Rep. Gene Whisnant, R-Sunriver, is one of nine representatives and five senators sponsoring a new bill in the Oregon House that aims to kill the remaining four wolves in the Imnaha pack in northeast Oregon.
The 10 Barrel Brewing Company has just put the finishing touches on its new 50-barrel brewhouse in northeast Bend. It’s a big facility with gleaming, polished steel tanks and just the latest in a series of recent expansions of the booming industry. Next on deck is a new Boneyard Beer brewhouse up the street from 10 Barrel and within the year, at least two more brewhouses are slated to open not far away.
But just as the industry prepares to cement Bend's standing as a darling in the microbrewing world, city staff are eyeing the goods, too, and preparing to expand an heretofore obscure and sporadically administered sewer fee to breweries across the city. Breweries aren't the only industry likely to be hit with the charge, which could generate $2 to $3 million a year for the city and is based on the concentration of waste dumped into the sewer system by commercial businesses. But of the potentially affected businesses, breweries will take some of the biggest hits.
The goal of the Bend Velodrome Project Party, according to Board Member and Source contributor Michelle Bazemore, was to attract 100 people and raise $1000.
Mission accomplished.
Deschutes Brewery has been dominating the world of craft beer since their opening in 1988. When the brew pub closed in order to expand into the adjoining building, people had many other excellent breweries to choose from while awaiting Deschutes’ return.
The operators of the Umatilla Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Hermiston have been slapped with a $46,800 fine from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
The fine stems from Washington Demilitarization Company’s failure to monitor air quality accurately and for releasing too much carbon monoxide while incinerating mustard gas during the months of June and September 2011.
Yes, you read that right. Hoodoo guests can walk up and chuck and ax at a target during next Saturday’s (Feb.
If you were stressing your fitness and which wax to use for Sunday’s Patagonia Pursuit nordic race, you can relax. It’s been rescheduled for Sunday, February 12.
Bike tourists have one more reason to target Bend. The area has hundreds of miles of single track, a premier multi-stage road race, a booming cyclo-cross culture, among other things.
The boys are back in town, and they brought friends. Portland band Plum Sutra will blow your mind with their Zen rock followed by a night of debauchery with Alaskan ruffians and indie folk rockers Animal Eyes.
Two Republicans challengers of Democrat Alan Unger, 60, officially joined the race for county commissioner today by submitting filings with the Deschutes County Clerk’s Office. Phil Henderson, 56, will vie against fellow Republican Tom Greene, 58, who is a current Bend City Councilor, in the May primary for a spot on the November ballot.
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