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Apr 10-16, 2008

Vol. 12, No. 15

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Local News

Road to Nowhere: Former ODOT employee says failing roads got a free pass

You don't have to be an engineer to see that many of Central Oregon's highways are falling apart. The roads are scarred with wheel ruts

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Local News

How High Can a Dead Cat Bounce?

The top story in The Bulletin's business section this morning trumpeted the news that single-family home sales in March were up sharply over the previous

By H. Bruce Miller
Apr 15, 2008
Local News

Rockin' Out for Novick

Jeff Merkley has racked up some impressive endorsements in his race for the Oregon Democratic Senate nomination - a governor and a former governor, a

By H. Bruce Miller
Apr 12, 2008
Local News

KTVZ Gaffe Cont.

For those who missed the 10pm news on KTVZ last night, you weren't alone. News Manager and Anchor Lee Anderson was conspicuously absent from last

By Eric Flowers
Apr 11, 2008
Local News

Jenna Makes the Bend Bar Scene (Briefly)

What does a president's daughter from Texas do when she's in Bend and gets a yen for some liquid refreshment and a fellow Texan to

By H. Bruce Miller
Apr 11, 2008
Local News

Clinton's "Lie" Was Mostly True

Remember that "tall tale" the Clintons were telling about Trina Bachtel, an expectant mother in Ohio who reportedly died because she didn't have $100 to

By H. Bruce Miller
Apr 11, 2008
Local News

KTVZ's idle gaffe

One of our staffers was watching American Idol (for research purposes) last night on the local Fox affiliate when the screen went blank on his

By Eric Flowers
Apr 10, 2008

Editorial

An Actor for All Epics: Film icon passes, the danger of blogging

A couple of cowboysHe was Moses, Ben-Hur, Michelangelo, El Cid, Andrew Jackson and John the Baptist, not to mention about a hundred other less-well-known historic

By Joseph Oguiza
Apr 9, 2008
Editorial

The Park Tobacco Ban

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Letters to the Editor

ODOT's Astounding Arrogance

It's hard to believe that an agency as "upstanding" as ODOT would hire a spokesman who is more arrogant than Peter Murphy. But then again,

By Eric Flowers
Apr 10, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Saddle Up, Bend

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Letters to the Editor

Out in the Cold

I just wanted to respond to your "WTF" article in your most recent (edition). Northwest and Pine Marten will be closing on the 20th. However

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Letters to the Editor

The Spandex Menace

I'm so tired of road bikers. They holler "Share the road," but when they ride in their little packs the last thing they care about

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008

Culture Features

Confessions of an Addicted M &J Open Mic'er: Under the influence of the underground

The open mic: where stage fright goes to die.It's one of the only places in the world where you can wash your laundry while toasting

By Brian Hinderberger
Apr 9, 2008

Chow

Brick Solid: Brickhouse adds to Redmond's culinary bloom

Hangin' in the half shell at BrickhouseTastefully appointed in brick, dark wood and oversized oils, Redmond's Brickhouse Steak and Raw Bar is located downtown on

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Chow

Whiskey 101: You don't know Jack

inside JD's house. As a Southerner with Irish roots, I've always had a particular fondness for whiskey. In my neck of the woods, whiskey soothes

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Chow

Whiskey 101: You don't know Jack

inside JD's house. As a Southerner with Irish roots, I've always had a particular fondness for whiskey. In my neck of the woods, whiskey soothes

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Chow

Brick Solid: Brickhouse adds to Redmond's culinary bloom

Hangin' in the half shell at BrickhouseTastefully appointed in brick, dark wood and oversized oils, Redmond's Brickhouse Steak and Raw Bar is located downtown on

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008

Film

Ancient Gore: The Ruins plays the horror genre just right

It wouldn't be horror flick without the obligatory hot chicks.Yep, The Ruins gets ruined, taking a huge turn for the worse-for the characters, not the

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Film

Paradise Gained and Lost: Welcome to (high tech) Fantasy Island

Little Miss Sunshine goes tropical.Feeling the need to escape the desperate last gasp of winter, I decided to go to the one movie with the

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Film Events

Rainbow Six Vegas 2: Shootin' em up Sin City style

By Shawn Wallbaum
Apr 9, 2008

Sound Stories & Interviews

4 Peaks Gets Bigger, Better; Modest Mouse Re-Announced

4 peaks 2008: more people, more tents, more acres, more bands, more tie dye.OK, so we got an inch or so of snow in this,

By Mike Bookey
Apr 9, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Movie Star to Throwback Pop Star

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

Old Timey Delight: The Wiyos are so dang crackerjack, ya see!

By Mike Bookey
Apr 9, 2008
Sound Stories & Interviews

A Bluer Shade of Grass: Yonder Mountain String Band returns to again smash misconceptions

Listen to enough bluegrass and you'll be Living in a Band down by the River.The first time I saw Yonder Mountain String Band was at

By Eric Flowers
Apr 9, 2008

Natural World

Bumble On: Why we need bumblebees

the buzz on bees isn't goodOK, people, listen up! Bees are our friends! Especially bumblebees. Got that? Without those big, scary-looking black and yellow (some

By Jim Anderson
Apr 9, 2008
Outside Features

Spring Has Sprung: Catching up on a delayed spring season

It's time to ride againYour worst fears have been realized as I'm back to guest author this column for two weeks while regular columnist Kevin

By Bob Woodward
Apr 9, 2008