So, you’ve decided to tie the knot and need to figure out how you’re going to wet your guests’ whistles during the reception? Depending on your venue, there are options. Those who have an unlimited budget may choose to use an open bar—basically a free-for-all for guests, and maybe a way to have the reception […]
Recently elected Commissioner Patti Adair and re-elected Commissioner Tony DeBone started the new year off by taking their seats on the Deschutes County Commission. Commissioners chose their new chair and vice-chair during the work session Monday. Adair wasted no time getting her feet wet, nominating past vice-chair Phil Henderson to become the new chair. Past […]
Local artist Megan Stumpfig—whose large mural spans the walls at Riff Cold Brew Coffee’s newly-opened shop in the Box Factory—had some of her art taken from the front of the Domino Room on Greenwood Avenue on the morning of Dec. 29. Beat Lab Radio is offering a cash reward for the safe return of the […]
During a brief Bend City Council meeting on Wednesday night, Municipal Court judge Gwen Moore swore in Sally Russell as Bend’s first directly elected mayor since 1928. “This is a night of celebration,” Russell said before the swearing in and after changing her pro tem placard to read “mayor.” The Bend Children’s Choir performed “America […]
For those of you who haven’t noticed, Redmond’s growing. With growth, sometimes comes the bad, like increased traffic. However, sometimes there’s an upside—like a growth in a city’s parks. In October, the City of Redmond opened Homestead Park’s bike pump track after raising $55,000 in community donations, according to Annie McVay, City of Redmond’s Parks […]
The craft beer craze isn’t lost on Redmond, with new breweries popping up about as fast as they do in Bend. The longtime players are still around—Cascade Lakes Brewing Company‘s 7th Street Brew House still gets a robust lunch crowd—and new players are coming in, fast. Initiative Brewing is taking over the old Juniper Bank […]
If you got your Christmas tree from one of the big box stores, be careful of how you dispose of it. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry, throwing your old Christmas tree into the woods or leaving it your yard may spread the elongate hemlock scale—an armored scale insect pest of hemlock and other […]
Starting next June people in Central Oregon can fly directly to the Windy City. According to a press release from the Redmond Municipal Airport, United Airlines will offer direct flights to Chicago’s O’Hare Airport starting on June 6, 2019. SkyWest Inc. will operate the daily non-stop flights using the Embraer 175 series aircraft, which can […]
According to SmartAsset.com, Bend ranks No. 3 for 2019 in the fifth-annual study of the most fitness-friendly places in the U.S. behind La Cross-Onalaska, Wis.-Minn. and Missoula, Mont. The study is based on data from five categories, according to SmartAsset: the percentage of people walking or biking to work; the density of fitness professionals; the […]
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