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Six-Story Building Coming to the West Side

The old Ray’s Food Place location is set to become 203 living spaces over a ground-floor commercial space
Chris Miller

The site of the old Ray’s Food Place on Century Drive and Simpson Avenue—which sat vacant from 2013 until snow collapsed the roof in January 2017—is turning into a six-story mixed use building with 203 planned residential units over the ground floor of commercial Brian Harrington, a planner for the City of Bend, told the […]

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Cylvia Hayes Files for Bankruptcy

The former first lady of Oregon owes the Oregonian $125,000 in legal fees
Chris Miller

Former Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes filed for bankruptcy July 3 in U.S. District Court in Portland. Hayes—who’s engaged to ex-governor John Kitzhaber—filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection after a long battle over public records with The Oregonian/Oregonlive. A judge ruled that Hayes should pay the newspaper’s legal fees—about $125,000, Oregonlive said. According to a […]

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Deschutes Brewery Closes VA Land Deal

Bend-based beer maker will brew and distribute from the East Coast in the near future; date TBA
Chris Miller

Deschutes Brewery is officially going East Coast. The Bend-based brewer announced on June 29 that it purchased 49 acres of land within the city of Roanoke, Virginia for $3.2 million. The purchase ends the brewery’s four-year search for a place to open an east coast production and distribution facility. As we reported in April, the […]

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OSU-Cascades Gets State Bond

The university beat its goal of raising $10 million from private donors
Chris Miller

Oregon State University-Cascades will be growing. The university announced June 28 it received over $10 million in private gifts, exceeding the philanthropic match required for state bond money for the next academic building on the Bend campus. These gifts—including private donations from the Tykeson Family Foundation, Charles McGrath and anonymous sources—combined with the $39 million […]

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Traffic Stop Turns Deadly

Timothy Bret Bontrager allegedly committed suicide in the Lowe’s parking lot
Chris Miller

Cops say on June 26 at 11:32 pm, City of Bend Police officer Timothy Williams, a three-year veteran of the force, pulled over a red Toyota 4-Runner driven by 36-year-old Timothy Bret Bontrager for failure to use a turn signal. During Williams’ request for Bontrager’s license and insurance, the officer suspected Bontrager of driving impaired, […]

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Big Things at Big Sky Park

The park’s updated Master Plan calls for off-road cycling, a radio-controlled car area, expanded parking and more
Chris Miller

Cycling enthusiasts will soon have the chance to ride a new bike park on Bend’s east side—but first, riders may want to kick in some funds. The park is scheduled to open in the fall of 2019 at Bend Park and Recreation District’s Big Sky Park, though park officials say they’re a bit short on […]

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New Redmond Transit Hub Opening Soon

A ribbon cutting ceremony took place June 21. The hub is set to start seeing buses and passengers in July
Chris Miller

Standing in the direct sun June 21, Redmond Mayor George Endicott grabbed a pair of comically oversized red scissors, stood in front of a crowd of about 40 and sliced through a red ribbon, signifying the opening of the new Redmond Transit Hub, officially set to open in early July. The new hub will have […]

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Hit and Run

A driver who allegedly hit a cyclist turned himself in to the Deschutes County Sheriff
Chris Miller

Cops say on June 23 at around 10:30 am, Roy Holtvedt, 61, was seriously hurt when a pickup truck hit him while riding his bike near Skyline Ranch Road and Macalpine Road on the west side of Bend. On June 25, 21-year-old Travis J. Roberts turned himself in to the Deschutes County Sheriff Office in […]

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Graham Fire Nearing Containment

Wildfire near Lake Billy Chinook started by lightning
Chris Miller

Lightning strikes that came with thunderstorms that rattled windows and dropped hail and heavy rains June 20 ignited three fires in Central Oregon. The Graham Fire, first reported June 21 near the town of Culver, burned nearly 2,200 acres and was 85 percent contained as of June 26, according to the Central Oregon Fire Information. […]

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John Day River Steelhead, on a Fly

Oregon’s longest free-flowing river offers native steelhead, Chinook salmon and smallmouth bass fishing
Chris Miller

If you like fly fishing, heading out to the lower section of the John Day River during the summer steelhead run could be a fishing trip you’ll never forget. Ten-plus fish days are possible when the run is strong and the fish are in the river.   Directions: An easy access point is Cottonwood Canyon State […]

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