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Bend’s Locally Owned Weekly Newspaper Wins Five Awards in State Contest

Source Weekly gets 1st for Best Editorial/Column, Best Design, Target Audience/General Excellence
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

The Source Weekly has won a total of five awards in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s annual Associate Member Publications Contest. After winning three awards in 2018, winning five in 2019 is a new record for the newspaper. Wins include: 1st place for Best Editorial/Column for the Opinion piece, “Consent and Accountability,” written by the […]

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That Time Bend Got an In-N-Out… Not

April Fool’s Jokes about free burgers are funny… kinda
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Editorial meetings at the Source involve at least a few story pitches that hit the cutting room floor… never to be seen again. In other words, not every story that writers pitch actually makes the paper. This week, cub reporter Isaac Biehl pitched the idea of covering the groundbreaking of the purported In-N-Out Burger on […]

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Source Spotlight: Ed Kimball

Will sing or fish for pleasure
Avatar photo Richard Sitts

Ed remembers a good stretch of about seven years during which he skied 200 days a year. “I’ve always loved the outdoors.” What was it that drew Edward and Barb Kimball to Central Oregon 40 years ago? Was it the skiing, fly-fishing, beautiful scenery, or just the great outdoors in general? Try all of the […]

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A 19th Century Day Trip

It’s North(west) vs. South in a Civil War reenactment
Howard Leff

Forget haggling with your Congressman at the next town hall. The president’s coming to Central Oregon. No, not that president. This one’s even more famous. Like, $5 bill famous. That’s correct. President Abraham Lincoln’s scheduled to make an address Saturday during the first day of the Civil War Reenactment at The House On Metolius Meadow […]

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Up at the Lake

Suttle Lodge gets the warm weather season going with the reopening of the iconic Boathouse
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Sunset over the water, a fire popping out sparks, and friends clinking glasses of bubbles. It’s an idyllic vibe, characteristic of the everyday experience at The Suttle Lodge & Boathouse. But what’s really standing out for me: The dogs. Little dogs. Big dogs. Fierce dogs and friendly ones, sniffing around in the sand. When you […]

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Natural World: Don’t step on the eggs!

Jim Anderson

There are two ground-nesting birds common to Central Oregon that need help when it comes to surviving during nesting time: the killdeer and common nighthawk. Both lay eggs (almost always four) that are all but invisible because they look like the pebbles surrounding them—often getting mushed by people, cattle or wildlife. Recently, while leaving Sisters […]

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Out of Reach

Affordable housing isn’t a niche market anymore
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

Out of touch: Federal market rental rates Have you seen a one-bedroom apartment in Bend going for $733? What about a two-bedroom apartment for $857? “Show me where you can find me one of those,” says Jeanine Soelek, “because they don’t exist.” Soelek has been searching for a permanent place to live for over a […]

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Letters to the Editor May 8-15

Readers respond to Greg Walden’s AHCA, proposed bike lanes, prescribed burns and that whitewater park
The Source Staff

Whitewater Park Do you pay property taxes? Over 20 percent of your property taxes goes to Bend Park and Recreation. I love our parks and facilities however the amount of money spent on the Whitewater Park is criminal. The safe passage is virtually the same as last year. Cement dribbled in cracks did nothing to […]

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