LISTEN: Grand Craft Beer: Alesha Goodman, Midtown Yacht Club GM/Beer Buyer 🎧
This episode welcomes the Midtown Yacht Club’s general manager and beer buyer, Alesha Goodman. This beer bar—which is increasingly a “beyond beer” bar for its non-beer inventory from cider to hard and soft seltzers and other non-alcoholic drinks—is centrally located on 4th Street. How convenient for a spot that aims to be the center of…
Severe Winter Storm Causes Major Loss
A winter storm traveled through Oregon last week, causing devastation for several families and businesses. On Jan. 18, Gov. Tina Kotek declared a statewide emergency due to the severe ice storm that impacted counties across the state. The declaration came after subsequent requests from counties and an assessment of needs as Oregon entered the sixth…
LISTEN: Grand Craft Beer: Mark & Dana Henion, Van Henion Brewing 🎧
This episode welcomes Mark and Dana Henion who make up two thirds of the owners—and one half of the name—of Van Henion Brewing. The Henions, along with John Van Duzer, launched Van Henion in early 2022 and have been making Bend’s most celebrated lagers ever since. They brew on a large, 50-barrel system that could…
Tetherow Resort Owners Announce Intention To Sell Hotel, Food/Beverage Operations and Vacation Rentals Property Management Company
Tetherow, a premier Central Oregon resort, has decided to place its hotel and food & beverage operations up for sale. At this time, the founding partners do not intend to sell Tetherow Golf Club. A potential sale would include the Hotel, Event Pavilion and the food and beverage operations (The Row, Solomon’s and Tetherow Cafe),…
Deschutes County Accepting Applications For At-Large Planning Commission Member
Deschutes County seeks applications from residents who are interested in serving on the County’s Planning Commission. Applications will be accepted until Friday, February 9, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. The Planning Commission reviews land use policy and zoning regulations and makes recommendations to the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners. Members are the official citizen involvement committee…
Bend Cultural Tourism Fund Announces Opening of Grant Application for Arts and Cultural Tourism Projects
The Bend Cultural Tourism Commission, a Visit Bend Project overseeing the Bend Cultural Tourism Fund (BCTF), announces the opening of its online grant applications. The complete application is due March 7, 2024 at 5 p.m. The awarded funds will help local organizations leverage marketing resources to attract more cultural tourists during the shoulder seasons and…
Heart of Oregon Corps Presents Sponsorship Opportunities For 7th Annual Farm To Fork Dinner & Fundraiser
Heart of Oregon Corps invites Central Oregon businesses to elevate their brand by becoming sponsors of the highly anticipated 7th annual Farm to Fork Dinner & Fundraiser, taking place on Friday, May 31, 2024 at the scenic Tetherow Resort. Sponsorship packages, ranging from $500 to $3,000, offer a range of benefits, including reserved seats and…
Thistle & Nest Is Recommended By The City Of Bend’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee To Receive $750,000 In Funding For Down Payment Assistance
Thistle & Nest, a nonprofit organization, has received a funding recommendation of $750,000 from the City of Bend’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee (AHAC) for buyer’s down payment assistance. This significant endorsement, received on January 10th, is destined to empower homebuyers with stable housing and the opportunity to build equity. The down payment assistance allows 15-20…
John J. Graham Jr. Named New Executive Director, COCC Center For Business, Industry, And Professional Development (CBIPD)
John J. Graham Jr. has been named the new Executive Director of the Center For Business, Industry, And Professional Development (CBIPD) at Central Oregon Community College. He manages the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and leads workforce training and apprenticeship programs. His role also involves developing noncredit offerings in manufacturing. John’s background includes senior leadership…
MBSEF And Selco Community Credit Union Seek Sponsors For The 2024 Selco Pole Pedal Paddle
The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF) and SELCO Community Credit Union are currently seeking sponsors for the 2024 Pole Pedal Paddle. The Pole Pedal Paddle, presented by SELCO Community Credit Union, started in 1976. It endures as the largest multi-sport event in Oregon, and is a fundraiser for Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation. This…
City Of Redmond To Reveal New Public Safety Facility Design Concept at January 29 Open House
The City of Redmond invites the community to see the latest design and upcoming construction plans for Redmond’s new Public Safety Facility at an open house Monday, January 29 at Redmond City Hall, 411 SW 9th St., from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. The FFA Architecture + Interiors team will present the design, followed by…
Easy Cooking With What You Have On Hand
Maybe you already do it or maybe you’re always intending to do it, but stocking up on pantry essentials makes cooking meals easier all the way around. If you have certain things on hand, you don’t have to run to the store in inclement weather to get food on the table. You can whip up…
Letters to the Editor 01/18/2024
Guest Opinion: Crossing the centerline… both literally and figuratively The impact was violent. Under sunny skies at 11:43 am on January 5 on my way up to Mt. Bachelor, a spinning Ford F-350 coming down the mountain crossed over into my lane at high-speed, plowing into the front driver side of my Sprinter van. I…
A New Chapter for Rockin’ Dave
Rockin’ Dave’s Bistro & Backstage Lounge, the beloved bagel, breakfast and lunch spot on Greenwood Avenue, will soon close its doors. Dave Flier, owner of and namesake of Rockin’ Dave’s, says he’s ready for a change and is under contract to sell the building to a local restaurant group. Flier has big dreams for the…
Sunriver Resort Food & Wine Festival on the Horizon
The Sunriver Food & Wine Festival is coming soon to Sunriver Resort. The month-long event is a celebration of “foods, ingredients and wines from across Central Oregon and the Pacific Northwest,” and takes place Feb. 1-29. Events include a Saturday Supper Club every Saturday, featuring a special four-course themed menu; farm to table dinners featuring…
Think Wild Hosts Training with Renowned Raptor Orthopedic Surgeon
Renowned raptor orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Scott, former staff veterinarian at the Carolina Raptor Center and author of “Raptor Medicine, Surgery, and Rehabilitation” and other books used in veterinary medicine, recently led a Think Wild staff training in Bend. “Dr. Scott was teaching the team, including myself, how to manage avian orthopedic cases that require…
Campaign for South Bend Footbridge Accelerates
A recent Community Needs Assessment by the Bend Park and Recreation District, measuring the need for parks and recreation services every five years, found significant support for the construction of a footbridge crossing the Deschutes River near the Bend’s southern urban growth boundary. The results of the survey, discussed at a Jan. 2 BPRD board meeting,…
Redmond’s Oasis Village Houses 20 Individuals
Oasis Village, a transitional housing village in Redmond, opened its doors to its first 20 previously houseless residents on Jan. 10. The village is located near the Redmond airport and offers individuals their own 100-square-foot heated “bedroom shelter,” featuring a bed, a closet, a desk and storage. Oasis plans to expand to 34 shelters within…
Sign the Petition to Increase the Size of the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners
Look on NextDoor or another lively community forum and you’re likely to see plenty of talk about the Bend City Council and what it is or is not doing at the present time. People tend to have a lot to say about the running of our local city government, and sometimes those opinions are downright…
Wrestling With Our Demons
During the quarantine period of COVID I got pretty scared. I’ll always remember lying in bed at night and feeling a tickle in the back of my throat, making me positive that I was going to start struggling to breathe by the morning. Every day it was some new aspect of fear that would creep…
California Drivers
Since the band’s inception in 2017, and following three successful albums released in 2019, 2021 and 2023, a nine-piece new-grass band from California’s central valley known as Boot Juice has quickly gained traction as a party-starting crew that explodes on stage — driving its performance and fans effortlessly between cosmic blues music infused with New…
The Medicine Cabinet Within: Keeping It Clean
Our bodies are amazing creations, capable of profound self-healing and detoxification. The bodies we all inhabit have evolved over millions of years and out of necessity developed incredible abilities to assimilate, absorb, break down and eliminate things from our bodies. Ideally, we keep what we need to sustain life and well-being, while detoxifying by eliminating…
En 2024 clientes de Pacific Power verán un aumento promedio del 12.9% en la tarifa
El 9 de enero, la Comisión de Servicios Públicos de Oregon anunció que en 2024 Pacific Power, que brinda servicios a aproximadamente 618,000 clientes en Oregon aumentará las tarifas a los clientes. Las nuevas tarifas explican el aumento de los costos de la luz, la mayor volatilidad en el mercado de electricidad del Oeste y…
Bend’s Best Devil’s Food Doughnuts
Most doughnuts are frosted, but the frost from our first big winter storm severely derailed the first seasonal doughnut-off of the year. Since chocolate has only been an element of two past roundups, we selected the chocolatiest option there is: devil’s food cake with chocolate frosting and, if offered, topped with chocolate sprinkles. But no…
Oasis Village de Redmond alberga a 20 personas
El 10 de enero, Oasis Village, una vivienda transitoria en Redmond abrió sus puertas a las 20 primeras personas que antes no constaban de un hogar. Oasis Village está localizado cerca del aeropuerto de Redmond y ofrece a las personas su propia “habitación albergue” de 100 pies cuadrados que incluye calefacción, una cama, un armario,…
Ten Years of Bike-Commute Advocacy
Bend’s bike-commuting nonprofit, Bend Bikes, is turning 10 years old this year, amid a massive improvement of the city’s transportation system and a growing presence of e-bikes on the streets. For the anniversary, the Source Weekly checked in with board president Elisa Cheng about the organization’s progress and goals. Source Weekly: Has the scope of…
Embrace the Chill: Top Reasons to Buy a Home in the Winter
As the winter season blankets Central Oregon in a beautiful layer of snow, the real estate market experiences a unique shift. While spring and summer are traditionally considered the prime seasons for homebuying, there are compelling reasons why winter might be the perfect time to invest in a new home. And while we’re focusing on…
Charged and Ready for Travel
Oregon has a goal of reaching 250,000 electric vehicles by 2025. In September 2023, there were 80,000 registered electric vehicles in Oregon, according to Oregon Department of Transportation Public Affairs Specialist Matt Noble. To help reach this goal, ODOT is attempting to incentivize the use of EVs by increasing access to chargers, making EV trips…
Source Warmup
Central Oregon Gives Garners Over $1 Million in Donations The Source Weekly’s 2023 Central Oregon Gives campaign, which is known for its end-of year philanthropic efforts, amassed over $1 million in donations for the second consecutive year. Since its first campaign in 2018, the campaign has helped raise nearly $4 million benefiting over 100 local…
Zooming into Elk Lake Resort
This past weekend, I woke to something I had never experienced before, but what I was told was a common occurrence come the middle of winter in the high desert. In a blink, the Bend area received anywhere from 10 to 16 inches of snow in just two days, which promptly blanketed every mailbox and…
The Sound of Stars
Paula Dryer takes center stage on Saturday, Jan. 27 with a performance that promises to capture the artist’s life journey through her music. Born out of a rich tapestry of experiences, Dryer’s piano prowess has been shaped by an array of influences from classical training to improvisational skills that she continues to work on with…
Horoscope Week of January 18, 2024
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): We all go through phases that feel extra plodding and pedestrian. During these times, the rhythms and melodies of our lives seem drabber than usual. The good news is that I believe you Capricorns will experience fewer of these slowdowns than usual in 2024. The rest of us will be seeing…
