Rotisserie Chicken Noodle Soup
The idea behind this soup is using leftover chicken and simple vegetables you’re likely to have on hand to make a hearty soup that tastes like you spent hours in the kitchen. You can whip this up in about 20 minutes but then let it simmer on the stove until ready to serve. You can…
LISTEN: Redmond’s Growth and Opportunities with Clifford Evelyn 🎧
Clifford B Evelyn was born and raised in Harlem, New York by his Caribbean parents. Clifford attended New York University where he studied Business Administration. He later attended Los Angeles Trade Tech where he studied Business Management. Clifford enlisted in the US Navy in 1977 and received an Honorable Discharge as a Petty Officer 2nd…
RSV Surge Continues While Hospitals Struggle
Gov. Kate Brown issued an executive order on Dec. 7 to address a surge in respiratory viruses, namely the flu, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and COVID-19. Brown’s order addresses the rise in respiratory viruses in November that allowed hospitals to use volunteer doctors and nurses and designated emergency health care centers to help with the surge…
People’s Rights Takes Over Deschutes GOP
People’s Rights formed in April 2020 at a warehouse in Emmett, Idaho, belonging to Ammon Bundy, a right-wing activist who led the occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in 2016 and a standoff at his father’s ranch in Nevada. The first meeting drew a crowd of about 70 people. Now, People’s Rights is active in…
Rescata al parque Worrell
La junta de comisionados del condado de Deschutes ya no buscará la reurbanización del parque Worrell para agregar 67 espacios de estacionamiento a expensas del terreno en el parque del vecindario. En enero los comisionados le pidieron al personal adquirir una solicitud de propuestas de 2.5 millones para crear los espacios de estacionamiento. Algunos habitantes…
Does Bend, Oregon, Have a DJ “Scene”?
Honestly, I didn’t know the answer to this question prior to writing this article. But it’s a question I’ve had and one I’ve wanted to explore within a community of artists and a genre of music I’ve barely had any encounters with since moving back to Bend during the pandemic. My main connections to what…
Rock Out for Music Education
Phish fans unite for a night of giving back and jamtronica music. Local band Fractal is partnering with the Mockingbird Foundation to raise money for youth music education at a benefit concert this Saturday at the Domino Room. The Mockingbird Foundation is a nonprofit supporting music education for young people, founded in 1997 by Phish…
A Bend Institution is Here to Stay
As I sat down to eat a massive plate of Indian food at Taj Palace (in its new location on South Highway 97) a stray thought hit me: There is nowhere on Earth I’ve eaten at more than the Taj Palace. In February Taj Palace will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Bend and my friends…
Book-Themed Art Gallery Inspires Creativity
When walking through a gallery, the urge to get too close to the art and touch everything is unbearable. Fancy art galleries and art studios host beautiful work, but it can be intimidating and uncomfortable to walk through. The Underground Book Gallery is breaking the barrier between art and the viewer with its interactive book-themed…
Legends of the Pacific Northwest
If there’s something we have plenty of in the majestic Pacific Northwest, it’s urban legends and folklore. We’re the birthplace of Sasquatch, the UFOs at Mount Rainier, The Bandage Man of Cannon Beach, and of course, D.B. Cooper. Obviously, D.B. Cooper is a bit different since he was a person who definitely existed and is…
Species Spotlight: Great Horned Owl
It’s early morning around 4 am. I’m parked along the edge of Tumalo Reservoir and standing outside my truck on this cold, December morning. The night sky’s brilliance is amazing, but I’m here to listen for the deep hooting, territorial calls of Great horned owls instead of just enjoying the stars above. These owls, named…
It’s a Snowboarder’s Weekend
Since its first race in 2007, the Dirksen Derby has brought snowboarders from all over to Mt. Bachelor for weekends full of shredding, community and uplifting support. Josh Dirksen, professional snowboarder of 35 years, was inspired to organize this race to raise money for Tyler Eklund, who was severely injured in the USASA Snowboard Nationals…
Late Harvest Means Bumper Crop for Central Oregon
If you grow anything at home—tomatoes?—did you notice your bumper crop this season? Maragas Winery owner Doug Maragas sure did. Not just with the tomatoes, as well as garlic, pumpkins and more, but chiefly in this year’s harvest of Vitis vinifera. European wine grapes. It isn’t just that he had a banner harvest in terms…
Horoscope Week of December 14, 2022
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I applaud your expansive curiosity. I admire your yearning to learn more and more about our mysterious world as you add to your understanding of how the game of life works. Your greed for interesting experiences is good greed! It is one of your most beautiful qualities. But now and then,…
BodyWise: A Column on the BodyMind Connection
Acupuncture has used the bodymind connection to prevent and treat disease for thousands of years. In the Five Element Theory, winter is the season for the water element and its kidney and bladder meridians. Since winter officially arrives Dec. 21, it seems appropriate to focus on the kidneys and fear, the emotion most closely associated…
Home Energy Scores Offer Economic and Environmental Benefits
Whether you’re a person who’s motivated by economic concerns or environmental ones, there’s something to appreciate about the new Home Energy Score program coming to Bend. Those who have bought or sold a home—or have thought about it—have probably heard various statistics about how much more they can garner from a home if that home…
Letters to the Editor 12/14/2022
RE: Nurses Overwhelmed and Understaffed News, 12/8 Thank you for raising attention to the nursing shortage and the toll it takes on nurses and patients. It reinforces the need to figure out how to keep ourselves healthy using nature’s medicine so that we don’t need to lean on nurses/doctors so much. A portion of the…
Saved Worrell Park
The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners will no longer seek to redevelop Worrell Park to add 67 parking spots at the expense of some of the land at the neighborhood park. In January commissioners asked staff to develop a $2.5 million request for proposals to create the parking spaces. Some Deschutes County residents pushed back…
