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The Life of a Ballot

Once you vote, the hard work begins for the Deschutes County Clerk’s office
Jaclyn Brandt

Mail-in voting allows voters a chance to research their candidates and vote in the comfort of their own homes—but it also affects the timeline for counties to process those ballots. In Deschutes County, the county clerk’s office is counting ballots for weeks before election day. Although the process may seem mundane, it’s visibly exciting for […]

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Letters to the Editor

The Source Staff

Amy Lowes For Deschutes County Amy Lowes — who is running for Deschutes Country Commissioner, Chair 1 —came here 22 years ago for the same reasons I did on my Harley from Connecticut in 1951, and many of you did earlier and later: the imagnificient beauty, wildlife and recreation recources our county offers. Farmers, ranchers, […]

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Issues Currently Impacting Real Estate

Avatar photo Nick Nayne, Principal Broker

A recent report issued by the Counselors of Real Estate listing issues impacting the national real estate market is very similar to the issues facing our local market. Among the issues: Rising interest rates and the economy: Rising interest rates impact home affordability, particularly with income-sensitive, first-time buyers. Politics and political uncertainty: The upcoming midterm elections […]

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Lionized Subject

A perhaps too-positive portrayal of a Supreme Court Justice
James Berardinelli

There are three kinds of documentaries: those that lionize their subjects, those that attack their subjects, and those that attempt to provide a balanced, objective perspective. “RBG,” a cinematic biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fits in the first category. If there’s a negative about Justice Ginsburg, you won’t find it in Julie […]

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“Bloodsport” and more in Trump’s movie syllabus

Brandon Soderberg

That “Bloodsport” is Donald Trump’s favorite movie is, like so many things about Trump, thinly sourced, apocryphal yet pathetic, and regularly reported as fact. He once praised the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme vehicle, a crude tapestry of gnarled battles and quiet-moment scenery-chewing about an American’s victory in a Hong Kong underground fighting tournament, in Mark […]

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Thousands gather in Bend, tens of thousands in Portland at Saturday’s Women’s Marches

Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Bearing signs such as “Every time you fuck us we multiply” to “Make America Think Again,” the Bend Solidarity March, one of the many Women’s Marches that took place worldwide, drew thousands to Drake Park and downtown Bend Saturday. In Portland, attendance is reported at 100,000. Source reporters attended both the Bend and Portland marches. […]

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