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After receiving a notification late Tuesday afternoon when we were rushing to wrap up last week's issue, we made sure we had a reporter down at the district attorney's office on Wednesday morning for a press conference about.

That's the projected decrease in the city of Bend's share of property tax revenues next year, according to the Deschutes County Assessor's Office. Property tax dollars represent the single biggest revenue stream for the city, accounting for about 60 percent of the total budget.

There's an old saying absolute power and corruption. We're not sure that's the case with former Redmond police lieutenant Larry Prince, the man charged with stealing and then selling guns from the Redmond police armory, which Prince, according to court documents, ran with little to no oversight for more than a decade.

It's Bike Town U.S.

KTVZ ran a piece this week about issues surrounding gun sales and firearm possession in Central Oregon in the wake of the Tucson shootings. The story – which was hardly controversial in its reporting – featured gun owners, a gun club leader, but also the director of Ceasefire Oregon, a gun control advocacy group… and boy did that stir up some fire. The story received more than 60 comments online as of this printing and every single one of them was vehemently against any sort of gun control and, of course, included a request for the reporter to take her “a – -” back to California.

Do you know someone who's not just a human being, but an actual hero?

The county planning commission has been wrestling for literally years with a long-overdue update of the county's comprehensive planning document.

It's almost Valentine's which means the return of the Source's Lust List, our annual run down of Central Oregon's cutest athletes, teachers, baristas and more.

In a time-honored tradition, children and adults alike are known to venture out into the cold upon the first big snowfall of the year and make a snowman. The three bulbous balls of ice topped with a hat, coal for eyes and a carrot for a nose are as iconic a symbol of winter as anything else.

Come in out of the cold this winter and enjoy two heart-warming plays from Bend theater groups. Both Innovation Theatre Works and Cricket Daniels bring to the stage comedies that tackle different subject matters, but aim to make you laugh all the same.