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My View: Phil Henderson, Deschutes County Commission Republican candidate ▶ [with video]
Phil Henderson, Republican candidate for Deschutes County Commission, joins Editor Nicole Vulcan of the Source Weekly for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Henderson chose Larkspur Park, in front of…
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My View: Phil Chang, Deschutes County Commission Democratic candidate ▶ [with video]
Phil Chang, Democratic candidate for Deschutes County Commission, joins Editor Nicole Vulcan of the Source Weekly for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Chang chose to meet at Bend’s Pilot…
Q & A with Deschutes County Forester Ed Keith
NEWS—Wildfire expert and County Forester Ed Keith talks to the Source about why the recent fires happened all at once, what causes fires in Oregon and what people in Bend are doing to keep the community protected from megafires in the future.
Listen: Protecting Bend From Megafires with County Forester Ed Keith 🎧
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we talk with Ed Keith, who has worked as the county forester for Deschutes County since 2012. Keith traces the history of forest management in Central Oregon, including the impact of grazing and timber harvest, and describes how decades of fire suppression in Oregon’s forests disrupted the natural…
Pearl’s Puzzle – Week of Sept. 21
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Joan of Arctic
Joan of Arctic I’m a 54-year-old woman, married for 21 years to a pretty decent guy. When our now-18-year-old son was little, my husband completely ignored Mother’s Day for maybe six years. Once, I asked him why, and he simply said, “You aren’t my mother.” It hurt me SO MUCH because I busted my butt…
And I Think to Myself, What a Wonderful World
To say this year has been a difficult one would be the understatement of, well, the 21st Century. Every day, we hear a story of a business struggling to survive, of a parent on the brink, of a family forced to make tough decisions in order to keep a roof over their heads… and now,…
May the Source Be With You
For last month’s column of May the Source Be With You, I talked about my anxiety connected to the world being on fire… several weeks before the air had the quality of actually living inside of a camp fire. I was trying to be metaphorical, not to predict the future. It’s pretty disturbing because for…
Purchasing Land to Build a Dream Home?
When deciding to purchase vacant land, there are many things to consider, as it can be a complicated process. The first thing to know is that buying vacant land is not the same as buying a property with an existing structure or dwelling. As with any real estate purchase, research is incredibly important. It’s crucial…
Many of Oregon’s beloved outdoor spaces are burned out or imperiled right now.
The Lionshead Fire on Mt. Jefferson and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation is the largest fire burning in Central Oregon—while at the same time, at least a dozen other fires have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed at least 10 people. Another 22 are still missing. For those looking to help evacuees and firefighters, the…
Bill Hoppe’s Works, the Last at the Liberty Theater
Artist Bill Hoppe’s latest show, Gradients & Gatherings, is on display through Sept. 26 at the Liberty Theater—the final installation in the gallery before it closes its doors. At Liberty, the collective that originally planned the show, announced last month that it was merging with Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts for future installations and events,…
Noticias en Español
Con el 10 % de la población del estado de Oregon bajo algún tipo de orden de evacuación y cerca de 1 millón de hectáreas incendiadas a lo largo del estado, hay miles de razones para creer que los incendios forestales fuera de control puedan llegar a extenderse a Bend en los próximos años. Mientras…
New Brews
If you’re like me, you love it when breweries have new beer releases. While it’s slowed down a bit, there are still plenty of new brews and beer releases happening in Central Oregon. Portland has seen attrition in the beer industry amid this pandemic—Grixsen Brewing being one of them. BIG sad face. Meanwhile, Central Oregon…
Are We Next?
With 10% of the people in Oregon under some type of evacuation order, and roughly 1 million acres burned throughout the state, there’s plenty of reason to believe that out-of-control wildfires could reach Bend in the coming years. While the future is impossible to predict, Central Oregon may be more protected than other parts of…
It’s Sage-Grouse Hunting Season
Some people just never “retire;” they just jump from one job to another. (Editor’s note: Case in point: Jim Anderson, who penned this piece despite announcing his “retirement” from this column!) Take Stu Garret, of Bend, as an example. When I met him way back in the ’70s, he was a family doctor practicing in…
Best Outdoor Gear Shop
The pandemic has robbed many of the simple summer pleasures in Central Oregon—but when it comes down to it, coronavirus has nothing on Mother Nature. Outdoor recreation is the hottest trend this summer and Pine Mountain Sports is keeping locals and tourists fully equipped for their activity of choice. In the warmer months, the friendly…
Best Day Care
When it comes to running a business in the age of COVID-19, it’s abundantly clear that “we’re not in Kansas anymore.” And when it comes to daycare openings in Bend, suffice to say that finding a place to take your child is like going toe to toe with the Wicked Witch of the West. Plenty…
Best Food Cart & Best Lunch in Redmond
If the land of Oz was for realsies (and not just a theme we selected for our Best of Central Oregon issue) Amber Amos would be like the Good Witch, her band of loyal taco lovers floating behind her, bottles of salsa and fresh crema in each hand. If you haven’t yet tried Amos’ taco…
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Best Grocery Store ▶ [with video]
Standing in the delightfully colorful produce section inside Bend’s Newport Avenue Market, it occurs to me that we couldn’t have chosen a better location for our Wizard of Oz-themed cover shoot with CEO Lauren G.R. Johnson. Above the dark green zucchinis and the broad-leafed parsley sits a monkey that looks plucked right from an Oz-themed…
Best New Restaurant in Redmond
Like most of Central Oregon, Redmond is growing. With that has come a swanky new hotel downtown, an awesome push for more public art, a host of new breweries (and a distillery) in recent years—and now, the advent of Carnaval Mexican Grill. Plenty of places in Redmond serve up the Mexican fare that people know…
Best Nursery
Due to the pandemic, there also has been a growing interest in gardening and nature this year. Whenever you want to browse an exciting variety of vegetation, gardening supplies, or just even have a fun walk around a plant nursery, Eastside Gardens is the place to go. Expect not just friendly service, but also a…
Bend’s Newest Food Cart Additions
Gyro Power Bend’s newest Mediterranean dig is opening in the Old Mill at the Crosscut – Warming Hut No. 5. The smoke threw a small wrench in the cart’s plans, but the spot was set to officially open Wednesday. Owner and chef Cliff Abrahams explained his extensive personal experience. “I currently own and operate Bluma’s…
Best Barber
When the pandemic hit, the internet started to fill with memes and photos of people dying to get back to their barber. Some just let their hair keep growing out as long as the Cowardly Lion’s—but some just aren’t built for the shaggy life. When barber shops and hair stylists began to open their doors…
Best Dispensary
As I’m sure you’ve noticed, Bend has a surplus of dispensaries. When marijuana became legal in Oregon, the novelty of just being able to walk into a store and come out with cannabis was cool enough to keep many dispensaries going—even the hollow Tin Man ones, basically empty on the inside with crappy customer service…
2020 Best of Central Oregon
A global pandemic. A summer of reckoning over police brutality. And now, a spate of deadly wildfires. During this troubling year, Central Oregonians could use a dose of good news, right?! This year, our 2020 Best of Central Oregon issue explores the magical world of Oz—where heartless Tin Men see their souls restored; where we…
Best Green Business
Central Oregon Locavore has been connecting local farmers with customers since 2010, when it opened an online store. Today, Locavore is a small, indoor farmers market on NE Third Street with a co-op feel: it sells fresh produce, dairy, meat and other local and sustainable goods. The shelves are stocked with colorful vegetables, bulk bins…
Best Local Radio Personality
It’s inching close to 100 degrees Fahrenheit when I meet Tracee Tuesday outside of the Bend Radio Group offices for this interview. (Check out our video version in the online version of this story!) I’d love to be inside, out of this sun, chatting with her at the mic as she assembles her show—but alas,…
Best Indoor Plant Shop
Local thespian and experienced plant papa John Kish first dreamed of opening up an indoor plant shop 10 years ago while studying theater in New York. In 2018 his green dreams started sprouting into reality. “I began with pop-ups at local stores like Revolvr and Wren and Wild,” Kish explained. “I started out with tip…
Best Place to work, (over 50 employees)
Hayden Homes stays busy all year working to build communities throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho. And you’ve definitely seen their homes here in Central Oregon. Heck, the house that crushed the Wicked Witch of the East? Probably built by Hayden Homes. To make these communities possible it takes the entire team to get the job…
Best New Restaurant in Sisters
The town of Sisters has a wealth of delightful restaurants and food carts—many of them serving up Mexican fare—but this new little gem in the Eurosports food cart garden is taking home the title of Best New Restaurant in Sisters this year. (It’s a category we’ve just added to our Best of Central Oregon lineup…
Best Nonprofit
The Humane Society of Central Oregon is one of the longest-running nonprofits in Central Oregon. Since 1961, it has served local animals and people, providing company as well as thrifted items at its secondhand store, where profits go toward the efforts and operations of the animal shelter. “We are incredibly honored and humbled to win…
Best Bang for Your Buck in Sunriver
Sunriver gets a lot of visitors—but when locals look for a low-key spot to grab food and drinks, they look to The Wallow Bar & Grill. Located along Spring River Road in Sunriver, The Wallow serves up a host of delicious meals, all for prices that Sunriver locals appreciate. The bar and grill offers a…
Best Bar & Best Specialty Cocktail
Dogwood Cocktail Cabin is better than it has any right to be. It’s in such a prime downtown location that they could probably coast by on strong drinks and decent bar food, but instead there’s a sense of curated deliciousness to the Dogwood that continually exceeds all expectations. Owners Doug and Phoebe Pedersen don’t take…
Best Happy Hour
As COVID-19 has kept many downtown businesses unable to take full advantage of their dining rooms, 900 Wall expanded into the street and kept people coming back to what is essentially one of the most popular restaurants/happy hours in Bend. “Having the additional outdoor seating has been instrumental to our success this summer,” says co-owner…
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Best Brewer ▶ [with video]
“I always say, my goal in making beer is to create great conversation,” says Nate Doss, winner of the 2020 Best Brewer award. Good thing, because there’s quite a bit of conversation right now about Nate and Valarie (Jenkins) Doss and their Bevel Craft Brewing. Between the two of them, they have seven world championship and…
Best New Restaurant
Whenever I’m in PDX, I try to hit up Baba’s Mediterranean Grill because the act of creating a build-your-own falafel bowl is my own personal yellow brick road. I was always disappointed to come back to Bend, knowing my sweet, customizable gyro love was being left behind in Portland. Enter Kefi Fast Fresh Mediterranean. Everything…
Best International Cuisine & Best Casual Dining
Whenever people visiting ask me where to get food in Bend, one of my first mentions is always Spork. The atmosphere is great, the selection is wide and the price is right. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that the food kicks ass. Recently, I was able to try the spicy cauliflower alternative to the fried chicken,…
Best Food Cart Lot
Eric and Laura Kramer opened their food cart lot—Bend’s best, as of 2020—roughly two -and-a-half years ago. Inspired in large part by their love of craft beer and good food, On Tap has taken off in popularity since it first opened on the east side. When asked to what they attributed their success, Laura responded,…
Best Patio Dining
If the Pine Tavern was along the Yellow Brick Road, you can bet Dorothy and Toto would have stopped in for a quick bite while they were off to see the wizard. The building was originally built in 1936 and is a staple in Bend. Come for the great happy hour, fish and chips, burgers…
Best Staycation
In the midst of the pandemic, staycations prove to be the safest way to kick back, relax and escape the chaos. Hidden in the grassy river plains of the Cascade mountain range just 15 miles from Bend, Sunriver Resort provides all of the amenities for the perfect staycation. “At Sunriver Resort you can get away…
Best Medical Group
Taking care of yourself and making sure you’re in good health is always important—but in these times, it can be even more crucial. When it comes to your health, you want to be sure you can trust those providing care to you and your family. That’s where Praxis Health/High Lakes Health Care comes in. Through…
The Tables Have Turned
When Patrick Smith first envisioned owning a record store, he dreamt of outfitting the shop with stage lights, hosting local bands and making the store feel like a concert hall. Little did he know he would become a record store owner during the pandemic. In late March, Smith took over the Downtown Bend staple, Ranch…
Farm (to Box) to Table
Volcano Veggies Volcano Veggies is a year-round, organic, indoor aquaponic farm near downtown Bend. “Our farm uses 90% less water than outdoor farms, and our veggies are harvested the very same day that we deliver them to our direct customers,” said Shannon Sbarra, who co-owns the company with her husband, Jimmy. “We offer a year-round…
Free Will Astrology—Week of September 17
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “At the necessary moment, going naked will be your most convincing disguise,” writes poet Dobby Gibson. As I apply his witty statement to your life, I’ll interpret it metaphorically. My sense is that you could really use the kind of “disguise” he’s talking about. What I mean is that you would…
Letters to the Editor 9/17/20
Editor’s note: Oregon—and the entire Pacific region—has been making national headlines again this week, and once again, it’s not for anything good. Our hearts go out to the many families who have lost their homes in the fires that continue to blaze in Oregon, and to the ones who have lost a loved one or…
Source Weekly Update Sep 16
On this week’s Source Update, we are discussing the raging Oregon wildfires. How were they originated? How can we prevent them? What will happen to the locals? Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update Podcast Aug 26
