Check out the latest episode of the Source’s Weekly’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast hosted by our publisher Aaron Switzer. This week our guest is Ben Hemson, the City of Bend’s business advocate. Listen now or download wherever you get your podcasts. We’ve also started creating videos of our interviews which you can watch below or […]
Deschutes County’s District Attorney John Hummel held a press conference Monday to respond to the ongoing local and national outcry against police brutality. He delivered a long list of reforms he intends to fight for in the future as well as the social justice accomplishments he’s achieved during his five years in office. It began […]
Tom Beans, the owner of Dudley’s Bookshop and Cafe in downtown Bend, has been thriving as a result of recent retail restrictions. “Last I checked, 80% of my business was coming from curbside pick-up, and the other 20% was coming from online sales,” he shared. “Over the past few days we’ve seen huge surges in […]
Riccardo Waites is the head of the newly formed Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly, which already has 220 members as of June 9. He formed the group in response to his experiences of racial discrimination while living in Bend for the last 20 years, as well as the desire to create a cohesive political movement […]
Check out the latest episode of the Source’s Weekly’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast hosted by our publisher Aaron Switzer. This week our guest is Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair. She held the fate of the county in her purse as she drove a paper copy of the region’s reopening application directly to Salem last month. […]
Saturday’s Black Lives Matter peaceful protest in downtown Bend was organized in less than 24 hours. On Sunday, two more followed in Redmond and Prineville. On Tuesday, another protest started near Bend City Hall before moving from the Deschutes County Courthouse to Bond Street and back to City Hall. The death of George Floyd—who died […]
The outside appeared closed up for a few months, but was it really? With trailheads and camping “closed” in the Deschutes National Forest during the COVID-19 outbreak and only partially being re-opened as of late, it would seem things out on the trails are even busier than normal. At Phil’s Trail trailhead this past weekend, […]
For this week’s Outside Guide, we asked local outdoors advocates to weigh in on the topic of sanctuary in the outdoors. Sanctuary in the outdoors does not exist. It sounds lovely and what a better place than Bend, to be referred to as such. I do not think it is something that exists for ALL […]
BLACK PERSON! BLACK PEOPLE! BLACK! BLACCCKKKKKK! Oh did I scare you? What, are you afraid now? BLACK! Does this topic make you uneasy, fearful, ashamed? Now that I have your attention—Let’s Talk Optics. The headline reads: POLICE KILL ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK PERSON Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and others would be with us today if one […]
On Friday night, the first concert the Volcanic Theatre Pub has had in months will take place. Thing is, no one will be in the building except the artists, crew and Volcanic workers. Instead, the audience will be right at home. Volcanic owner Derek Sitter spoke to the Source this month about the state of […]
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