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Assessing Flat Fire Damage At Whychus Creek Preserves

Decades of restoration projects may have limited the damage done

With the Flat Fire raging across more than 23,000 acres, assessment continues on the damage done. The fire burned several Deschutes Land Trust Preserves including Aspen Hollow Preserve, Rimrock Ranch and Whychus Canyon Preserve. Land Trust Engagement Director, Sarah Mowry, wrote in a web post that flames burned a small portion on the southern side […]

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Explosion Damages Buildings & Cars

Bend Fire says a leaking oxygen-acetylene container exploded inside a shipping container

An oxygen-acetylene welding set-up inside a shipping container leaked, causing an explosion early Friday morning damaging several buildings in NE Bend. Bend Fire & Rescue says it happened just before 5:30am Aug. 29 outside Kercher Electric on NE Yale Avenue. Debris from the explosion landed on the Bend Parkway. Several vehicles hit the debris and […]

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Prineville’s Police Chief Retiring After Less Than a Year

Jeff Profio was hired as Chief last November

The City of Prineville today announced the retirement of Police Chief Jeff Profio after nearly 31 years of dedicated service to law enforcement. Chief Profio has led the Cityโ€™s Police Department since November 1, 2024. โ€œWe thank Chief Profio for his service to the community and commend him for his success at fostering positive relationships […]

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Body Recovered from Lava Island Falls

Identity won’t be released until medical examiner is finished

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office says a body has been recovered from Lava Island Falls southwest of Bend. Kayakers discovered the body Wednesday, Aug. 27 when they stopped at the island to take photos. That area of the Deschutes River is difficult to access and recovery took several hours. Lava Island Falls is about two […]

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Japanese Language and Food Class

A language-in-action workshop offered by the Bend Language Institute

A series of cooking-language classes is being offered at the Bend Language Institute. The unique pairing will combine Japanese food with instruction in basic Japanese language. Itโ€™s being led by the Instituteโ€™s instructor, Chieko Saito. The first language-in-action-workshop on Sunday, Oct. 5 will feature California Rolls and Miso Soup. A class description states while California […]

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Ballers & Brews Opens Sept. 21

First pickleball taphouse in Central Oregon

Ballers & Brews is opening next month in northeast Bend. Itโ€™s a mash-up of pickleball courts, cocktails and cravings. Owner Leslie Koegler is offering more than another food truck lot. There will be two covered pickleball courts that can be used year-round. In the winter, a vinyl wrap will enclose the heated courts. Court rentals […]

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Flat Fire Triggers Evacuation Notices

An air quality advisory for smoke is expected to last until at least Monday evening, Aug. 25

On Friday, Aug. 22, the Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilized three structural task forces and its Red Incident Management Team to the Flat Fire burning in Jefferson County. The fire, which started Thursday, is burning west of Culver, prompting level 1, 2 and 3 evacuation notices. Gusty winds, low humidity and warm temperatures caused the […]

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Abe Capannaโ€™s Neighborhood Restaurant

Detroit Pan Pizza now served in two locations

Abe Capannaโ€™s Detroit Pan Pizza now has a brick-and-mortar restaurant in NE Bend across from St. Charles Health System. Its food truck has been a staple at Crosscut-Warming Hut No.5 in southwest Bend. The new location on NE Cushing Drive features daily pizza slices starting at $4 including cheese, pepperoni and a rotating daily special […]

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Best Mocktail & Best Happy Hour

Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge

Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge is self-described as a modern cowboy steakhouse. The โ€œmodernโ€ part just might be the Cool Hand mocktail โ€” if you can imagine a cowboy under the stars next to a campfire sipping a cucumber-mint beverage. Chef Carlos Anthony Ochoa says the drink, chosen by the public as the Best Mocktail in […]

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