Next weekend is packed with awesome shows. You’ve got The Shins on Friday, May 26, Tenacious D on Saturday, May 27 and Beck on Sunday, May 27.
Local News
Oregonian Hires Bulletin’s Lukens
The Oregonian has tapped former Bulletin editorial page editor Erik Lukens to replace Bob Caldwell as the Oregonian’s editorial page director.
The paper announced the move in a blog post Wednesday afternoon and said Lukens will start in June.
A Super Wonky City Council Blog For All You Nerds Out There (Represent!)
The council is talking about these things tonight:
Visit Bend’s Business Plan and Budget. This could be interesting because of the debate over Visit Bend and Central Oregon Visitor’s Association needing to resolve some sort of conflict.
Head East: Why Bend could be Oregonโs next college town
Editor’s note: Campus images by Ambient Architecture.
It turns out that the second time was the charm for Becky Johnson and OSU-Cascades. The charismatic dean who likes to ski, hike, fly fish and play golf spent two decades at OSU as a professor and a top administrator in Corvallis before she threw her hat in the ring to lead Oregon State Universityโs fledgling university project in Bend. Johnson, who helped to write the strategic plan for the campus, seemed like the perfect fit.
But it wasnโt to be, at least not yet.
The university tapped another administrator to lead the Central Oregon campus. Johnson went back to work on projects closer to home, assuming the role of vice provost for academic and international affairs and amassing an impressive list of accomplishments at the college including helping to lead the collegeโs strategic plan development in 2007.
Suck it Ticketmaster! SCI fights back, Pearl Jam-style
Good to see another band picking up where Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam left off in the mid-1990s.
SCI challenges the ticket-giant on sales fees.
Election Results Are In (Some Stunners!)
We had our eye on a few key races during the May 15 election. These are the unofficial results from those contests as of 9 p.
Go Vote!! Last Chance!!
Voting for the May 15 election closes in 2 hours and 41 minutes.
It’s time to find your ballot under the pile of mail you’ve been ignoring, fill it out and get it down to any of the drop boxes listed below before 8 p.
The We and the I: Gondry’s Back!
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Reward Offered in Oregon Wolf Killing Case
A pair of animal rights groups are offering a $2,500 reward for information in a wolf killing case in Union County near La Grande, Oregon, which happens to be the epicenter of Oregon’s wolf recovery and ground zero for the heated debate over the future of wolves in Oregon.
The nearly 100 pound animal was discovered by a property owner on his land near Cove, Oregon about 30 miles east of La Grande and has subsequently been determined to have been unlawfully killed.
La Pine Man Jailed on Sex Abuse Charge
A 64–year-old La Pine man faces seven counts of sexual abuse involving a minor for his alleged relationship with an underage girl.
Police arrested Kendall Jourdan on April 19 after a “lengthy” investigation into his relationship with a juvenile in the La Pine area.

