If you saw or read the recent gross-meat news story that ABC broke on Wednesday, we’re here to tell you that not all hamburger meat has the “pink slime.”
Gerald Zirnstein, former United States Department of Agriculture scientist, told ABC that “70 percent of the ground beef we buy at the supermarket contains something he calls ‘pink slime.
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Cool Whychus River Re-route Video
Cool time lapse videos provided by Deschutes Land Trust showing how crews used 10,000 cubic cards of dirt, rock and debris to restore Whychus Creek (formerly Squaw Creek) to its original flood plain channel through Camp Polk meadow. The event which occurred on Tuesday is the culmination of 15 years of collaborative restoration work that involved multiple groups and public agencies and spearheaded by the Deschutes Land Trust, Upper Deschutes Watershed Council and the Forest Service.
Another one! New brewery to open in Sunriver
Sunriver is getting it’s own brewery!
In what will be about the 15th brewery in the area to receive federal approval to brew, Sunriver Brewing Company plans to open this summer.
The owners are keeping extremely silent on the details, and declined to release information about the size of the brew system, the identity of the brewmaster, the styles of beers to be produced or the pub’s menu.
Not Again: California pair goes missing in snowbound Southern Oregon
*Update: Klamath County Sheriff’s Office reports that the missing California pair was located and rescued from a remote area of Siskiyou County, Calif.
In a case that bears an eery familiarity to the nationally publicized plight of the Kim in family in 2006, a man and woman from California are thought to be lost in the Siskiyous after apparently choosing a dangerous route through the snowbound Southern Oregon mountains.
City Club to Take on East-West Divide
It doesn’t take long for new arrivals to figure out that Bend is divided into two towns. It’s a story of have and have-nots, but also one of values— cross and road bikes versus motorcross bikes, if you will.
Jury rules Les Schwab violated wage laws
Les Schwab could be on the hook for millions of dollars in fines after a jury in Portland decided today that the company failed to appropriately compensate assistant managers for overtime work.
The Bend-based tire company pushed its assistant managers to work an average of 66 hours per week without receiving overtime pay, the jury ruled.
Typhoon! closes after BOLI charges filed
Typhoon!, the Portland-based Thai food chain closed its Bend restaurant this weekend, along with four other Oregon locations and one restaurant in Redmond, Wash.
Bo, the bar also located in the Franklin Crossing building, closed, as well.
Creator of Soul Train Dead at 75: We’ll miss you, Don
“The hippest trip in America!”
Such was Don Cornelius’ tag line on the hit musical showcase, Soul Train, a program he created, hosted and produced.
In 1970, Cornelius figured that there needed to be a black answer to “American Bandstand.
Christmas in Popayan, Colombia
We arrived in Popayan, a beautiful Colombian colonial town, at night. After a long day driving over bumpy roads and long waits at landslides we were beat, but still game for a look around.
Brothers Will Keep Its Post Office
Almost two dozen post offices slated for closure by the Postal Service will remain open, including postal facilities in Brothers, Post, Paulina and Fort Rock.
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