garden Club, the brewery’s nonprofit highlighting sustainable practices. The new farm “came on suddenly,” says Lisa…
The Bees and the Words
If you’re a Central Oregon gardener, you appreciate the delicate dance that comes with springtime in the desert. Abundant sunlight, yet sparse rainfall. Praying you didn’t plant those seedlings too soon. Some years, even a single bloom seems a success. And without those pollinators, where would we be? As the bees start buzzing, this time…
Favorite reads from Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe
Editor’s note: Back in the before-times (aka pre-COVID), each month we worked with Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe to curate a selection of books readers might want to come pick up the evening of an upcoming First Friday. With First Friday still off the table for June, according to the event’s organizers, these books become (just?) more…
Ten Wildflowers to Watch for this Spring
Spring is here in all its glory, bringing bright greens, purples and yellows to our sagebrush desert! One of the best ways to soak in the colors of the season is to explore the diverse world of Central Oregon wildflowers. May and June bring peak wildflower season in the high desert and Cascade foothills, and…
Noodle Shop from Owners of Wild Rose Opens Friday
The owners of Wild Rose Northern Thai Eats will open their much-anticipated noodle and hot pot shop in downtown Bend this week. Sen, which means “noodle” in Thai, opens Friday, May 21. Conceived as a “reimagining of a classic noodle shop,” Sen’s website describes its aim to bring “the perfect bowl of noodles one that…
Nearly 1,000 Oregon Restaurants Get Federal Relief, with More Money Promised
Close to 1,000 Oregon restaurants, bars and other food and beverage establishments are receiving relief funds through a federal program spearheaded by Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer. On May 17, Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR3) and Small Business Administration Administer Isabella Casillas Guzman announced that 960 Oregon businesses received grants through the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a $28.6-billion program…
Reading the CC&Rs is an Essential Task in the Homebuying Process
Covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) are generally not considered to be scintillating reading material. While it’s a laborious task, it’s a crucial part of the homebuying process when considering purchasing a home in a planned community. Planned development communities can come with many perks, such as neighborhood parks, trail systems, pools, tennis courts and clubhouses.…
Jerk du Soleil
Jerk du Soleil I’m a guy in my senior year of college. I cannot figure out how my roommate gets all the women he does. He’s a huge jerk to everyone, including women — the typical “bad boy.” He breaks any rule or law he can, doesn’t care who he hurts, and makes very little…
Free Will Astrology—Week of May 20
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As you enter a phase when gradual, incremental progress is the best progress possible, I offer you the concluding lines of Taurus poet Adrienne Rich’s poem “From a Survivor”: “not as a leap, but a succession of brief, amazing movements, each one making possible the next.” I especially want to call…
Noticias en Español
El mandato de más de un año, que requiere del uso del cubrebocas en lugares públicos en Oregon, pronto será suspendido en las personas vacunadas, en acuerdo con las nuevas guías de los Centros para el Control y Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC por sus siglas en inglés). “A partir de hoy, el estado de Oregon…
The Center Must Hold. Oregon Politicians Should Return to It.
Not long ago, the Deschutes Republicans sent out an email that demonstrated some wild swings in rationality. At the top of the email, it came out in favor of a bill—now defeated in the Oregon House—by Rep. Jack Zika (R-Redmond) that aimed to restore the balance of power in state government by allowing the state…
Letters to the Editor 5/20/21
Editor’s note: Something—besides the obvious lifting of mask mandates for vaccinated individuals—happened this week that gave me and my staff a sense that life may be slowly returning to more of a normal pace. The Source Weekly’s events calendar was, pre-COVID, nearly always the number-one visited page on our website, but over the past year,…
Sick as a Dog
On May 1, Bend Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Clinic cut back its hours in response to a staffing shortage, leaving Central Oregon without a 24-hour emergency veterinary clinic. The new hours are 2 pm to midnight on weekdays and 8 am to midnight on weekends. Without this critical service, some vets are stepping up and…
Those Who Wish the Woman in the Window Dead
The streaming services are at war. This isn’t new or even really a surprise, but there’s a new little wrinkle that makes the entire battle pretty fun to witness. Since theaters haven’t really been a thing for a while, streaming services are still premiering movies that were initially supposed to be theatrical releases, leading to…
