Got the Canceled Sisters Folk Festival Blues? Volcanic Theatre Pub Has a Solution
As many of you have heard by now, sadly the Sisters Folk Festival has been canceled due to concerns about smoke and air quality. Fortunately, music lovers have an indoor option to catch a few of the bands scheduled to appear at the festival. This afternoon, Volcanic Theatre Pub announced a last minute show featuring…
Did the rain help the wildfires in Oregon?
For the first time in weeks, rain poured down on Central Oregon this Thursday. The hot and dry conditions over the last few months have fueled the outbreaks of over ten wildfires in Oregon and many more in Washington, Idaho and Montana, making this one of the worst wildfire seasons the western U.S. has ever…
“Manifesto” Released of Umpqua Community College Shooter
The usually sleepy town of Roseburg, Oregon was shocked and captulated to nationwide notoriety in 2015, when a gunman opened fire at a college, killing nine. Today, Oregon authorities released the six-page “manifesto,” according to the Associated Press, of Christopher Harper-Mercer, who opened fire at Umpqua Community College. The letter was found on a thumb…
Muse + Soulrocker Yoga Jam with Michael Franti Today!
With all of the smoke throughout Central Oregon, many events have been canceled, including the Sisters Folk Festival. Tonight’s Michael Franti and Spearhead concert will continue as planned, barring any drastic changes in air quality. For the past several summers, Michael Franti has partnered with Bend-based organization World Muse for a yoga jam and bike…
Creating Community Through Music
C ertain events have come to mark summertime in Bend. Locally produced events such as Bend Brewfest, the Bite of Bend and the Cascades Cycling Classic have all become time-honored traditions in our sun-soaked town. When it comes to music, you can always expect a lineup at the Les Schwab Amphitheater that runs the gamut…
Drama at the Cannabis Congress
“P olitics make strange bedfellows” is a well known quote by the American essayist and author Charles Dudley Warner. It’s a succinct way to say that you will work with someone you find horrific if it means it is politically valuable to do so. For decades, the cannabis industry was solely in the “unregulated marketplace”…
Picks of the Week: Sept 6-13
Thursday 7 Power Panel: Millennials in the Workplace WORKPLACE — Some may stereotype them as lazy, entitled, disloyal and anything but professional. But how do millennials overcome these classifications to be successful in a workplace full of Gen X’ers and Baby Boomers? Learn about the struggle of millennials in the workplace. 21+. // 5-7pm. The…
Advice Goddess: The Sum Of His Beers
I’ve been with my boyfriend for nine months. We are both in our late 20s and go out drinking a lot with our friends. I’ve noticed that when he’s drunk, he’ll be super affectionate and say really gushy things about me, our getting married, etc. Are his true feelings coming out, or is he just…
Capitol Influence
R ep. Knute Buehler, R-Bend, is running for governor. He is happy to discuss taxes, the Public Employees Retirement System and transportation with voters, but there’s one touchy topic he does not want to talk about with Central Oregon voters. When asked what might happen to the region’s influence in the Capitol when he and…
Letters to the Editor: 20 Years Later and We’re Still Writing in About the Same Issues.
In Response to, “100 Books Across America: Fiction and Nonfiction for Every State in the Union.” (8/23) There’s someone else in Bend who has read a book? Wow, that must have taken so much time away from training for your half-marathon. I want to meet you. — Heidi Utz In Response to, “An Elected Mayor…
Bend Beer’s Virginian Outpost
Charles de Gaulle, war hero and president of France, once said, “how can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” If he were American, he would probably say something very similar about beer. T hat’s true here at home, and it’s true over in Virginia as well, where groundbreaking on Deschutes Brewery’s…
This Land Is Your Land
In ’07, immigration reform was a hot-button issue for many Americans. Meanwhile, Central Oregon’s Latino population was growing rapidly—prompting some to speak out against illegal immigration in the region. Date Published: April 12, 2007 E lizabeth Garcia doesn’t look like a threat to national security or the American workforce. A petite, dark-haired Latina, Garcia dresses…
Empty Houses: When It Becomes Your Turn to Feel the Downturn
In ’08, local people were beginning to feel the brutal effects of the economic downturn and what would become the Great Recession. Source staffer Mike Bookey wrote this first-person account of feeling the squeeze in the housing market. December 10, 2008 M y children recently enjoyed an unseasonably warm December afternoon by running and playing…
Squeezed Out
In ’02, an estimated 30 percent of Bend’s population was in need of affordable housing. To meet the demand, city leaders created an Affordable Housing Task Force in 2001. Here, we profiled the progress of what continues to be a major issue plaguing Central Oregon. Published Date: July 25, 2002 W hile Bend is growing…
Beyond Bias: Living Out of the Closet in Central Oregon
In ’98, Oregon’s state laws did not yet protect members of the LGBTQ community from discrimination, but a Gay Straight Alliance club had just formed among local high school students. …
Speed Still Kills
In ’03, Central Oregon’s meth problem was raging. State legislators eventually passed a law in 2006 that required a prescription to buy pseudoephedrine, a key component for home meth labs, greatly cutting down on its manufacture in the state. December 18, 2003 I t first saw the light of day as a new and improved…
Mirror of Sand
Are we in a time machine? Maybe we are—but one that loops time, and stories, round and round. In ’99, the big question was, should Bendites dredge Mirror Pond, remove the dam and let the river go free, or do nothing? So far, the latter has won out. Published Date: Jul. 29, 1999 M irror…
Crane Shed Legacy
In ’04, the big to-do centered around the historic Crane Shed in the Old Mill district. Developers wanted it torn down, and the city eventually agreed. But the story wasn’t over yet… Next up: tearing down the building in the dead of night. E ven though its former site on Industrial Way is only an…
Through the Looking Glass: 20 Years of the Source Weekly
Moving from adolescence into full fledged adulthood, the Source Weekly turns 20 this year. Below is a recap of Source coverage of Central Oregon for every year since 1997…. and looking back, things have certainly changed, but still, Central Oregon seems to be fraught with the same issues. 1997 The “Deschutes Source” launched its first…
Nationally, Half of Homes Sold in Less Than a Month in July
A ccording to a recently released report by the National Association of Realtors, more than half of all July listings were under contract in less than a month. According to the report, July is the fourth consecutive month that homes have accepted offers in less than one month. Nationally, the median home price for July…
Calling in the Cavalry
Published Date: March 1, 2000 There is no single more contentious issue in Bend politics than…
Sisters Folk Festival — Canceled —
UPDATE: Sister’s Folk Festival Canceled. Air quality forces closure, more info here. F ounded in 1995, the Sisters Folk Festival has become a staple in the Central Oregon music scene. In addition to the annual festival, which takes place the second weekend of September, the organization hosts events throughout the year, supporting local schools through…
Growing Pains
In ’01, Summit High School was set to open. Bend’s growth continued to ramp up—but that didn’t translate into fully funding local schools. Published Date: August 23, 2001 Between 1990 and 2000, the student population in Bend-LaPine grew from 9,458 to 13,022 students. In 2017, it’s 18,034. Before the last bell rang on the 200-01…
Bend Bypass Needs Major Surgery
Date Published Oct. 6, 2005 J ust four years after the Bend Parkway put the pedal to the metal the $120 million bypass needs major surgery to keep the economic heart of Central Oregon pumping at full throttle. And our “medical insurance”—state funding that is—won’t cover all the costs on this congested stretch of U.S.…
Tower Theater: Last Chance for a Bend Landmark
In ’97, the future of the Tower Theatre—now an iconic downtown performing arts and events center—hung in the balance. Published Date: August 8, 1997 L ike a comet returning every so often to renewed waves of interest, fear, and promise, the issue of downtown Bend’s Tower Theater is, again, orbiting the community. Unlike a comet,…
Opportunity of a Lifetime
Published Date: June 29, 2006 A series of recent TV and newspaper ads run local builders and realtors associations have attacked the City of Bend’s approach to developing Juniper Ridge, and questioned their choice of a master developer to lead the project. There’s been salvos in the other direction, too. Lead developer Ray Kuratek has…
