Joshua Langlais
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A Community Thread: Dorian Allstot

Inviting a range of perspectives; bridging a gap between people from different walks of life
Joshua Langlais

Editor’s note: Joshua Langlais is a local photographer and the creator of A Community Thread, a project for which he interviews folks on the subject of community, its importance, and how we function as individuals within it. This is an excerpt from his interview with Dorian Allstot, who describes himself as a seeker of life […]

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A Community Thread: Christy Walker

A passion for education; an equity champion
Joshua Langlais

Joshua Langlais is a local photographer and the creator of A Community Thread, a project for which he interviews folks on the subject of community, its importance, and how we function as individuals within it. This is an excerpt from his interview with Christy Walker in July. Walker describes herself as a Latinx, cis-gendered, able-bodied […]

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A Community Thread: Jesse Locke

How making a film in Palestine broadened his perspective
Joshua Langlais

A Community Thread: What concerns you or gives you pause? What gives you a heavy heart? Jesse Locke: I would say people who don’t look outside themselves. I feel like I’m a searcher and I surround myself with people like that. What concerns me is bullshit and small talk. Those things—I have no real place […]

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A Community Thread: Shimiko Montgomery

Valuing family; fostering relationships
Joshua Langlais

Joshua Langlais is a local photographer and the creator of A Community Thread, a project for which he interviews folks on the subject of community, its importance and how we function as individuals within it. This is an excerpt from his interview with Shimiko Montgomery from March of 2018. Shimiko, like many of us, has […]

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2018 Midterm Election Results

The Source Staff

Find up-to-date results for the 2018 midterm races and measures below. (Editor’s note: Page last updated 10:38 pm Tuesday). Some takeaways thus far from election night: -All state measures defeated, except Measure 102.– Democrat incumbent Kate Brown wins the governor’s race against Republican Knute Buehler– Republican Cheri Helt set to win the Bend’s Oregon House […]

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Bucking Tourism Bucks?

The City of Bend gets a big budget boost from hotel taxes. What happens if the well runs dry?
Chris Miller

You’ve probably seen them: people wandering up Bond Street, nearly running into other people, smartphone in one hand, scoop of Bonta in the other, trying to find the Deschutes pub. They’re called tourists—and like it or not, they’re an important part of Bend’s economy. Tourism is Central Oregon’s second-largest economic provider, accounting for 15 percent […]

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The Many Faces of Homelessness

On a dirt road, much closer to town than you think, the masses are commuting in from their makeshift camps in the High Desert.
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Get a job, they say. Find a home, people shout. But for Central Oregon’s homeless population, every story is unique, and the ultimate solutions far from black and white. Each Monday, volunteers head out to Bureau of Land Management lands near Redmond with water and propane donated by St. Vincent de Paul. The volunteers estimate […]

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