Mountain View: Hello from the Other Side
There’s no mistaking what is meant by the name of this neighborhood: This expanse of land on Bend’s far-east side definitely boasts some awesome mountain views. From the peekaboos of Mt. Bachelor, the Three Sisters and Mt. Jefferson one might find around each corner, to the promontory of Pilot Butte offering great views of the…
Time to Bring Back the Community Town Hall
This weekend, a member of the Bend City Council will once again meet a group of concerned citizens in Drake Park to answer questions about the City of Bend’s proposed shelter code changes, its approach to managed camps and more topics concerning homelessness in the city. The meeting was brought on by a group of…
Trail Permit System Amended
The Deschutes National Forest and Willamette National Forest will alter their permitting system after experimenting with a system that allowed people to buy permits a full season in advance. Last year was the first year the Forests enforced a permit system for some of the popular trails in Central Oregon. “Last summer there was a…
Un hombre con un plan por un campamento
Samir Dean es el gerente de ventas de Paulson’s Floor Covering que se encuentra sobre la avenida Franklin en Bend, el cual se encuentra junto a un campamento en expansión sobre la calle 2. Lo que empezó con unas pocas tiendas de campaña, rápidamente creció al tener a más de 50 personas viviendo sobre la…
Leaf of Life
There’s nothing I love more than an underlying current of melancholy floating beneath a film, giving the piece a tone and a texture unlike anything else. As great as a romance or a horror movie can be, if there’s a film that finds that balance of emotional realism and a sadness based in the everyday…
Diversifying Ski Culture
Back-country skiing has molded into a lifestyle for 29-year-old Mallory Duncan. Since the early age of two, Duncan has been hitting the slopes and exploring the back country of mountain ranges across California and the Pacific Northwest in a never-ending search for amazing lines. Now an adult, and officially a “Bend local” Duncan has big…
Bend’s Best Apple Fritters
When looking for a doughnut style befitting a winter roundup, the hearty apple fritter seems like the obvious choice. These are usually the largest option in the most impressively grand display cases. They’re bigger in both diameter and height and the chunky appearance serves as sort of an optical Braille that lets you know: this…
A Refugee Song
Sometimes if a film has a lot on its mind, it can get buried under too much thematic weight. Look at something like “Don’t Look Up,” which I liked a lot more than most, but between the warring tones of comedy, drama, satire and science fiction, and the battle between the ideas of climate change,…
Dense Like Nobody’s Watching
I read your column about why women apologize more than men, and the science makes sense. What you didn’t address is why men don’t admit they’re wrong or apologize. So while women operate according to the survival instincts you described, men oafishly bumble through life without a clue they screwed up and owe someone an…
Beats Antique Returns to Bend
It’s been about five to six years since Beats Antique has played live in Bend, or at least somewhere around there, according to producer/dancer Zoe Jakes. Along with bandmates David Satori and Tommy Cappel, Beats Antique has been bringing together an electronic fusion of music stylings that pulls from all over the globe. As much…
Blue Eyes Burgers and Fries, from the people behind Jackson’s Corner
Jackson’s Corner’s east side location is becoming another Sunriver Brewing location, but meanwhile, the Jackson’s team has a new concept for the east side. Blue Eyes Burgers and Fries had its soft opening earlier this month, offering fries, shakes, burgers featuring local beef, veggie burgers and soft serve ice cream and in the location most…
Kelly D’s is now Big E’s
Kelly D’s, the southeast Bend Irish sports bar, has a new name and new ownership. Kelly D’s owners Kelly and Dani Davidson announced Jan. 5 that they were selling the business to Eric and Amy Anderson, who have re-named the bar Big E’s. The former owners will continue to act as managing partners for the…
Over a Pint: Crux’s Cam O’Connor
I frequently interview brewers and occasionally socialize with them. But those conversations tend to revolve around a new beer release or festival or trends. So one day I thought, let’s get to know brewers (or winemakers, distillers, bakers, chefs, or anyone who makes our lives tastier) more holistically. To do this, I invite someone out for…
Celebrating Black Excellence and Success
An upcoming event happening during this Black History Month will bring together a handful of Black professionals speaking about their experiences living and working in Central Oregon. Hosted by Oregon State University and Love Your Neighbor—the local forum founded by Erika McCalpine of OSU-Cascades and myself in 2019—this next event offers an opportunity for each…
Gung Ho for Shows
Summer concert season is always a whirlwind in Central Oregon: more shows than you know what to do with, often happening on back-to-back nights so that you’re forced to contemplate the wisdom of booking so many things on a “school night…” aka, a “work night.” But alas, the show announcements do keep coming—and by this…
Defenders in Distress
On Jan. 21 the American Bar Association released a two-year study of Oregon’s public defense system and attorney workloads, affirming what public defenders have known for years: They are under-resourced, overwhelmed and have unsustainable caseloads. The ABA concluded that Oregon only has 31% of the full-time attorneys needed to handle its adult and juvenile caseloads.…
Free Will Astrology—Week of February 17
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re slipping into a phase when stuff that has been invisible will become visible, at least to you. You will have extra power to peer beneath the surfaces and discern the hidden agendas and study the deeper workings. Your interest in trivia and distractions will dissipate, and you’ll feel intensified yearnings…
Sunriver Brewing Gets a Fourth Spot
After seeing the east side Jackson’s Corner closed throughout the pandemic, Sunriver Brewing announced it would be taking over that space and moving in with its fourth brewery, following its locations in Sunriver, Eugene and on Galveston Avenue in Bend. Sunriver Brewing plans on opening in the new location on NE Cushing Drive, dubbed its…
The Oregon Giant Earthworm
This winter, a Bureau of Land Management timber project in Oregon’s Coast Range became newsworthy because of the possible presence of an extremely rare and unusual creature: the Oregon giant earthworm (Drilolerius macelfreshi). Really, such a creature exists. Two independent sightings occurred in and around the project area, but remain “unconfirmed” because as Doug Heiken,…
A Man with a Plan by a Camp
Samir Dean is the sales manager at Paulson’s Floor Covering on Franklin Avenue in Bend, adjacent to a growing campsite on Second Street. What started as a handful of tents quickly grew to over 50 people living on the street. Dean watched the camp grow and change over time. What he’s witnessed propelled him to…
Boyd AcresFrom Rags to Ranches, From Ranches to Riches
Boyd Acres is one of the newer neighborhoods in Bend, but it has deep roots. Charles William Boyd arrived in Central Oregon in 1904 with hopes of expanding his cattle business. Originally buying six acres by the Deschutes River, Boyd eventually bought up 600 acres and the area became known for ranching and timber. The…
Man Dies in Crook County Officer Involved Shooting
On Feb. 4, around 1:40 pm a Crook County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Nick Rodin on Maphet Road south of Prineville. His body remained at the scene for nearly 9 hours before it was removed. The Crook County deputy was identified by the Crook County District Attorney’s Office Feb. 11 as Deputy Steven Hatcher.…
East SideEasygoing East Side
East Bend is a great metaphor for Bend’s past, present and future. Many of its home predate its annexation into Bend proper, and small developments filled in the formerly rural area in the ’90s, yet there’s still growth to come in the neighborhoods on the east side. Let’s start with the neighborhood’s newest amenity, the…
Crook County DA Appointed
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced that Kari Hathorn will fill the Crook County district attorney position that was vacated by Judge Wade Whiting after he was appointed to the Circuit Court for Jefferson and Crook Counties on Jan. 19. Hathorn is a graduate of the University of Oregon School of Law and worked as a…
Letters to the Editor 2/17/22
This week’s issue is packed with information you are not likely to see covered elsewhere. Jack Harvel’s feature story dives into the effect the current shortage of public defenders can have on those accused of crimes, and on the attorneys who are still doing the work. Damian Fagan takes you on a journey into the…
