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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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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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For New Beer, Head Northeast

Monkless joins a new corner of Bend’s beer scene
Kevin Gifford

It wasn’t terribly long ago that residents of Bend’s northeastern quadrant didn’t have much in the way of local beer. Folks nearby downtown or in the Old Mill are spoiled for choice, with 10 or so craft brewers and many more fine pubs within walking distance. Around the northeast, though, Bridge 99 Brewery and the […]

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Forest Sale, Off the Table

The Elliott State Forest Lives Another Day
Judy Stiegler

The State Land Board decides against selling the Elliott. The next step could mean more protection—and pedagogy—in the forest. Last week the State Land Board took up the issue of the sale of the Elliott State Forest once again. This has been a “hot topic” of public conversation since the State Land Board decided in […]

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“Tenant” Trouble

A local man and his mom are left with thousands in damage after inviting people to stay in his home
Caitlin Richmond

When you hear the word, tenant, typically you think of someone who is renting a house. Most people assume that a tenant is someone who has signed some sort of rental agreement, so if they damage the house they will be held accountable. Joe Smith and his mom, Jane Smith, learned the hard way that […]

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Picks of the Week May 18-24

Pole Pedal Paddle, Central Oregon Beer Week, HUMP! Film Fest and more
The Source Staff

Thursday 18 Brave Collective’s Annual Tiny Art Auction ART AUCTION — The only thing better than art is art that’s so small it’s the size of a Post-it note. If you want some gorgeous art but have no room on your walls, then this is absolutely the way to go. Benefits Mercy Corp’s humanitarian efforts […]

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Special Education

Gifted almost finds the heart of mathematics
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

It can be very surprising how lovely something so simple can be. “Gifted” is predictable, formulaic and deeply flawed, but the combination of perfectly calibrated performances and some honest and charming character work make the film a lovely piece of cinema, at times. The movie doesn’t do anything differently than dozens of other family dramas […]

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