The Airshow of the Cascades has been thrilling audiences with spectacular displays in the sky for a quarter of a century. This year’s show will feature two new acts. The Patriot Jet Team will have six roaring jets flying in formation, doing loops. Rick Allen, one of the organizers, says the last time a jet […]
I’m a 26-year-old woman who’s in a relationship with another woman. She’s been my girlfriend for 4+ years. Right now, she’s in grad school and I’m working full time – mostly from home. Our relationship started out with lots of passion, but these days it’s hard for us to connect physically. It seems like we’re […]
Former lead guitarist for the Eagles, Don Felder, is coming to Hayden Homes Amphitheater June 14. I spoke with the guitar legend about adolescent band battles with the Allman Brothers, opening night at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles, and if he was responsible for Tom Petty’s music career. the Source: You recently released a […]
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): I’ve always had the impression that honeybees are restless wanderers, randomly hopping from flower to flower as they gradually accumulate nectar. But I recently discovered that they only meander until they find a single good fount of nourishment, whereupon they sup deeply and make a beeline back to the hive. I […]
Our Water The COMMON GOOD and DO NO HARM. Decisions in a decent society are based on these concepts. Privatization of water, our precious natural resource, denies the rights of people and nature to exist. Privatization of water fails to protect the COMMON GOOD and causes irreparable HARM to people and nature. The COMMON GOOD […]
The Brown Owl food truck is returning! After closing in March of 2024, Brown Owl is reopening at Crux Fermentation Project. Owner Lisandro Ramon told the Source they’ll feature some of their classics like the chicken sando, burger and popcorn chicken along with kid options. They’ll also debut new items like chopped brisket, pulled chicken […]
A new coffee shop officially opened June 11 in downtown Bend. Melissa Cavaccang and Liliana — who prefers to be referred to by first name only — opened Almadorada in the former Turtle Island Coffee, which closed in March. “We wanted to carry on that value set that Turtle Island had put into play,” Cavaccang said. […]
On May 30, the Bend Police Department received a report that a Bend resident had threatened to execute a mass shooting in the area. The man, identified as 36-year-old Nathaniel Benjamin Wright, was known to own multiple firearms. Bend PD officers responded to Wright’s home on NE Waller Avenue and saw his white truck parked […]
The Source won three first-place awards in the 2024 Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Northwest Excellence in Journalism competition. The northwest region includes newsrooms from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. The Source placed first in “General Excellence Writing (Small Newsroom), “Graphics & Illustrations (Small Newsroom) and “Environment & Natural Disaster Reporting. “These awards are […]
Last week’s Source feature story, “Promised Land,” made one thing abundantly clear: Developers, along with a few vanguard businesses in the Bend Central District, think the process of revitalizing, aka developing, the area isn’t moving fast enough. Some developers Reporter Julianna LaFollette talked to place not a small amount of blame on the City of […]
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