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Paralytic Economy: A State Economist’s Predictions for Recovery 🎧 [with podcast]

Josh Lehner takes a deep dive into the economic impacts of declining tourism revenues, Oregon’s “kicker” tax and remote workers
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, our guest is Josh Lehner, an Oregon state economist whose work has been published in the New York Times, NPR and the Washington Post. With a particular focus on the outlook for Central Oregon, Josh talks about the region’s strong professional services sector and how these types of […]

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Central Oregon Pride Goes Virtual ▶ [with video]

The Local Business Unity Project provides community members with a way to show support and celebrate inclusion
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that LGBTQ+ workers are protected from job discrimination, confirming that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 also covers sexual orientation and transgender status. The existing federal law prohibited sex-related discrimination in the workplace. As President Donald Trump’s first Supreme Court appointee, Neil Gorsuch, wrote to the […]

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Overcrowded and Understaffed ▶ [with video]

Parking at Smith Rock has never been easy. With state parks on limited services and staff due to the pandemic, things are even tougher.
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Oregon has 256 state parks—meaning a lot of sites to manage across a wide swath of land. So what happens when those popular destinations are understaffed? We’re seeing the toll that parks take right now. Due to COVID-19, many organizations and businesses are experiencing issues with staffing. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is no […]

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Bend’s Small Business Survival 🎧 [with podcast]

Featuring Ben Hemson, City of Bend Business Advocate
Laurel Brauns

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 […]

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Public Defenders Clash With the District Attorney ▶ [with video]

Deschutes County DA announces his refusal of police union money; plans to support more treatment options—but a crowd attending called for more
Laurel Brauns

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 […]

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Racism with a Smile ▶ (with video)

Q & A with Riccardo Waites, founder of the Central Oregon Black Leaders Assembly
Laurel Brauns

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 […]

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Turning the Page, Playing the Game ▶ [with video]

Two Bend retailers share how citywide closures have affected business – for better and for worse
Avatar photo Cayla Clark

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 […]

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The Peaceful Protests of Central Oregon ▶ (with video)

Organizers of the weekend’s local demonstrations look to what’s next
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

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 […]

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Reopening the Forest ▶ (with video)

Toilet cleaning and other services in the Deschutes National Forest have been closed—but recreationalists have still been “going.” You can imagine the results.
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

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, […]

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