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Bentz and the Main Street Caucus Aren’t Asking for the Moon — Just for the President to Keep His Promises

We’re glad we can agree on the bottom
by The Source Editorial Board

Oregon Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-OR2) told the Baker City Herald late last month that he’s been lobbying the administration to take a “different approach” on the massive deportation campaign currently underway. Oddly enough, that lobbying effort sounds a whole lot like what we were promised during the last presidential election. If you’re among those who […]

Posted inLocal News

A Seven-Month Battle Against ICE

A Bend man was the first Central Oregonian detained by ICE under the new administration. His cousin fought for his freedom, and won.
by Ray Randall

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 […]

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Bend’s Police Chief Recounts ICE Protest Events (con versión en español)

Krantz details his interactions with the Department of Homeland Security, timeline of events in statement
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Bend Police Chief Mike Krantz—now on his fourth day on the job as the head of Bend’s police force, issued a statement Thursday afternoon, following the protest that erupted in front of two buses from Immigration and Customs Enforcement Wednesday afternoon. A standoff between protesters, there to demand due process for the two men detained […]

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents Pick Up Two Bend Residents

Protesters block two buses from leaving parking lot on SW Industrial Way; Border Patrol later storms the buses to remove the people inside
Avatar photo Kyle Switzer

On Wednesday, locals began to spread the word that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials were in Bend and had reportedly picked up at least two people. Two buses were located behind the Crane Shed Commons on SW Industrial Way in Bend, where activists began to block the buses from exiting the parking lot. Source Intern […]

Posted inOutside

Get off the Couch and Curl

Bend Curling Club promotes the sport in Central Oregon
Damian Fagan

The closest many people have gotten to the sport of curling is by watching matches during the Winter Olympics on TV, maybe thinking “I think I can do that.” With the opening of The Pavilion ice rink in 2016 and the founding of the Bend Curling Club, that distance from couch to ice has narrowed. […]

Posted inOpinion

Immigration Issues are not Limited to Washington, D.C.

This past weekend, the president and his administration made plain their intent to round up undocumented individuals, stoking extra fear in communities already ravaged by it.
The Source Staff

For some people in the community, this past weekend was like any other—filled with lawn mowing, summer music, hanging by the shore of a Cascade lake. But for others, it was a weekend filled with fear and anxiety—heightened beyond the levels of uncertainty and dread that have been in place since the president and his […]

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