The annual Point in Time homeless count just wrapped up, with results expected in March. During last year’s count, on Jan. 27 ...

Central Oregon is no exception to the issue of folks without permanent housing at any given time throughout the year. On a single night in January each year, the Point-in-Time Count takes place ...

Poet Mary Oliver asked her readers, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” This Valentine season, I propose a collaborative version of this prod: Ask those you care ...

Two young Bend men, one who just turned 18 and one in his early 20s, agreed to talk with the Source about their experience growing up without ...

Parents of Bend-La Pine Schools students, supported by local advocacy group Well Wired, have joined forces to express their collective concerns about the district’s implementation of educational ...

When first reached by the Source for a phone interview, newly hired Deschutes County Fair and Expo Director Jeff Curtis was ...

High Desert Food & Farm Alliance hosted its third annual SOUPer Bowl event on Saturday, February 7. Dear Mom Cafe earned the ...

Deschutes County government is embarrassing itself. Earlier this month, the Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners voted 2-1 to put a map, dividing the county into five districts, before ...

The Department of Administrative Services Office of Economic Analysis State Chief Economist Carl Riccadonna and Senior ...

Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden joined a group of Senators in releasing a new report of their investigation ...

Wake up seven days a week with the Cascades Reader. Get local news, event information, podcasts, discounts and more. Sign up now! Sign up While volcanoes date back millions and millions of years, ...

In the time it takes to polish off a breakfast burrito and listen to an episode or two of your favorite podcast, Derrick Bell wants you to know that you could be enjoying the solitude of nearly 600 ...