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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch…

It was once an over-grazed range that became the home of Rajneeshpuram. Now another type of religion occupies the space, along with ranchers committed to land restoration
Brian Jennings

Brian Jennings covered the Rajneesh controversy while serving as news director at KXL Radio in Portland in the 1980s. This year, he headed back to the former Big Muddy Ranch two times, to see the sweeping changes there first-hand. Madras area rancher Ron Ochs, 88, says it was the most bizarre time in Oregon history. […]

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Getting North to South Via East

The extension of 27th Street will allow for an east side pass-through—but it could come with some big cuts for one local club
Jaclyn Brandt

When it comes to City of Bend priorities, one big one is a project that will connect 27th Street to Empire Boulevard—and one that may cause temporary headaches for those in the area. The extension would extend Empire farther east, past Purcell Boulevard, and would extend 27th north of Butler Market Road. The two will […]

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Alignment Project Open House

The City of Bend will have group presentations and answer questions regarding the proposed map realignments
Chris Miller

On July 12, the City of Bend will host a Map Alignment Project open house at the Bend Park and Recreation District Community Room from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. During the open house, City staff will answer questions related to the City’s proposal to align the zoning map and the Comprehensive Plan map to provide […]

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Depression and Cannabis

Josh Jardine

Summer is here, so it’s time for a fun, frothy column to read while sipping a tropical beverage by the pool, or on the beach No, not really. It’s about cannabis and depression. “Depression” is not be confused with how you feel because you lost your stash of bubble hash, someone stole your nearly-ready-for-harvest plants, […]

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Six-Story Building Coming to the West Side

The old Ray’s Food Place location is set to become 203 living spaces over a ground-floor commercial space
Chris Miller

The site of the old Ray’s Food Place on Century Drive and Simpson Avenue—which sat vacant from 2013 until snow collapsed the roof in January 2017—is turning into a six-story mixed use building with 203 planned residential units over the ground floor of commercial Brian Harrington, a planner for the City of Bend, told the […]

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Cylvia Hayes Files for Bankruptcy

The former first lady of Oregon owes the Oregonian $125,000 in legal fees
Chris Miller

Former Oregon First Lady Cylvia Hayes filed for bankruptcy July 3 in U.S. District Court in Portland. Hayes—who’s engaged to ex-governor John Kitzhaber—filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy protection after a long battle over public records with The Oregonian/Oregonlive. A judge ruled that Hayes should pay the newspaper’s legal fees—about $125,000, Oregonlive said. According to a […]

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Deschutes Brewery Closes VA Land Deal

Bend-based beer maker will brew and distribute from the East Coast in the near future; date TBA
Chris Miller

Deschutes Brewery is officially going East Coast. The Bend-based brewer announced on June 29 that it purchased 49 acres of land within the city of Roanoke, Virginia for $3.2 million. The purchase ends the brewery’s four-year search for a place to open an east coast production and distribution facility. As we reported in April, the […]

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OSU-Cascades Gets State Bond

The university beat its goal of raising $10 million from private donors
Chris Miller

Oregon State University-Cascades will be growing. The university announced June 28 it received over $10 million in private gifts, exceeding the philanthropic match required for state bond money for the next academic building on the Bend campus. These gifts—including private donations from the Tykeson Family Foundation, Charles McGrath and anonymous sources—combined with the $39 million […]

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