Mike Ficher is an actor & radio personality for KPOV With apologies to the Sisters’ boys soccer team, golfer Jesse Heinly, the Ridgeview girls’ softball team, Oregon State volleyball players Rachel Buehner and Hannah Troutman, locally-bred tennis players Paxton Deuel and Adam Krull, the local pickle ball craze, the coming curling bubble, the Summit High […]
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Top 5 Environmental Victories
Moey Newbold is Outreach & Communications Coordinator for Central Oregon LandWatch The challenges facing the Earth’s forests, oceans, and atmosphere affect all of us. Unfortunately, true environmental victories are hard to come by—often the wins are incremental and temporary. Let’s take this time to celebrate the successes we do achieve because ultimately, a win for […]
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Top 5 Wildlife Acquisitions
at the High Desert Museum
Damian Fagan is the Communications Manager for High Desert Museum. Every year, the High Desert Museum adds a few more critters to the mix. Here are a few of 2015’s highlights. 1 Porcupette The porcupine, Honeysuckle, gave birth in mid-April to a baby “porcupette.” A naming contest was held for the porcupette and “Juniper” was […]
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Go Here 12/30-1/6
By Brian Jennings Plowing Through Powder With an abundance of snow piling up in the mountains, one of the best ways to enjoy the winter beauty is by snowmobile. There is plenty of the white stuff, since the nearby mountains average approximately 30 feet of snowfall a year. And there is plenty to explore. The […]
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Glow By Tube
Blacklight Blast sets Sunriver aglow
Shawn Cannon has a glowing secret. With a hearty laugh, the recreation director for the Sunriver Owners’ Association (SROA) freely admits that she is a “blacklight addict” who becomes overly excited about staging blacklight events. She says her colleagues sometimes have to temper her enthusiasm. Cannon has good reason to be excited, as the SROA […]
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Go Here 12/23-12/30
With winter upon us and snow falling in the mountains, there is an abundance of opportunities to enjoy the solitude offered by our Central Oregon backcountry. One popular winter outing is a trek to Elk Lake Resort on the Cascade Lakes Highway. In the winter you can only drive as far as Mt. Bachelor; from […]
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Coyotes Forever
The oxymoronic management of a species
Coyotes Forever The oxymoronic management of a species By Jim Anderson I first became interested in coyotes shortly after I rolled into Bend on my good old ’51 OHV Harley in September of ’74. A couple of years later, I met and enjoyed a wonderful association with Henry Tonseth, ranger of the U.S. Forest Service […]
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Earning Your View
Skate skiing emerges as a popular choice in Bend for winter endurance sports
Skiing and ice skating are two of the most beloved snowy weather sports. But a lesser-known winter activity has become just as popular in the Cascades that binds the two sports together. Skate skiing combines the atmosphere and terrain of Nordic skiing with the motions and fitness required for long-distance, and at times uphill, skating. […]
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Go Here 12/16-12/23
Central Oregonians are fortunate to have one of the premier Nordic ski areas in the Pacific Northwest in our backyard. With snow coming down, it’s time! Within a 20-minute drive of Bend, there are 40 kilometers of groomed Nordic trails available for all levels of cross-country skiers. The trails are located 14 miles west of […]
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Unstoppable Stoke
Dirksen Derby continues to support snowboarder
When Tyler Eklund was paralyzed from the neck down in an accident at the 2007 Snowboard Nationals, the then-14-year-old didn’t know how many friends he had. As it turns out, he has at least 500—probably many more—who have shown support for him year after year. For the past eight years, these friends have come together […]
