Fresh Dungeness Crab with Spicy Sauce
Tis the season! You may have noticed lately that Dungeness crab is on sale at local markets. Known for its sweet meat, this large crab is harvested on the Pacific coast from Mexico up to Alaska and is in season now. If you’re a lover of this hard-shelled crustacean you may already have your favorite…
Mushroom, Bacon, Spinach Frittata
I almost made the headline for this recipe “Why I Love Frittata” because I do love making a frittata and I love that it truly can be fitting for any meal of the day. A frittata is an easy, one-skillet egg dish. It can be made with just about any leftovers you have on hand. It’s…
Campamento Hunnel en previsto para clausurarse
El 28 de diciembre la ciudad de Bend anunció que el campamento ubicado en Hunnell Road era inseguro y que sería desmontado en marzo. Es el campamento más grande para las personas que viven fuera de una casa común y corriente en Bend y en el punto pico de residencia en el verano había más…
Community Giving Is a Year-Round Activity
The holidays have come and gone. For some of us, it is a relief that the overwhelm of the season is over. For others in our community, the end of the holiday season also means the end of the giving season. But our community needs us all year long. Did you know that the need…
From Darkness to Light, Again
This is the season of Christmas, Chanukah and the New Year, for celebrating the power of light over darkness. Every day is now moving inexorably closer toward the light. We count on it. We’ve heard it said many, many times, that light conquers darkness. One little matchstick is able to bring light to a pitch-dark…
Southside Sweet and Savory
Normally I have my finger fairly close to the pulse of any new restaurants opening, but this one completely slipped past me. Once I found it, I figured out why instantly: it’s in a neighborhood I never patronize, which is pretty inexcusable in a town the size of Bend. Meadowlark, opened by the folks who…
The Billionaire’s Press Dominates Censorship Beat
Since its founding in 1976, Project Censored has been focused on stories — like Watergate before the 1972 election — that aren’t censored in the authoritarian government sense, but in a broader, expanded sense reflective of what a functioning democracy should be, censorship defined as “the suppression of information, whether purposeful or not, by any…
Go Here: If You’re New Here: Track Your Ski Days with the Mt. Bachelor App
As a skier or snowboarder, have you ever gone up to ski or snowboard and had the toughest time meeting up with your friends and family? Ever catch yourself trying to find which lifts/runs are open? Ever wonder how many days, lifts and runs you fit into a season? The Mt. Bachelor app, released last…
Live Music with Hoodoo’s Friday Night Lights
On Friday night at Hoodoo for just $39, people can ski, listen to live music, meet pro skiers and snowboarders, sit around bonfires and mingle. For those who stay off the slopes, it’s free. Hoodoo partnered with Ablis CBD for its Friday Night Light series, hosting live music with rotating artists every Friday from 6-9pm,…
Horoscope Week of January 5, 2023
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “I’m homesick all the time,” writes author Sarah Addison Allen. “I just don’t know where home is. There’s this promise of happiness out there. I know it. I even feel it sometimes. But it’s like chasing the moon. Just when I think I have it, it disappears into the horizon.” If…
Letters to the Editors 01/05/2023
Guest Opinion: An Open Letter to the Bend City Council Dear Mayor Kebler and Bend City Council: Congratulations on your election. Your tasks are going to be challenging. The members of the Neighborhood Association Round Table suggest one way to facilitate decision making is to use the already agreed-upon plans developed by residents and city…
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Hunnell Camp Scheduled for Closure ▶ [With Video]
On Dec. 28 the City of Bend declared the campsite on Hunnell Road was unsafe and would be removed in March. It’s the largest campsite for people living outside of typical homes in Bend, and at peak residency in the summer there were over 100 camps on the road. That number shrank to about 65…
Q&A With Outgoing DA John Hummel
Since moving to Bend in 1995, John Hummel has worked as a public defender, started a defense firm and served six years on the Bend City Council before being elected as District Attorney in 2014. The self-described progressive prosecutor took a different approach than many DAs, taking public stances on injustice and what he views…
Formally Abolish Oregon’s Death Penalty… Again
During Gov. John Kitzhaber’s first term as governor in the late 1990s, he faced a difficult decision: Abide by Oregon’s Constitution or follow his own conscience. Understanding the rule of law and the will of the majority, he did the former and did not stand in the way of seeing two people executed under Oregon…
Local Pro Mountain Biker Releases Book for Kids
Longtime Bend local, pro mountain biker and skills coach Lindsey Richter just released her first children’s book, “Mountain Biking Adventures with Izzy: Etiquette is a Big Word.” The book is aimed at teaching trail etiquette and how bikes can bring joy, confidence, community and more. It all came about when aeronautical engineer Heidi Ashwell reached…
2023 and Me
I’m not sure if my ever-encroaching sense of mortality is making time go by quicker, or if there’s something in the water that’s making each year seem about three weeks long, but I really do feel like I just wrote the article about the movies I was looking forward to in 2022. Looking back at…
Oh So Very Much Weed
Like any state, Oregon has its problems, and for cannabis producers, 2022’s biggest problem was oversupply. Our Adult Use cannabis program, established in 2014, moved cannabis from an illicit drug to a heavily taxed and regulated commodity. And as with any commodity, supply and demand drives rising, or falling, prices. In 2022 we saw historic…
After 20 Years of Playing Oregon, Railroad Earth Returns to Bend
Railroad Earth returns to Bend after a year and change. Railroad Earth’s upbeat and worldly sounds and interchanging genres — Americana-folk rock, bluegrass with deep Celtic undertones — graces our presence on the Midtown Ballroom stage Jan. 14. Its 2023 lineup — Todd Sheaffer (vocalist/guitarist/songwriter), Tim Carbone (violinist/vocalist), John Skehan (mandolinist), Carey Harmon (drummer/vocalist), Dave…
LISTEN: Parting Thoughts from District Attorney John Hummel 🎧
Since moving to Bend in 1995, John Hummel has worked as a public defender, started a defense firm and served six years on the Bend City Council before being elected as District Attorney in 2014. The self-described progressive prosecutor took a different approach than many DAs, taking public stances on injustice and what he views…
