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A Seven-Month Battle Against ICE
Christian Manzanares Torres received the news while getting ready to celebrate her mother’s birthday. Ariel Sandigo Manzanerez, her second cousin once removed, was picked up by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent after spending the day skiing with his wife and 13-year-old son at Mt. Bachelor Jan. 26, 2025. The ICE agent waited until…
Winter Waterfowl Watching
As winter settles in to Central Oregon, rivers and managed wetlands offer excellent areas to view waterfowl. “Central Oregon is a great place to see a wide variety of winter waterfowl, including ducks, geese, swans and grebes,” said Duke Tufty, East Cascades Bird Alliance Birders’ Night coordinator. “We are lucky to have the Deschutes River…
Regenerative Medicine for Musculoskeletal Injuries
A recent shoulder injury has your author in a position of experiencing firsthand what many patients have presented within our clinic over the years. An acute injury to the rotator cuff complex also illuminated (via diagnostic imaging) areas of chronic and degenerative damage to the complex of muscles, tendons and ligaments that support this joint. Living…
Bend-La Pine Schools Implements Cell Phone Ban With Mixed Reactions
High school campuses across Bend-La Pine Schools rang in the new year by implementing a complete cell phone ban, restricting access to personal technology during the school day in accordance with a state executive order. The policy, which directs students to keep their cell phones in their bags from “bell to bell,” has received both…
Thump + Backporch = No Downside
The coffee scene in Central Oregon has long been pretty remarkable. From the early days of Sunriver Coffee Company, Bellatazza and Strictly Organic, to insanely good newer roasters like Megaphone, Still Vibrato, Bohemian Roastery and Junction Roastery, to local stalwarts like Lone Pine Coffee Roasters, Watershed Roasters and Sisters Coffee Company, to amazing drive-thru’s like…
Bend’s Underground Luscious Supper Club is Going Brick and Mortar (in 2027)
If you go to eat at the Luscious Supper Club, it’s almost like you don’t go for the food, and you certainly don’t even go to a restaurant. That’s not to say you won’t leave full. But if you ask founding chef Rose Archer, née Fallen Snow because her parents were hippies, your heart will…
Free Will Astrology, Week of Jan. 15
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Sandcastles are good reminders of how temporary everything is. We build them on the damp edge of the shore after the tide recedes, and then they crumble when the sea rolls back a few hours later. Let’s make the sandcastle your power symbol for the months ahead. In doing so, I…
Preparing the Next Generation for Fire Management
This March, environmental nonprofit Discover Your Northwest will host its inaugural Youth Wildland Fire Career Camp, a free program open to people ages 16 to 20. The camp is meant to familiarize youth with the professional world of wildfire mitigation – work that can be both boots on the ground and behind a desk. Uncontained…
The Public Wasn’t Willing to Flock Around
First it was the invitation to the public to add their personal surveillance cameras to the network of cameras that can be automatically (or manually) accessed by law enforcement. Then it was red light cameras. And this summer, police in Bend added yet another tool ostensibly meant to monitor criminal behavior: Flock cameras installed along the highway. At…
Buying a Home in Central Oregon This Winter
While many buyers pause their home search when the temperature drops, winter in Central Oregon (especially during years with lower snow accumulation like this one) presents a unique window of opportunity. By navigating the market now, you can capitalize on reduced competition and motivated sellers to secure a better deal before the spring rush begins.…
Update: Ian Cranston Posts Bail, Out of Jail
Ian Cranston has been released from Deschutes County Jail, having posted 10% of his $500,000 bail, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Cranston, 31, had appeared virtually at a motion for release hearing at Deschutes County Circuit Court Monday morning, where the bail amount and conditions of his release were discussed. The court will likely…
Rockin’ the Domino Room
Three months after opening, students from the School of Rock Bend will hold their first public concert. “We are very excited for our first performance, as you can imagine,” Jeff Reading told the Source. He and his wife Niki opened the school, which is part of a national franchise. The theme for the first concert…
‘ICE Out Right Now:’ Protest in Downtown Bend Draws Over 1,000
“Say her name!” one protestor yelled, prompting a packed Jan. 10 crowd at downtown Bend’s Peace Corner to scream back with a chilled fury, “Renee Good!” Three days prior, Good, a 37-year-old mother of three children, was fatally shot in the head by U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement after using her car to block a…
Kook’i Opens a Sweet New Chapter in Redmond
Right now, at this particular juncture, we are living in a moment rich with talented bakers in Central Oregon. People who understand butter and flour, time and patience. It is impressive and honestly a little thrilling if you’re a lover of baked goods (and who isn’t?). One of those bakers is Heather Goss, the owner…
King Pong
I don’t know what you’re after when you watch movies and television. Some people use pop culture as a way to escape the narrow confines of their daily life and only want to be entertained. Others just want to unwind at the end of the day with their brain on low power mode. More and…
Letters to the Editor, Week of Jan. 15
People are a long-term investment After reading the Source’s article on “Budget Cuts Threaten Oregon Program for Helping People Get Jobs After Prison” by Danielle Dawson and Wesley Vaughan on Dec. 23, 2025, I found out that ultimately, this is a problem of prioritization, not spending. When we treat reentry support as a “cost to be cut” rather…
Songwriters Support Nonprofit Art Center
Central Oregon’s Alicia Viani is a singer, songwriter and supporter of the Open Arts Center, a nonprofit on NE Second and Greenwood in Bend, she describes as a “creative arts center that provides free and accessible after school programming.” The Open Arts Center, or OAC for short, has been softly open since this past fall…
A Lens to a World of Outdoor Adventure
A series of short films based on the outdoors returns to the Tower Theatre for two nights in February. Mountainfilm On Tour has been an annual fundraiser for the Environmental Center for 23 years. The event features documentary films curated from the Mountainfilm festival in Telluride, Colorado. This year there’s a slate of nine…
Bend ‘Will Not Renew’ Flock Camera Contract in May
“Keep the applause to a minimum, please,” Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler directed the public at the Jan. 7 Bend City Council business meeting. Most council meeting audiences aren’t so noisy, but the community members and privacy activists in attendance Wednesday had something to cheer about. Per Kebler and City Manager Eric King, the City of Bend will commit to a de-Flock — suspending the usage of Flock Safety surveillance cameras at…
