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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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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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Traffic Stop Turns Deadly

Timothy Bret Bontrager allegedly committed suicide in the Lowe’s parking lot
Chris Miller

Cops say on June 26 at 11:32 pm, City of Bend Police officer Timothy Williams, a three-year veteran of the force, pulled over a red Toyota 4-Runner driven by 36-year-old Timothy Bret Bontrager for failure to use a turn signal. During Williams’ request for Bontrager’s license and insurance, the officer suspected Bontrager of driving impaired, […]

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This perfect day

In honor of the Outdoor Rec issue, an ode to our beautiful outdoors, in six parts.
The Source Staff

In honor of the Outdoor Rec issue, an ode to our beautiful outdoors, in six parts. Part One: The Source names a poet laureate of This Perfect Day. Because what’s better than a day doing something you love outside? Doing it with poetry, of course. all the highways END IN SKY by Emily Carr thursday […]

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