Paulina Lake Lodge To enjoy the 333,000-acre snowmobile playland, stay here overnight in one of the 14 snug cabins (heated with wood stoves!) or just make the lodge your stopping place for a warm meal in the cozy restaurant. For an extra layer of adventure, the lodge is snowbound inside the Newberry Crater National Monument. […]
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Best DUI Stop Ever (VIDEO!)
All over the Internet right now: And for all you haters saying it’s fake, I’d like to point out that it originally appeared in a documentary called Reno 911. So, it’s pretty real.
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Bend Has a New Mayor!
Jim Clinton was unanimously elected by the Bend City Council to be the next mayor of Bend tonight. Jodie Barram was elected 4-3 to serve as Mayor Pro Tem, which is like a deputy mayor. Mark Capell had also been nominated for the post. Clinton, Sally Russell, Doug Knight and Barram voted for Barram. Victor […]
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New Council Sworn in Tonight: Mayor to Be Selected
The new Bend City Council will be sworn in tonight and a new mayor will be selected from the seven member board. Then there will be cake! To read more about this new council and what the recent election means check out our analysis piece Shake It Up here. We, again, encourage the new council […]
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Dirt Cheap Tickets to Dar and Loudon Just Released
Did you want to see that great Dar Williams/Loudon Wainwright III show tomorrow, but thought the tickets were too steep? Michael Wilson It’s your lucky day! The Tower just announced it is releasing 38 tickets to the show for $15 a pop. The seats are in the balcony and will only be available from noon […]
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Bend Oregon Song “Blowing Up”
Apparently this little gem of a song about partying last night after blasting through snowbanks, etc., is gaining traction on Power 94 and with fans in Bend, Oregon. Hear it for yourself.
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Climate Change Will Be Bad: Details in New Report
To sum up the new report from the National Climate Assessment Development Advisory Committee: it’s going to be really bad. More on that story from the Huffington Post. Or read the report for yourself. I went searching for something on the Internet that might help convince the disbelievers that this is a real problem that […]
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Max King Racks Up Another Title
This time, Trail Runner Magazine has named Bend local Max King, 32, the 2012 Trail Runner of the Year. The magazine’s panel unanimously decided on King for the honor noting his “off the hook” successes in 2012. Read Trail Runner’s summary about their decision here. And check out more about King here. Congrats, Max! Can’t […]
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Oregon Newspaper Group Expands to Central Oregon
In another shot across the bow of The Oregonian, Oregon’s largest community newspaper group has purchased six more newspapers in Oregon, five in the Portland area. The Pamplin Media Group now owns 24 newspapers in Oregon, including The Madras Pioneer after the Jan. 8 purchase of the six newspapers from Eagle Newspapers, Inc. The move […]
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Backing out on Juvenile Justice
Adult jail crisis translates to watered-down youth detention program
Meetings are usually boring. Not this one. It was mid-December, just three days after the mass shooting of children in Newtown, Connecticut. The Deschutes County Commission was sitting at the head of a table in a room packed with attorneys, advocates and others who work with kids in Central Oregon with a history or violence […]