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XC Skiing Like A Pioneer Mailman

John Craig Memorial Ski Race and Tour celebrates winter beauty and the story of a journey across the McKenzie Pass
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The Oregon Nordic Club will host the John Craig Memorial Ski Race and Tour this Saturday, March 18. This citizen cross-country ski event takes participants over the McKenzie Highway to the Dee Wright Memorial at McKenzie Pass, on groomed trails. “John Templeton Craig was a pioneer mailman who died during a sudden winter snowstorm on […]

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FairWell Festival Releases Lineup

Zach Bryan, Willie Nelson & Family and Turnpike Troubadours headline the inaugural festival at the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center
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Big name music artists are taking over the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center on the fourth weekend in July for a three-day festival. Covering genres of folk, country, blues, rock and soul, the FairWell Festival will host 36 artists across three stages. On Friday, July 21, Turnpike Troubadours, the gritty roots rock band, will […]

Posted inCulture

Horoscope Week of March 16, 2023

by Rob Brezsny

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In describing her process, Piscean sculptor Anne Truitt wrote, “The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve of one’s own most intimate sensitivity.” I propose that many Pisceans, both artists and non-artists, can thrive from […]

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Last Mask Mandate Lifted

More than three years after COVID was detected in the U.S., and a year after general masking mandates were lifted, health care settings will no longer require masks by April 3
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Oregon is lifting the last of its mask mandates more than three years after COVID-19 swept across the country. Though masking hasn’t been required in public settings for about a year, the state required health care settings to continue to enforce masking rules for both patients and workers. Oregon Health Authority is rescinding required masking […]

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Man Shoots Sheriff’s Office

Cops say suspect was seeking confrontation with law enforcement after his father was arrested for allegedly attempting to lure a minor for sexual conduct
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Nicholas Ryan Preston-Cooper allegedly fired a high-powered rifle at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday, March 2 around 9 pm. Dispatchers received a call reporting an armed man fired a round into the building, but the suspect wasn’t found on the scene at the time. Investigators spoke with the person who reported the shooting, […]

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City Delays Hunnell Sweep

The City of Bend will wait until Deschutes County establishes managed campsites before it removes tents, cars and RVs from Central Oregon’s largest homeless camp
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Editor’s Note: Deschutes County Commissioners backed out of the agreement to hire a contractor on City-owned land on Murphy Road shortly after this article is published.  Click here for an update on this story. The City of Bend is postponing a planned sweep of Hunnell Road after Deschutes County signed onto a plan to contract […]

Posted inCulture

May the Source Be With You: March Edition

Jared Writes His 1,000th Article
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This doesn’t make me feel old at all, but with this article, I’ve officially written 1,000 stories for the Source Weekly, on and off since September of 2010. I’m glad my 1,000th story landed on the date of my monthly column, so I can just take a moment and say three thank yous. One to […]

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The Latest in Cannabis

Fentanyl gummies, a cannabis double murder and more in the world of weed
by Josh Jardine

While you were getting high, things happened. Here are some of them now. Fentanyl gummies: This is the story most of you may have already heard — a scary news item, but it looks to be fiction, which is scary as well. On Feb. 24, news outlets reported that fentanyl and heroin were found in […]

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Without Music There Is No Dance

Yogini and dancer Tenley Wallace brings a fusion of tribal belly dance, yoga and teachings from ancient dances of Arabia and Asia to Bend
by Doone Lupine Williams

It’s Women’s History Month, so let’s continue the dialogue on embracing fearless and eternal feminine power through music and performance art. More importantly, let’s discuss the vitality and continued progression that affects our mind, body and the modern world when we honor and practice deep-rooted historical traditions in these two mediums, especially dance. I recently […]

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Understanding Intimacy: Not Feeling It

Can a marriage last if everything else is fantastic, but has no sexual chemistry?
by Dr. Jane Guyn

I hear a lot of people talk about getting back to the way things were in the past — passionate and sexy. But, what if there isn’t necessarily something to get “back” to because it wasn’t there in the first place? Can a marriage last if everything else is fantastic, but has no sexual chemistry? Or […]

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