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The Redmond Managed Camp Cleared a Funding Hurdle. Can It Clear the Toughest One?

When it comes to helping the unhoused, service providers are a sticking point
by The Source Editorial Board

If you were in Central Oregon before the pandemic, you would have seen a very different landscape as it pertains to the people living unsheltered. People camped in the junipers and overstayed their allotted time on public lands. Tent encampments were still visible. But what did not exist as it does now: The breadth of […]

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Out Of The Junipers, a Proposed New Camp for the Unhoused

A village is in the works for unhoused people living on public lands east of Redmond
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Urban and rural houselessness often don’t look the same and have different solutions. In more-urban Bend, the rising population of unhoused has inspired both great acts of compassion from houselessness advocates and drawn ire from NIMBYs who want unhoused camps out of sight and out of mind. In rural Redmond, houseless populations aren’t as acutely […]

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Emerson’s Cleared. Now What?

The City’s after-action report from the closing of a camp on Emerson Avenue could guide future closures on City-owned right of ways
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

On June 23 the Bend Police Department, in coordination with social services agencies, closed and cleared Emerson Avenue, where 40 to 50 unhoused people were living on City right of ways, using a City policy uniquely tailored for Emerson that could guide how unhoused encampments are swept in the future. At the Bend City Council meeting approving the policy […]

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Turnkey Funding Awarded In Bend

After the purchase of the Old Mill & Suites was rescinded, Bend finds a new shelter for the unhoused
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Bend Value Inn will be converted into a transitional shelter for the homeless thanks to a $2.9 million grant through Project Turnkey, a state program that funds the purchase and renovation of motels into shelters for people who are experiencing houselessness or at risk of becoming unhoused. The City of Bend originally sought to acquire […]

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Beating The Heat

Cooling centers in Bend, Redmond and Madras provide a place for unhoused people to escape the blistering heat
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

On June 25 Deschutes County encouraged locals to take precautions against the extreme wave of heat cooking the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures reached as high as 108 degrees on Sunday and forecasts predict daytime highs over 100 until Wednesday. The county asked people to avoid the outdoors between 3-7pm, the hottest part of the day, something […]

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Two Dead at Hunnell Campsite

Two people died, presumably from the extreme heat, in the area popular for houseless campers Sunday
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Update, 7/2/21: The Oregon State Medical Examiner confirmed that two people died from the extreme heat wave. Both were male, one was 64 and the other was 60. Two men died on Sunday at the camp on Hunnell Road as Bend surpassed its highest June temperature in recorded history, and on Tuesday its highest temperature […]

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Resolution Easing Church Restrictions Fails; Neighbors Speak Out Against Juniper Ridge

A recap of Wednesday’s Bend City Council meeting
Ashley Moreno

City of Bend Councilors Bill Moseley and Justin Livingston’s attempt to bar the use of city funds for enforcing pandemic-related restrictions at churches failed Wednesday on a five-two vote, with only Moseley and Livingston voting in favor. Moseley introduced the resolution, which read: “The City of Bend shall not use city monies, equipment, or personnel […]

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