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The Race is On

Former city councilor will take on Patrick Flaherty in the 2014 district attorney election
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John Hummel, 44, has just announced that he’ll run for Deschutes County district attorney against Patrick Flaherty in the May primaries. Hummel, a former Bend city councilor, has worked as an attorney, professor, and, from 2008 to 2010, he helped rebuild a justice system in war-torn Liberia. Today he’s the director of the Oregon Primary […]

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How to Drink at a Beer Festival

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A Little Woody preview: Silver Moon’s Conquistador. In between Bend Brewfest and sampling beers for the upcoming Little Woody (this Friday and Saturday), it occurred to me that there’s probably a smart way, and a less smart way, to go about drinking at a beer festival (less smart ways can be fun, but don’t expect […]

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Residents rankled by new development near a community park
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Ron Guiley is livid. On Aug. 20, I listened to a visibly upset Guiley address the Bend Park & Recreation District board during a public meeting. Two days later, standing between Guiley's westside Bend property line and Sunset View Park—a small pocket park in Newport Hills with towering ponderosa and a small playground area situated […]

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Master Blasters

With master road cycling national champs looming, we take a look at two fast dudes
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Aged 35 and older, masters racers—men and women—are often among the strongest riders in any peloton. Why? They’re old enough to have decades’ worth of miles in their legs (as well as years of racing experience), but still fit enough to hang with the young bucks. Next week, for the third year running, the graying […]

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¡Olè!

At Little Woody, Silver Moon’s Conquistador is a beer worth exploring
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Yes, we love the Little Woody. Beer events, in general, are a grand time. But when brewers bring not just their usual beers but one-off, high-gravity, barrel-aged concoctions—well, that’s something you don’t taste every day. And, yeah, that’s the Little Woody (which also boasts a well-curated whiskey tasting). In anticipation of the fifth annual two-day […]

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Creating Law Out of Disorder

Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum talks pot, mortgage defaults and scammers
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In the 13 months since being elected, Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has been making history. She has helped beef up Oregon consumer protection programs and endorsed a bill that should help medical marijuana cardholders better connect with legal pot-slinging dispensaries. But perhaps Rosenblum’s biggest accomplishment came the day she took office, June 29, 2012: […]

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Ticket to Ride

Opening soon: Mt. Bachelor’s new downhill mountain bike park
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It was hard to miss the nervous, excited, anticipatory energy buzzing through the crowd of mountain bikers. Grown men dressed in neon greens and electric blues and sporting Star Wars-eque helmets were saying silly things, like, “Pedal bikes! Yay!” before high-fiving one of their goofily-dressed comrades. I know, because I was one such doofus (though […]

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