Mar 15-22, 2017

News

• Local News

  The Dirt on Dirty Diesel School Buses

  How the recent settlement with VW could benefit local school bus fleets

  By Magdalena Bokowa

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Local News

  State Marine Board Considers a Lifejacket Requirement

  House Bill 2320 would require adults to wear lifejackets, even on non-motorized watercraft

  By Chris Frye

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Local News

  Sign of Spring: Bend's Whitewater Park opening again

  Channel opens March 18

  By Nicole Vulcan

  Mar 17, 2017

  
• Local News

  Scenes from Sen. Merkley's Redmond town hall

  By Nicole Vulcan

  Mar 20, 2017

  
• Local News

  Oregon's unemployment rate drops to 4 percent

  Oregon's jobless rate the lowest it's been since comparable records were kept

  By Nicole Vulcan

  Mar 21, 2017

  

Opinion

• Editorial

  Gas, Cars and Roads

  A gas tax, not a change in room tax allocations, should fund road improvement

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Letters to the Editor

  Letters 3/8-3/15

  Letters to Walden Pour In

  Mar 15, 2017

  

Culture

• Culture Features

  Zine Zenith

  Bend's homemade mag library moves around, but it's still going strong

  By Howard Leff

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Smoke Signals

  Saving a Town with Cannabis

  How a dusty Oregon border town got its mojo back, and (presumably) doubled its city budget

  By Josh Jardine

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Take Me Home

  Local Housing Inventory Declines

  Putting Pressure on Housing Prices

  By Nick Nayne, Principal Broker

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Picks

  Picks 3/15-3/23

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Art Watch

  Escape Artist

  Tattoo removal expert can erase your troubled past

  By Howard Leff

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Source Spotlight

  Source Spotlight: Collin Robinson

  President of the Oregon PTA

  By Nicole Vulcan

  Mar 15, 2017

  

Food & Drink

• Chow

  Don't Call It a Bar

  Bendistillery opens its downtown tasting room

  By Nicole Vulcan

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Chow

  Little Bites

  Empty Bowls: Good food, good cause.

  By Nicole Vulcan

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Beer & Drink

  10 Barrel, Brewpub Chain

  New openings in Denver and San Diego

  By Kevin Gifford

  Mar 15, 2017

  

Screen

• Film

  American Prophet

  James Baldwin is Not Your Negro

  By Jared Rasic

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Film

  Death Wish of a Salesman

  Iranian master Asghar Farhadi returns with a new film set in Tehran

  By Jared Rasic

  Mar 15, 2017

  

Music

• Sound Stories & Interviews

  May the Cat Eat You, and May the Devil Eat the Cat

  What's the Craic this St. Paddy's Day?

  By Magdalena Bokowa

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Upcoming Shows

  GUNG HO FOR SHOWS

  The New Pornographers & Diana Krall

  By Magdalena Bokowa

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Upcoming Shows

  Sister Act

  The Quebe Sisters bring their sweet sounds to the Tower

  By Andrea Janda

  Mar 15, 2017

  

Outside

• Go Here

  20/40/60: Indoor Climbing

  It's almost spring. Time to get pumped up for outdoor sportsing!

  By Magdalena Bokowa, Nicole Vulcan and Anna Bokowa

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Natural World

  Natural World: Owls, owls and more owls

  By Jim Anderson

  Mar 15, 2017

  

Special Issues & Guides

• Made in Central Oregon

  The Creators

  The People Combining Art & Business in Central Oregon

  By Caitlin Richmond

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Made in Central Oregon

  Made in Central Oregon 2017

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Made in Central Oregon

  The Change Makers

  The people innovating in the tech sector in Central Oregon

  By Annette Benedetti

  Mar 15, 2017

  
• Made in Central Oregon

  The Dreamers

  The people dreaming of a better world in Central Oregon

  By Annette Benedetti

  Mar 15, 2017