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Upgraded by Hope

Local mountain biking community gets components boost
Grant Woods

Bend’s thriving mountain biking community just got a shot of adrenaline. As of June, the internationally established mountain bike components manufacturer, Hope Technology, has opened its U.S. assembly division in our backyard. The company designs, manufactures, and tests nearly every part of a mountain bike and accepts custom orders from avid cross-country riders as well […]

Posted inOpinion

Letters 7/13-7/20

The Source Staff

Dear Source, I’d like to buy you a cup of Palate's coffee for resisting the urge to print political opinions this week. I enjoy the commentary on local issues, and was happy to see the Source back on that track this week! —Anne Wolff Nobody Told Me… Why don’t I hear about the changes to […]

Posted inCulture

Swingers

Tarzan, Jane and cultural stagnation
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Sometimes it’s easy to describe a movie as a “throwback:” something that would have worked if it had been released in a bygone era with different cultural standards and practices. For example: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” was a throwback to the film serials of the 1930s and 1940s that George Lucas grew up watching. […]

Posted inNews

Latinos Rising

Latin American Community continues to grow rapidly in Central Oregon
M.W. Hill

Locals shouldn’t be surprised by recently released U.S. census data showing consistently growing Latino populations in Bend, Deschutes County, and Oregon. After all, Spanish-speaking peoples settled this region in the-mid 1800s, long before other European cultures. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Latino population in Deschutes County increased by 18.6 percent between 2010 and […]

Posted inCulture

Murder Party 2016

Vote no on “The Purge: Election Year”
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

You had one job, “The Purge: Election Year,” just one. You either needed to be a schlocky gorefest that painted America as a candy-colored nightmare of xenophobia and fear or a smartly satirical look at the worst case scenario of Trump’s America. You failed at both, “Purge,” and I hope you feel bad about it. […]

Posted inOutside

Mercury in Our Air, Water, Soil and Fish

Jim Anderson

In April of this year the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) issued a warning about consuming too many bass found to be contaminated with excessive amounts of mercury in fish tissue sampled from a number of water bodies across the state. Dave Farrer, Ph.D., toxicologist in the Environmental Public Health Section at the OHA Public Health […]

Posted inCulture

Ninth Annual Harvest Writing Contest

Talent knows no age
Annette Benedetti

This year, Oregon writers of all ages have the opportunity to have their work recognized. On June 1, Central Oregon Writers Guild (COWG) began accepting entries for its annual Harvest Writing Contest. With the contest heading into its ninth year, the guild decided to make some changes and is inviting writers 18 years and younger […]

Posted inOpinion

Letters 7/6-7/13

The Source Staff

Bend DMV Scam Is your paper interested in the fact that Bend DMV purposely gives an extension of an expired driver license past the one-year cut-off in order to obtain more money and require you to take the written and driver test over? It has happened to me, and I am insisting they waive the […]

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