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Nurses Overwhelmed and Understaffed

Surveys of nurses in Oregon and across the country show understaffing is one of the primary causes for an ongoing crisis in health care
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Oregon nurses are understaffed, overworked and burned out, according to a new poll conducted by the Oregon Nurses Association. Less than 1% of polled nurses said their unit is always fully staffed, half say they’re caring for too many patients and 42% say they skip meals and breaks on most of their shifts. The ONA […]

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The Rent is Too Damn High and Getting Higher

Bend rents are rising at some of the fastest rates in the nation, despite rent control caps
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Bend’s fair market rent rose by 37.4% from 2019 to 2023, making it the ninth-largest increase in rent among small metros in the United States. The Consumer Price Index shows rents across the country have risen by 24.1% since 2019, the fastest pace since the 1980s. A study from Construction Coverage lays the blame on […]

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American Cities Were Built to Accommodate the Automobile. Help Them Accommodate People Instead.

What we are seeing right now, in our city and in so many cities in our state and nation, is a shift to a different way of thinking that could result in a different way of life.
by The Source Staff

If there’s anything that gets people in Bend fired up, it’s talking about parking. Whether it’s the relatively recent addition of paid, permitted parking around Drake Park or the recent conversation happening among the Bend City Council about eliminating parking minimums in the city, people are passionate about the topic. In order to comply with […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Endangered Brown Ales Come Out of Hibernation for Winter

The style may have fallen out of favor, but never out of flavor
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Getting modern craft brewers to brew a brown ale is like getting the kids on my son’s Parks and Rec basketball team to practice lay-ups instead of chunking three-point and half-court shots. There’s so much interest and emphasis on trickery that the fundamentals get overlooked. In today’s world of double-dry-hopped hazy IPAs, the once-elemental brown […]

Posted inCulture

The Third Act: Left Right Center

A column on ageism and ageing
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Have you discovered this zany, too-much-fun game? Everyone brings one dollar. Chips work, too. Three dice, each inscribed with L, R, C and a dot. Gambling-lite. It requires no skill other than coming up with your own surefire incantations to guarantee a winning roll, e.g., “Show me that you know me!” or your version of […]

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Ready To Buy A Home Together?

Top five conversations you should have with your partner before considering buying a home
by Nancy Melrose

Whether you’re newly married, just engaged or in a serious relationship without tying the knot, the question of home ownership may be top of mind for you and your partner. Most couples just starting out tend to be swayed by the excitement of their future abode together. And rightly so. Buying a home together is […]

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Letters to the Editor 11/24/2022

by The Source Staff

RE: Jury Reaches Verdict in Cranston Trial. Web version, 11/16 The jury heard all the evidence and had the proper instructions from the Court before going into deliberation – 2nd Degree Murder was a charge grandstanded by outgoing DA John Hummel – and the evidence to include video evidence from four stationary security cameras showed […]

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Sheriffs Need to Follow the Laws. All of Them.

It’s exhausting to see what sheriffs around the state—including those in Jefferson, Crook and Deschutes counties are saying in regard to Measure 114
by The Source Staff

After an election, as voters, we hope to take a collective breath, look around at the changes on the horizon due to our collective decisions and as winners and losers move forward with those changes, knowing they came from our collective will. That’s democracy, plain and simple. Many had a collective sigh of relief after […]

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Gun Control Passes, Questions Remain

Oregon passed one of the strongest gun control measures in the country with Measure 114, but a lot of the processes called for in the measure remain unclear
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Oregon Measure 114, a bill that establishes a permit-to-carry system, limits magazine capacity to 10 rounds and closes a loophole allowing someone to get a gun without a background check if it takes more than three days to process, passed with 50.68% of the vote and is expected to be implemented on Dec. 8. Oregon […]

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El jurado llega a verdicto en el jucio de Cranston

Culpable de todos los cargos —Exepto de asesinato en segundo grado
by Por Jack Harvel Traducido por Jessica Sanchez-Millar

Un jurado del municipio de Deschutes llegó a un veredicto en el juicio contra Ian Cranston, el hombre que disparó y mató a Barry Washington durante una pelea fuera de un bar en el centro de Bend en septiembre de 2021. “Estoy satisfecha por tener algo de justicia para mi hijo, ha sido muy difícil […]

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