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Americans are waking up: Two Thirds Say Climate Crisis Must be Addressed

Major CBS News poll released as part of Covering Climate Now, a collaboration of more than 250 news outlets around the world to strengthen coverage of the climate story

Oliver MilmanSeptember 18, 2019July 7, 2024

This story originally appeared in The Guardian. It is republished here as part of the Source Weekly’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. The U.N. Climate Action Summit begins Sept. 23, with the Youth Climate Summit—the first of its kind—beginning Sept. 21. Two-thirds of Americans […]

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Legal weed coming to a dispensary near you October 1

Erin RookJuly 29, 2015August 16, 2023

It’s official. Legal weed limbo will end on October 1, when the medical marijuana dispensaries will be permitted to sell some cannabis products. Gov. Kate Brown quietly signed the bill into law on Monday, according to the Oregon Legislative record. Her office has not yet released a statement about the signing. Currently, it is legal […]

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Poll Shows Majority Support for OSU-Cascades Expansion

Erin RookJune 4, 2015April 14, 2025

A clear majority of Bend residents surveyed support OSU-Cascades’ planned westside campus, according to a poll released today by community coalition “Now for Bend,” which supports the expansion. The poll, which surveyed 300 Bend residents in April, was conducted by GS Strategy Group with a 5 percent margin of error. It found that 59 percent […]

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Affordable Housing

Erin RookMay 15, 2015November 24, 2023

It’s not news that Bend has a seriously lack of housing—especially of the affordable variety. But not everyone is in agreement about how to address the problem. We have some opinions of our own, of course, but we want to know what you think. Take our poll below, and if you have ideas not represented […]

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Vaccine Exemptions

Erin RookMarch 5, 2015March 5, 2025

The discussion about vaccine exemptions is heating up, with Oregon Senate Bill 442 igniting debate over the fine line between individual liberty and collective safety. (See some of the proposed amendments here). It’s even attracted attention from environmental activist, author, and attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who will be in Salem today holding a private […]

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Riding Bikes

Erin RookFebruary 26, 2015April 8, 2024

Bend has gained a bit of a reputation as a destination for bike-lovers. But biking is a broad category, including a wide range of recreational styles as well as commuting. Each type of cyclist has different habits, preferences and, dare we say, a different personalities. One thing we’ve noticed is that there seems to be […]

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Survey: Bendites Like the Outdoors, Worry About Transportation

Erin RookJanuary 22, 2015November 7, 2024

On the whole, Bend residents are happy with their quality of life, according to a 2015 survey conducted by DHM Research. The results of the survey, which polled 400 Bendites by cell phone and landline, were presented during a work session at last night’s City Council meeting. They revealed a general upward trend in many […]

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Electing Bend’s Mayor

Erin RookJanuary 19, 2015June 20, 2023

As you may or may not know, Bend’s mayor is not elected by voters, but rather appointed by his or her fellow city councilors. We’ll be exploring the question of how we elect the Mayor in the upcoming issue, but in the meantime, we want to know: What do you think? Are you content with […]

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Troy Field

Erin RookDecember 15, 2014August 23, 2024

Troy Field, the sometimes sports field near the downtown Bend library, is officially on the market. Declared surplus property by its current owners, the Bend-La Pine School District, the large rectangular patch of grass is one of the few undeveloped properties in downtown Bend. The public entities who got first dibs on making a bid […]

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Tell Us How You Really Feel: Casey Roats

Erin RookDecember 4, 2014July 3, 2024

We want to know how you feel about the hot-button issues of the day. That, and polls are a great way to kill time and make fun graphs! You may have noticed the results in this week’s issue of our recent poll on the Grand Jury decision not to indict the police officer who shot […]

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