Bourbon Chicken Combines Asian/Cajun Flavors
The ingredients are simple: soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, chicken thighs, a bit of bourbon. Similar to teriyaki sauce, the sauce for Bourbon Chicken is both sweet and salty and slightly sticky. Apparently named after historic Bourbon Street in the heart of the French Quarter of New Orleans, this dish is often found in restaurants…
LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break: Marieka Greene, MBSEF Events/Financial Development Director 🎧
In this episode, Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer hangs out with Marieka Greene, the new Events and Financial Development Director at Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation (MBSEF). Greene has served in this role since September 1st, 2023, but has been involved in the organization, primarily as a volunteer and event participant, since moving to Bend…
Oregon, along with Bend-La Pine Schools, saw increased graduation rates in 2023
The Oregon Department of Education released new data on statewide graduation rates, which indicated the second-highest graduation rate ever in Oregon. The data, released Jan. 25, showed that 2023’s statewide graduation rate tied the previous class at 81.3%. Graduation rates for some student groups reached an all-time high, including former English learners, with an 87%…
NeighborImpact Generates Over 750 New Child Care Slots; Additional Child Care Expansion Resources Still Available
NeighborImpact has been actively working to alleviate the child care crisis in Central Oregon by bolstering the growth of child care services. The expansion of child care involves providing funding and educational resources to child care providers and persons aspiring to become providers in Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm…
Jen Hammond Named Operations Director At Bend Chamber
Jen Hammond has been named Operations Director at Bend Chamber. Hammond has a broad array of experience spanning from Biotech to Entertainment to Healthcare. Hammond was born and raised in Tualatin, Oregon. She worked in film before relocating to Bend, where she resides with her husband, two teenagers, dogs and bunnies. This story is based…
The Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council (COIC) Seeks Budget Committee Members
COIC, the region’s Council of Governments, is seeking three community members to serve on the COIC Budget Committee. The COIC Budget Committee consists of the five-member Executive Committee and five community members. Applicants must reside in Deschutes, Jefferson, or Crook County. Budget Committee members are responsible for reviewing the COIC proposed budget and recommending a…
Brooks Resources Receives Earth Advantage Hall of Fame Award
Brooks Resources Corporation has received the Earth Advantage Hall of Fame Award, which honors developers who built homes which generate at least as much energy as they consume. Of 17 award recipients, Brooks Resources is the only firm based in Central Oregon. Matt Douglas, Manager of Central Oregon Residential for Earth Advantage, said, “Brooks Resources…
Bethlehem Inn Elects New Board Members
Bethlehem Inn has announced that its Board of Directors has elected seven new board members: Howard Friedman, Maggi Machala, Isaac Montoya, Rutila Galvan-Rodriquez, Leah Guliasi, Rev. Chris Kramer and Melissa Williams. The 2024 Board of Directors will be led by Rev. Dr. Steven Koski (Pastor at First Presbyterian Church) as President, Tammy Baney (ED at…
Bend Artist Wins Official Artwork Contest For The 2024 SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle
The Mt. Bachelor Sports Education Foundation and SELCO Community Credit Union announce that a Bend artist won the artwork contest for the 46th running of the SELCO Pole Pedal Paddle, a Central Oregon tradition and one of the largest multi-sport events in the Northwest. The winning submission from Kendall Wallace, 25, was chosen from 21…
Beto Yarce Selected As Regional Administrator For SBA Region 10
Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice for America’s more than 33 million small businesses in President Biden’s Cabinet, issued the following statement praising President Biden’s appointment of Beto Yarce as Regional Administrator of Region 10 of the SBA, overseeing the agency’s programs, offices, and operations in…
Heritage Brand Opens Doors To The Public For The First Time In 2024
Locally made luxury handbag company, Heritage Brand, has announced that they will be open to the public for First Friday on February 2, 2024 from 10:00am to 6:00pm. Each Heritage handbag is designed and crafted by local leather artisans in a building that feels more like a luxury space than a workshop. Usually closed to…
HDFFA’s 2024 High Desert Food And Farm Directory Is Open To Sign Ups
High Desert Food & Farm Alliance (HDFFA) announces that sign up is now open for the 2024 Food & Farm Directory and HDFFA Partnership. HDFFA invites farmers, ranchers, and food businesses in the tri-county area of Crook, Deschutes, and Jefferson counties as well as the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs to join their network of…
Carrot Ginger Soup
Yes, it’s another soup recipe! But why not since it’s still the season for warm bowls of food. Besides I found a 5-pound bag of carrots buried in my fridge this week so I figured I should use them for something. This soup is very easy to make and doesn’t require any milk or cream.…
2024, Year of the Dragon
Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.” – Neil Gaiman I am a child of the ’80s. My introduction to the fantasy genre was not J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, C.S. Lewis, Ursula K. Le Guin or any other…
Plunging into the Piercing Cold
“We can do hard things. We can do hard things. We can do hard things.” Up to their shoulders in the frigid river waters at Miller’s Landing Park, wearing bathing suits and beanies, three women chant together while one woman’s watch timer clocks the passing minutes. Doing the hard thing, plunging — quite literally —…
Beats, Bites and Beautiful Art
Winter’s embrace is holding tight to the city of Bend. The snow came in quickly last week and the ice and rain followed. Over the last few days, pipes have burst, roads were closed, the weather on the mountain wasn’t rippin’ and overall, all that sudden snow might’ve ruined a weekend or two. With that…
Gung Ho: They’ve Always Been Ramblers
Acoustic musicians, singer/songwriters, brothers; The Miller Twins have been carving out a distinct path in the Central Oregon music scene for years. Ben Miller and Nat Miller make up the talented duo whose music transcends genre descriptions. From the two brothers’ earliest days, music constantly echoed through the household, ranging from classic rock to indie…
Horoscope Week of January 25, 2024
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath,” wrote author F. Scott Fitzgerald. I’d like to expand that metaphor and apply it to you, Aquarius. I propose that your best thinking and decision-making in the coming weeks will be like swimming under water while holding your breath. What…
Letters to the Editor 01/25/2024
South Bend footbridge I am the local leader of the Bitterbrush Broads and Bro’s chapter of the Great Old Broads for Wilderness and we oppose the footbridge proposal over the Deschutes. I read your article about the group that keeps pursuing a footbridge over the Southern Deschutes River Wild and Scenic area. There are some…
Asian Market for Bend is One Step Closer
Back in October 2022 we announced the much-desired advent of an Asian market for Bend—something that foodies in Central Oregon have been clamoring about for years. Back then, Jesi Scott, who named her pending business “Tomi Mart” after her daughter, Tomiko, hoped to open a brick-and-mortar market by the spring of 2023. Several popups later,…
Winter Wonders: Caring for Wintering Hummingbirds
As remarkable as it sounds, hummingbirds overwinter in Central Oregon. These toughies are Anna’s hummingbirds and are amazingly stout for their 4-4.5-gram size. These green gems have expanded their range into hotter and colder climates over the last 20 years. Yet, they face real trouble in deep freeze, blizzard conditions and icy rain. There are…
Proyecto aborda las “disparidades” del sendero del río Deschutes
La ciudad de Bend se está asociando con Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD por sus siglas en inglés) para mejorar los espacios en el sendero del río Deschutes que atraviesa el centro de la ciudad. El 17 de enero, el ayuntamiento de Bend autorizó un contrato para que una empresa consultora diseñara el proyecto…
Project Addresses Gaps in the Deschutes River Trail
The City of Bend is partnering with Bend Park and Recreation District to improve gaps in the Deschutes River Trail through downtown. On Jan. 17, Bend City Council authorized a contract for a consulting service to design the project on Riverfront Street. The project aims to improve the area along the Deschutes River Trail, between…
Winter Mailbag
Welcome to the winter season, took a while but we are here! Over the holidays I got a good number of questions so I figured now was as good as any time for a mailbag. Q: What is up with the Jack Straw development getting a tax break? How do “luxury” apartments help affordability in…
A Potential “Setback” for Thornburgh Resort
A recent land use decision regarding Central Oregon’s Thornburgh Resort’s Fish and Wildlife Mitigation Plan resulted in what opponents are calling a significant setback for the resort. Central Oregon LandWatch, an environmental and land use watchdog, said it prevailed in an Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals decision regarding Thornburgh Resort, a highly controversial resort and…
Source Warmup
Point in Time Count Begins The Homeless Leadership Coalition announced Jan. 22 it will conduct its annual Central Oregon 2024 Homeless Count and Survey from Jan. 23 to Jan 30. The count identifies the number of sheltered and unsheltered individuals experiencing homelessness across Deschutes, Jefferson, Crook Counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. “With…
A Battle Over Measure 110, and So Far No One’s Happy
Oregon’s short legislative session is traditionally reserved for budget tweaks and other fixes, but this February, expect another big issue to dominate: Measure 110. Oregonians in 2020 voted in favor of decriminalizing user amounts of drugs and funneling more marijuana taxes into the state’s treatment programs, but three years in, most people—Democrats and Republicans, both—agree…
The Third Act: Kinder, Gentler
There’s often a hard edge to New Year’s resolutions. A punitive subtext. A get with it, do more, do better tone. If ever there was a year for a kinder, gentler take on being our best selves, 2024 might just be it. I am not a birder, not by a stretch, though I am devoted…
May the Source Be With You: January Edition
I’m not one for New Year’s resolutions. In December I tend to hyperfocus on the things that I could improve in my future like financial security, achieving emotional availability in relationships and maybe just being less of an awkward dork. Then by mid-January, when I’m still a broke dork with unclimbable emotional walls, I spiral…
Dinner At the Hook & Plow
Open only since this past fall, the Hook & Plow in Bend’s Westside Yard is the fourth location of the small West Coast chain operated by twin sisters Lisa and Lauren Cassity. The family-run restaurant group opened its first Hook & Plow 10 years ago in Hermosa Beach, California. Other locations are in Redondo Beach…
A Friend Named Palo
Ryan Pickard is a Bend native and extremely talented singer/songwriter who explores dream-pop and alternative indie under the moniker Palo Sopraño. A little under two weeks out from his next performance at Silver Moon Brewing on Friday, Feb. 2, Sopraño and I met at Duda’s Billiard’s Bar to catch up on his latest music and…
Mixologist Profile: Zack Ottesen of Five Fusion
Zack Ottesen may have only been tending Five Fusion’s bar for just over a year, but he’s transitioned the Japanese-centric resto into one of Bend’s most destination-worthy bars, as evidenced by one of his earliest concoctions, The Botanist, being selected as Central Oregon’s best specialty cocktail in our Best of Central Oregon reader’s poll. And…
