It's one of those "66" days in Bend - 6 degrees on the thermometer and 6 inches of snow on the ground - so it seems like an appropriate time to talk about Central Oregonians' stud fetish.
The Bulletin's copy desk must be under standing orders to put a positive spin on the headline of absolutely every story, no matter how grim the actual news is.
The right-wing Oregon Catalyst blog couldn't resist taking a poke at the Bend City Council for voting to designate the Portland Avenue bridge the "Peace Bridge."
Takin’ it to the Tower.We've hinted of this for a while, but now can finally confirm that 2009 will indeed yield a new disc from local acoustic powerhouse Moon Mountain Ramblers.
An Oregon judge has handed down a ruling that will make it easier for anonymous posters to libel people on-line - and make it just about impossible for people who are libeled to do anything about it.
Recession and rising hay prices have made it harder for rescues to get animals adopted. Tiffany Offsteader carries a pocketful of carrots and wears a smile to her reunion with Montana, an 8-year-old quarter horse that she bought for her daughter five years ago. But it's a bittersweet meeting as Offsteader reaches across the fence to stroke the nose of her companion who has been living at a Bend horse rescue and adoption facility since August.
Montana is one of the many pets orphaned by the ongoing recession and owners faced with increasing costs for food and care. Horses have been particularly hard hit by the recent downturn, which has come at a time of near-record prices for hay. And the problem is expected to only grow worse with the onset of winter as cash-strapped owners wrestle with costs of feeding animals that are no longer able to forage in pasture. Montana is one of the lucky ones, he landed at Equine Outreach, a non-profit ranch where he will be fed and cared for until a new home can be found. But some owners are going to extremes to rid themselves of their animals, leaving them at training facilities along with unpaid bills, abandoning them on public lands, or, worse.
Are you sick, tired, fed up, disgusted, depressed and angry after eight long, long, LONG years of George W. Bush? Do you wish there was something you could do to get him out of the White House sooner?
As we promised on the air last night, here are the Top 5 lists from the SourceWaves radio show on 92.7FM.
Bend may not be Illinois, but our politics isn't exactly as pure as the driven snow on Pilot Butte. KOHD-TV reported today that somebody apparently tried to bribe City Councilor Peter Gramlich to do him or her a favor in drawing the city's Urban Growth Boundary.
Bend's Pregnant Man is in the world news again - he's expecting another child in June and was the subject of a TV documentary in Britain - which inspired blogger Tim Teeman of The Times of London to comment on the alleged weirdness of Bend's name.
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