A man ventured off a hiking trail in the early evening hours at Smith Rock State Park yesterday where he then fell 250 feet to his death, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. Sebastian Baker, 23, from Vancouver, Wa. appeared to be hiking alone on the Misery Ridge Trail near the area of Picnic […]
Magdalena Bokowa
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Jim Long
The City’s Affordable Housing Manager Is Exactly The Person You Want Working On This Crisis
An eternal optimist. With a shade of cynicism. You might not know it, but Jim Long, the City of Bend’s Affordable Housing Manager of 12 years, looks at the housing crisis with an infinite supply of hopefulness, passion and […]
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Local News Roundup: Wildfires Burn, A Suspect Arrested and a Beheaded Buck?!
Wildfires Continue to Rage in Oregon, Suspect Arrested for Arson W ith over 10 major wildfires reported across Oregon, Washington and Idaho, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group has dubbed this the “worst wildfire seasons the western U.S. has ever seen.” As of Sept. 12, the Eagle Creek Fire located in the Columbia Gorge east of […]
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“Manifesto” Released of Umpqua Community College Shooter
The six-page letter says “For people like us this (is) all that’s left…My success in Hell is assured.”
The usually sleepy town of Roseburg, Oregon was shocked and captulated to nationwide notoriety in 2015, when a gunman opened fire at a college, killing nine. Today, Oregon authorities released the six-page “manifesto,” according to the Associated Press, of Christopher Harper-Mercer, who opened fire at Umpqua Community College. The letter was found on a thumb […]
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Sorry No Pickleball For You! BPRD Closes and Cancels Programs Due to Air Quality
Bend Parks and Recreation District (BPRD) has canceled some of its programs and activities due to air quality. Here is their press release in full: “The District canceled its youth sports programs, adult pickleball, tennis and softball programs, and closed the outdoor pool at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center. Some cancellations are for the day […]
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Displacing the Displaced
Redmond’s homeless find blockades to encampments. Deschutes County says it’s a “and-use issue; COID plans to sell parcel for a reported $8 million.
Estimates vary, but soon 200 to 400 people will be finding a new place to call “home,” packing up their motorhomes, tents and tarps and hitting the road to find unoccupied land on which to settle. Large boulders or physical gates sit at the head of two main roads leading to a swath of land […]
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FESTIE LYFE: A Tale of the Symbiosis Global Eclipse Gathering
Sparkles, dust, insomnia, psychedelic trance and a community of 30,000 descend on Big Summit Prairie for the eclipse
“My stomach filled with butterflies and goosebumps enveloped my skin. The brilliant gleam of the corina began to sparkle and tears started to stream down all of our faces. Two minutes later it was over. Two minutes and there was a sense of renewed energy and celestial mysticism. It was over, but we all had […]
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Smooth and Seamless
Heavy eclipse planning pays off
Warnings of severe traffic, calamity, fuel and food shortages never really materialized in Central Oregon during the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21 — but sometimes it’s better to over-hype than be unprepared. Bumper-to-Bumper “T he biggest traffic event in Oregon history,” as predicted by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) didn’t quite come to […]