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The Sweet Sounds of Spring

Jim Anderson

Thanks to hearing device technology from Central Oregon Audiology, I am acutely aware of the cacophony of hundreds of male Pacific tree frogs in Central Oregon’s irrigation ponds, decorative water features, and drainage ditches that are making their presence known to one and all. They are gleefully summoning their lady-friend partners to come join them […]

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Union Helps Win Cannabis Case

Steve Holmes

One of the strangest situations created by cannabis legalization in Oregon and elsewhere in the US is the effect, or lack thereof, of legalization on state employment law. Oregonians can get a doctor’s prescription for cannabis to treat a variety of illnesses in the state’s medical marijuana program, and Oregonians 21 and older can now […]

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Letters 6/29-7/6

The Source Staff

Bend, Not Ready for Prime Time Coming to your neighborhood soon:  higher density, Bend style Have you heard? Bend will continue to expand at its current, incredible pace, growing another 40 percent within a decade. While I’m sure that developers, realtors, and those who actually benefit from more people and tourism are jumping for joy, the other […]

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Side Notes 6/29-7/6

Angela Moore & Renée Alexander

Everyone Gets a Raise! Thanks to the passage of Senate Bill 1532, minimum wage workers in Deschutes County will get a raise on July 1, when Oregon’s minimum wage increases from the current $9.25 hourly rate to $9.50. Minimum wage workers in Portland will see an increase of 50-cents an hour. The new “wage law” […]

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Incarcerated Adults Address Chronic Illness

Living Well workshops transform prisoners’ lives, save taxpayers’ money
M.W. Hill

A four-year-old program is saving taxpayers more than $10,000 per prisoner, per year, and making life better for people with chronic illnesses living behind bars. Since adopting the Living Well with Chronic Conditions program (LWCC) in 2012, more than 1,000 incarcerated adults in Oregon have improved their health and well-being by completing the course. According […]

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Precautions Urged to Help Save Bats

Deschutes National Forest Highlights Precautions at Lava River Cave
Hayley Jo Murphy

Portland, Ore. – Visitors using public lands are encouraged to help fight the spread of white-nose syndrome and save bats in the Pacific Northwest. White-nose syndrome (WNS) is a fungal disease that has devastated bat populations in eastern North America, killing an estimated six million bats since 2006. In March 2016, Washington’s first case of […]

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Upper Deschutes Watershed Council River Clean-up

Hayley Jo Murphy

While we have been busy wringing our hands about the river trash, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council has been busy doing something about it. The local river stewards coordinate the annual Deschutes River Clean-up, and Kolleen Miller, the group’s Education Director, confirms that, “We have watched the problem increase exponentially over the past six years. Last […]

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