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Rick Steber’s Giant Toilet Paper Emporium

Prineville author and shop owner, ready to move on, hosting parties in ‘open defiance’ of closures
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

COVID-19 has impacted the majority of Central Oregon businesses, and business owners are reacting in different ways. Some have yet to reopen; some have found themselves sneaking in customers for stealthy haircuts. And some, like Prinevilleโ€™s Rick Steber, are changing the names of their businesses in order to stay essential. A prolific, self-published author, Steber […]

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Are Drive-In Theaters Making a Comeback?

A short-lived drive-in in Prineville offers a nostalgic experience – but are drive-in movies here to stay?
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

With the rise of โ€œNetflix and chillโ€ came the fall of โ€œdate night at the cinemaโ€ – and even before that came the fall of the original movie-going experience, the drive-in theater. For many Central Oregonians, drive-in movies are naught but a nostalgic relic of the past. For kids today, the phrase โ€œdrive-in theaterโ€ will […]

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A New Food Truck for Prineville

New Czech food truck opens up in Prineville
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

After running a successful sit-down restaurant for eight years, Jerry Kropacek is officially transitioning to “food truck life.” Hailing from the Czech Republic, Jerry will focus his new, mobile eateryโ€”called Glacier Truckโ€”on traditional Czech and German-style cuisine. Everything served is made from scratch, from the gulรกลก right down to the wiener schnitzel. Much of the […]

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Prineville’s 66 Trail System expands

Lovers of hiking and mountain biking now have more room to play
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Lovers of hiking and mountain biking now have more room to play in Prineville. In 2015, the Crook County Chapter of the Central Oregon Trail Alliance proposed an expansion of the Lower 66 Trail Systemโ€”which at that time consisted of 2.3 miles of hiking and biking trails on Oregon State Parks property. On Oct. 1, […]

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In Celebration of the Rural Artist

An artist co-working space opens in Prineville
Cari Brown

Walking into the storefront of Central Oregon’s newest arts co-working space, Rick Steber & Company-Makers, one is struck by its genuine, cowboy feel. Apt, given that it’s located in Prineville, a community whose historical roots are in ranching and mining. With an aesthetic dubbed, ‘industrial cowboy chic,’ work on display from 30-plus rural Oregon artists […]

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New Gallery Opens in Prineville

Rimrock Gallery showcases fine art reflective of the West
Teafly Peterson

The doors of a new gallery opened up this past weekend in Prineville, and the community came out to celebrate. Pamela Claflinโ€”who started Bend’s Mockingbird Gallery in 1989 and sold it in 2007โ€”is behind the new venture. Rimrock Gallery is located on the corner of NW 3rd and Deer streets in downtown Prineville. The space […]

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 8/8/19

Concerning Usage of Public Land, Budget Optimism in the DA’s Office and A New Art Gallery in Prineville
Tyler Anderson

The Source Weekly Podcast! Tune in on how the usage of public land has become a problem, the Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office receiving a greater budget and a new art gallery opening up in Prineville โ€” all in the August 8, 2019 edition of the podcast. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Jpo2nd Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HykqvR […]

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 5/30/2019

Afterschool Scramble. Foundry Four. Wild & Scenic Paddler. In Podcast Form.
Bron Wickum

The Source Weekly Update podcast! Tune in to hear about the afterschool scramble, Foundry Four and the wild scenic paddler. From our May 30, 2019 edition. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Jpo2nd Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HykqvR Tunein: https://bit.ly/2JmkRww Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2LRpX6c Google Play: https://bit.ly/2EHk31v 

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Crooked River Wetlands Receives ‘Grand Award’

Complex recognized as one of the most innovative in the country
Bron Wickum

The City of Prineville is making a splash in water conservation and environmental protection. Engineering company Anderson Perry and Prineville received the distinguished Grand Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies for their work on the Crooked River Wetlands complex. At the 52nd Engineering Excellence Awards ceremony on May 7 in Washington D.C., a […]

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