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The Plot Thickens

Pacific Power says it’s done with the dam. Meanwhile, two businessmen try to dive into the pond’s future
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For the past several years, public debate has seesawed between keeping the Newport Avenue Dam and, with it, Bend's iconic Mirror Pond, or removing the structure and letting the Deschutes River run free. The city and park district have formed committees, conducted surveys, and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars as well as countless hours […]

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The Local Dish

Why buying independent food and drink helps make Bend more Bend
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People don’t fit into tidy little boxes. Take Bend’s Kimberley Loveless, a mom who, along with her husband, Dan, recently opened an independent coffee shop on the east side of town. The café, Bend Coffee Connection, specializes in all things local, from the coffee beans to the baked goods. “Taste the local difference,” a window […]

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What in the World? Todays News!

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Italy’s Senate tells Berlusconi to beat it. Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, was stripped of his parliamentary seat and expelled from the senate. No more sauce for Sriracha? An Irwindale, Calif. judge order the Sriracha hot sauce plant to partially close because of strong odors and neighbor complaints. More band news for Greece. […]

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Into the Abyss

A note on Imperial Stouts
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Rich, black and bold, the 2013 Abyss is back. Last Friday, Deschutes Brewery released its much-heralded Imperial Stout, a groundbreaking 11 percent ABV, 86 IBU brew that has won a number of awards and boasts a perfect 100 “world class” ranking on beeradvocate.com. But, the beer that Deschutes has brewed for years didn’t come easy. […]

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Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee:

A brief breakdown of the three freshly appointed citizen members
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It was the best choice, really. After an internal vote, which was followed by a tie-breaking vote and jokes about Jeopardy theme music, the Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee settled on three citizen members (from a pool of 11 applicants) at last Wednesday’s Mirror Pond Committee meeting inside the Bend Park and Recreation District office. […]

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Fall is Fun

Junior ‘cross, crack climbing improvements and the best trails of the year
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First thing’s first: Bend’s junior cyclocross racers are absolutely. Killing. It. Cameron Beard, Colin Dunlap, Javier Colton and Lance Haidet—none older than 18—have raced near or inside the top 10 in a number of the northwest’s ultra-competitive Cross Crusade series races which, participation wise, are the largest cyclocross races in the world. To put their […]

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Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bea Armstrong provides a voice for the Deschutes River
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Water in the arid American West is a valuable commodity; increasingly so. As cities expand and demand increases, communities are scrambling to figure out how to fairly and responsibly allocate their precious supply. That means appeasing diverse interests—from farmers who thirst for water for their fields, to environmentalists looking to keep fish happy, to kayakers […]

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What in the World? Today’s News!

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I do what I want! Venezuela’s socialist President Nicolas Maduro, successor to Hugo Chavez, has “been granted wide-ranging special powers to rule by decree for one year…The decree will essentially allow the president to create laws without parliamentary approval,” reports Aljazeera. The move was made in an effort to tackle a tanking economy. A longer […]

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Craft Beer and College Football

Bend’s newest brewery, RiverBend Brewing Company, fills sports pub niche
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These days, to make it in Bend as a new brewery, there needs to be a distinguishing characteristic that sets the joint apart. Not a shtick so much as an angle, attraction or emphasis. The simple truth is, brewing middle-of-the-road beers might not be enough anymore. Take Colorado’s New Belgium Brewing, for instance. The environmentally […]

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Dreams of Sochi

A handful of elite Bendites are hoping to throw down at the upcoming Winter Olympics
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If all goes according to plan, at least three Bend athletes will make the trip to Sochi, Russia in early February to compete in the 22nd Olympic Winter Games. Dakota Blackhorse-von jess, Nordic skiing Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess is well known for racing in a backward-facing trucker hat, perhaps the better for his competitors to read […]

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