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Open Up and Say Ahhhh!

Central Oregon’s physicians offer a prescription for health

With winter on its way, we chatted with six local doctors to get their best advice for staying healthy. Read the following profiles for the scoop on winter wellness: โ€ข Gastroenterologist โ€ข Internal Medicine โ€ข Naturopath โ€ข Pediatrician โ€ข Gynecologist โ€ข Orthopedist Related Stories

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Future Fears

When Halloween and elections collide, frightening predictions arise

Masks of elected officials are a Halloween staple. Why? Because politicians can be scary. But like super powered-mutants, they have the ability to either wreak havoc on, or help to save, the future. We talked to city staff and councilors to find out what keeps them awake at night, why they’re worried, and what they’ll […]

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The Snowriders Guide

Just one flake and we’re already thinking skiing!

Ski movies and snowboard photography offer a window into an entire culture. But what about the men and women behind the lenses? The ones who also are schlepping up steep mountain faces and carrying pounds of equipment to score those dream shots? In this week’s Snowriders Guide, we profile a couple local behind-the-scene photographers and […]

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A Spoonful of Sugar

The Mad Caddies sweet swinging pop

Overflowing with horn interludes, driving upbeat drums, and pop-punk guitar, the Mad Caddies’ music, if nothing else, can always be described as fun. In keeping with the band’s reputation, 2014’s Dirty Rice is packed with some of the cheeriest, upbeat, rock, reggae, pop jams of the band’s career. The 19-year-old fusion group worked with Fat […]

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Splitting the Difference

Central Oregon voters paint outside party lines

A recent survey of millions of internet shoppers found that Republicans prefer grape jelly, while Democrats like strawberry, and progressives are most likely to drink wine with their meals at home, while conservatives drink milk. While out drinking, though, Republicans like brown liquors (whiskey), while Democrats drink the clear stuff (vodka, gin). Yes, there are […]

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Fall Fiction Winners

Ethereal, poetic and downright creepy, we received some intriguing Fall Fiction entries

In celebration of autumn rolling in, the Source asked our readers to snuggle up with a pen and paper (or more likely their laptops) and write us a flash fiction masterpiece based on one of three writing prompts: “I’m in love with cities I’ve never been to and people I’ve never met.” —John Green “She […]

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City Government 101

A guide to Bend’s political machine

On a recent Monday morning, City Manager Eric King was visiting a local elementary school when the first grade teacher asked her students what they think a city manager does. For a parent who is a doctor or firefighter or grocer, the question would be fairly straightforward. But this question baffled the students for a […]

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Pond-Hopping Punk Rock

Larry and His Flask are home, for a hot minute

Three weeks ago, Dallin Bulkley, Andrew Carew, Ian Cook and Jamin and Jeshua Marshall were onstage under a giant circus tent in Biddinghuizen, Netherlands. As Larry and His Flask, the spirited and wild five-piece band screamed, spit, headbanged, plucked and strummed to a crowd of thousands at the Lowlands music festival that drew more than […]

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Hear the People Sing

Les Mis is finally here

Les Misérables is a strange beast. When the musical opened in London in 1985, the reviews were less than kind, with the Sunday Telegraph calling it “A lurid Victorian melodrama produced with Victorian lavishness.” Yet tickets for the production were selling in record numbers and public opinion was stellar enough to open the show on […]

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