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Little Bites: No, That’s Not a Coffee Truck

Local Grindz offers plates your Hawaiian ohana will love

Visit any Hawaiian island and you’re sure to walk away knowing one thing: Hawaiians love them some carbs. Most meals are piled high with macaroni salad (just “mac salad” to an islander), rice and often potato salad, along with the meat of choice. It’s a carb-y phenomenon that non-islanders might puzzle about…but if you’re a […]

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Distilled in Central Oregon

BackDrop Distilling whips up an award-winning vodka

When it comes to beer and spirits, Central Oregonians get to enjoy more than their fair share of variety. From new upstarts offering fun new flavors to longtime mainstays that continually bring in creative takes on old favorites, there’s no shortage of stuff to stir, sip and savor in the drinks department here in the […]

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Little Bites: When a Pancake and a Sandwich Make a Baby

EMW Fusion brings easy-grab eats to Bend

I don’t often write food reviews, but anytime someone mentions “Korean” and “taco thing” in the same sentence, I’m pedaling away on my sad first-gen Diamondback faster than you can say, “Don’t forget your helmet.” With that, it wasn't long before I pulled up to EMW Fusion’s location on Cyber Drive, sad bike brakes squealing. […]

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That Time I Lived on the Open Streets Route

Open Streets event draws a crowd — but is a car-free commute realistic for most of Bend?

It was 11 am on Sunday when sign crews arrived to put up a road block near my house, announcing that Bend’s 6th Street would be closed for the following four or five hours. By 11:01 am a driver reached that barrier and was promptly told to turn around. To the driver’s dismay, there was […]

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On the Water, for the Water

Warm Springs members arrive at Standing Rock by canoe

When Warm Springs tribal member Jefferson Greene arrived at the Standing Rock Reservation this September, he was struck by the presence of the 100+ flags representing tribal nations from across North America and from nations around the world. To him, it was a testament to the fact that over the centuries, indigenous people have come […]

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Sides Notes 9/14-9/21

Two-Year-Old Killed in Hwy 20 Crash A crash involving three vehicles on Highway 20 Sunday left a two-year-old child dead and several others hurt. According to the Oregon State Police, Sherwood resident David Fincher was driving his Toyota Tacoma eastbound west of Tumalo Sunday morning when he lost control on a corner and crossed the […]

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Fixing Our Schools

The Oregon PTA calls for the State to address billions in overdue repairs—but where’s the money coming from?

When Bend teacher Travis Overley was a student teacher at Bend High School, teaching in front of a class of more than 40 students was common. At Bend High, however—one of the oldest buildings in the Bend-La Pine School District—Overley says it wasn’t just the size of the classes that stood out. “Kids are sitting […]

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