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Saying Goodbye to Bend Police Chief Jim Porter 🎧 [with podcast]

Porter brought yoga, mindfulness, mental health and family supports to Bend’s police officers and transformed the morale of the department in just six years
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with to Former Bend Police Chief Jim Porter. After 20 years with the BPD and six years as the head of the agency, Porter retired a few weeks ago. We cover a lot of ground in this episode: Beginning with Porter’s program to improve officer wellness, […]

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Our Restaurant Guide Winners Dish on their Fave Dishes ▶ [with video]

The owners of Sunny’s Carrello, Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails and Aina Kauai Style Grill pick their favorite meals
Avatar photo Darris Hurst

Last week, the Source put out its annual Restaurant Guide, in which we named a Restaurant of the Year and gave a tied Rookie Food Cart of the Year award. After we interviewed each place last week, we still wanted to know more! So we asked each of the owners what they would choose as their […]

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Tourism in the Time of COVID: Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend 🎧 [with podcast]

Where is the fine line between saving the economy and keeping the community safe?
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend, the destination marketing organization for the City. Dugan worked in the fly fishing industry before coming on as the group sales manager for the agency 10 years ago. He was then promoted to President, taking over for Doug LaPlaca. […]

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Life in the ‘Badlands’ ▶ [with video]

Casey Parnell’s debut solo album is set to the background of nature
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Locals might have seen him playing around the Central Oregon scene for years in Precious Byrd and alongside other local bands, but now we’re getting a deeper look at Casey Parnell as a solo artist. On July 10, Parnell released his debut solo album, “Badlands.” The project is a 10-track mix of rock, pop, country […]

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The Social Wellbeing of the Community in the Time of COVID 🎧 [with podcast]

Cameron Clark of C3 Events, takes us on a philosophical journey where we explore the impact of the arts, culture and gatherings on community health
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Cameron Clark, the founder and owner of C3 Events, which produces Munch and Music and the Northwest Crossing Saturday Farmers Market. He moved to Bend in 1990, and soon after began creating memorable community experiences for both visitors and locals in Central Oregon including the Bend […]

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A Night in Portland, as Federal Troops Remained ▶ [with video]

A Bend journalist spends a night in Portland during Black Lives Matter demonstrations, and tear gassings
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

You can smell what’s ahead before anything else. A slight whiff of pepper—or perhaps more like the scent of RoundUp, left in an enclosed shed over the summer. Next is the boom of a crowd chanting: “Enough is enough. Enough is enough….” And then the loudspeakers, on this night, announcing that Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler […]

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Restaurant of the Year – Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails ▶ [with video]

Donating meals, saving jobs and serving the community: Zydeco delivers the fine dining experience to people who need it most
Laurel Brauns

Our Restaurant of the Year for 2020 is a vibrant downtown gem and a cornerstone of the small-business community in Bend. Our readers voted Zydeco Kitchen & Cocktails both Best Dinner and Best Food Service in our Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll in 2019. For our staff-selected Restaurant of the Year award in this […]

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Rookie Food Cart of the Year – Sunny’s Carrello ▶ [with video]

Bend’s answer to hearty, made-from scratch Italian fare
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

Where does one go for good Italian in Bend?  This year, the new player on the food cart scene is Sunny’s Carrello, which earns the tie for our 2020 Rookie Food Cart of the Year. Owned by Amy Wright and her wife Courtney, Sunny’s is Bend’s answer to hearty, homemade Italian food—the kind that any […]

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