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Proposed Mt. Bachelor Ski Area Improvements

Mt. Bachelor hopes to make plenty of changes to its current operations.
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More proposed changes are afoot in our backyard recreation zone. Mt. Bachelor, which is on 8,122 acres of National Forest Land and operates on a Special Use Permit, has asked for permission from the Forest Service to make a pile of changes to the mountain’s operations and amenities.
Among the most interesting proposals are a new lift on the East side of the mountain (thick red line on the right), new lift-served mountain bike trails (all the lavender squiggly lines between the Sunrise and Outback lifts), a zip line (!), and moving the tubing area right on top of the nordic lodge and staging area (orange blob). New, but minimal nordic trails are also in the proposal (barely perceptible pink line).

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Care about Phil’s?

Phil’s Trailhead is scheduled for a make-over, here’s your chance to make sure it is done correctly.
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The Bend-Ft. Rock Ranger District of the Deschutes National Forest is hosting an “Open House” on site, at the main trailhead for the Phil’s trail complex.

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Bend Goes Crazy, Vancouver Goes Crazier

Bend enjoys bike racing, Vancouver does not enjoy losing.
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While most of Bend was gathered at 10 Barrel Wednesday night, getting drunk and reveling in the mountain bike scene, our usually peaceful and passive neighbors to the north were losing their shit. 
As you’ve no doubt heard, after losing the Stanley Cup to Boston in a Game 7 meltdown,  Vancouver (like, the whole city plus some) flipped out and started massive rioting — because Canadians are that crazy about ice hockey.

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Skyliners Rd. Project – UPDATE

Skyliners Rd. set to receive bike lanes.
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Bike lanes on Skyliners Rd.
That’s the gist of last night’s meeting on the Skyliners Rd. reconstruction project.
Deschutes County Road Dept. engineer George Kolb said the decision has been made to create 6-foot wide bike lanes, demarcated by an 8-inch wide stripe on the popular Bend road.

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Skyliners Road Public Meeting Tonight

Public meeting to discuss the options being considered in the rebuilding of Skyliners Rd.
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A public meeting is being held this evening (Tuesday, June 14 from 6p.m.-8p.m.) at which the County will outline the proposed Skyliners Road rebuild project.
If you use Skyliners Road for ANYTHING (bike ride, run, roller ski, drive to Tumalo Falls or any of the other attractive options up the road) consider making your voice heard tonight at the William Miller Elementary School (the new school on Skyliners Road).
As far as we can tell, allowing parking on the road, whether in the bike lane or shoulder or whatever designation the County decides on, would be a dangerous option. Cars parked in the shoulder/bike lane forces other users into the road.

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Build Bend’s Budget

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Bend City Councilors have all but put the final touches on next year’s budget, but you can still take a stab at putting your own fiscal blueprint together with an online calculator developed by the city that lets average citizens call the shots.
The online tool is similar to  one develop by an advocacy group earlier this year that looked at Oregon’s state budget.

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ODE Employees Cleared in Hayes’ Contract Case

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The four state employees who were suspended last year over accusations that they had steered a consulting contract to John Kitzhaber’s girlfriend, Bend resident Cylvia Hayes, have been officially reinstated.
The Department of Adminstrative services announced the four workers, all employees of the Oregon Department of Energy, will return to their jobs after an independent investigation cleared them of any wrongdoing.

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KPOV To Go Full Power

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After a long and ultimately successful fundraising campaign, Bend’s community radio station, KPOV, announced this week that it is taking its signal to full power and moving down the dial to a new home.
The station was initially chartered under a low-power license, which as many listeners, know makes it difficult to receive KPOV’s signal in outlying areas of Bend, let alone the greater Central Oregon region.

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