An asian elephant born in the Oregon Zoo last friday has caused a stir over the last few days as a story broke from the Seattle Times yesterday that reported the newborn elephant belongs to a controversial traveling elephant show who wants to take the little calf on the road. The calf, who hasn’t been […]
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A Chief Tragedy
If you haven’t heard, there was a tragedy in Kansas City over the weekend. Jovan Belcher, one of the starting linebackers for the Chiefs committed suicide in the Arrowhead Stadium parking lot on Saturday. He came face to face with Chiefs personnel including Head Coach Romeo Crennel and G.M. Scott Pioli as he thanked them […]
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Local DJ and Radio Station Up for Awards
It was announced yesterday that local KPOV DJ Charley Engel has been nominated for DJ of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists. KPOV, which is heard on the radio waves at 88.9, was also nominated for the station of the year. Better known as “Chuckaroo the Buckaroo,” Engel has been on the non-profit […]
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Instant Millionaires
The record-breaking Powerball jackpot of $587.5 million was reported last night with two winners hailing from Arizona and Missouri. The winning numbers were 5, 23, 16, 22, 29 and the Powerball was 6. The two lucky souls have not come forward to claim their massive prize. Here’s the report from Good Morning America: Unfortunately your […]
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To Be or Not to Be?
Development of theater at Century Center hangs in the balance
After months of land use limbo, the Century Center is taking a second crack at developing a theater pub. The owner of the commercial building off Century Drive on Bend’s westside had hoped to redevelop several sections of the sprawling old Brightwood mill this fall including a space for the theater pub, but those efforts […]
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The Best Pi of the Holidays
Ang Lee film sizzles with a lasting bite of survival
If you were stranded on a lifeboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with minimal supplies and an unlikely adversary, would you be able to survive?
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?
I’ve seen my fair share of prank videos but this new one that is blowing up on Youtube and Facebook has a place near the top of my list. The video was set up on a brazilian variety show called “Programa Silvio Santos” and involves a woman sending random people up an elevator. While in […]
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March Madness in the Future
Get your favorite college’s basketball gear prepped and ready because the annual NCAA Division 1 basketball tournament dubbed “March Madness” will be coming back to Portland’s Rose Garden. The arena will host the second and third rounds on March 19 and 21, 2015. This will be the third time in the past seven years that […]
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Noah’s Ark: 2012 Version
There are many religions in the world and many ways to spread the word of god but one man has taken his view on faith to an entirely new level.Johan Huibers, a rich Dutch businessman has built a full-size replica of Noah’s Ark because of a dream he had about his country flooding. That must’ve […]
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Movember Madness
We moustache you to celebrate
It has been called aggressive, intimidating and utterly disgusting, but the moustache I cultivated in honor of Movember has changed my view of the cookie duster. For the better.