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Medical Helicopter Crashes in Christmas Valley
An AirLink medical helicopter crashed while landing at the Christmas Valley Airport on its way to pick up a patient last week. The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash, which occurred in windy conditions around 5:24 pm on May 18, according to NTSB public affairs officer Peter Knudson. Knudson…
Noticias en Español
El concejo municipal de la ciudad de Bend redujo su personal durante la junta del 18 de mayo, tanto la alcaldesa Sally Russell como la concejala Rita Schenkealberg renunciaron a su puesto al casi terminar la reunión. La vigencia del puesto de Russel se vence a finales de diciembre y la de Schenkelberg continua hasta…
White Supremacy is No Longer Hiding in Plain Sight
This week’s disgusting display in Buffalo, New York, has us reflecting on the ugliness of racism in our own community, because this is far from just Buffalo’s problem. A number of years ago, the Source Weekly ran a series highlighting how racism was “hiding in plain sight” around Central Oregon. As much as we’d like…
Pro File: Barry Wicks
Sitting in a folding chair at the base of the Red Chair, Barry Wicks is enjoying a typical springtime day at Mt. Bachelor. Surrounded by friends with a double stacked charcuterie board and fresh baked goods, he refuels for another session skinning up the mountain. Standing at a height of 6’5,” not many people can…
Cold Theater Summer
Is time passing more quickly or is that just a cliche for those of us thickly stuck in the midst of a mid-life crisis? All I know is that it feels like the Summer Movie Season was just here, and now we’re already diving deep into another one just as theaters are seeming to be…
THE THIRD ACT: Time Travel Metaphor-mosis Part II
Thanks for hanging in there with me for a second column on this wacky theme of “Change your metaphor, change your life.” It’s just possible once we do, we’re no longer under the spell of the borrowed story, of the temporal and cultural myths that boss us around. See you later, memory, beauty, gut, bone…
Kenzi Returns with “Summer Nights”
“This one is total pop, but I am really proud of how it came together and what’s coming,” Spencer Brown says of his upcoming single. With the artist name Kenzi, a play on Brown’s middle name, the singer/musician/producer has been serving up electronic-based R&B and pop jams that are soulful and lo-fi for a few…
Hidden Gems of the Delicious Kind
As the frigid high desert nights fade and Bend finally lives up to the reputation of having perfect weather for weeks on end, the amount of time tourists and locals alike will spend at the ever-increasing number of food carts and food cart pods will grow. I’m not complaining, as I never want the booming…
A Little Ol’ Band from Texas
ZZ Top’s “Raw” is as close to being an accidental album as it gets. The album, which is set for release on July 22, is drawn from a session at Gruene Hall in New Braunfels, Texas, in which singer/guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard played versions of such familiar songs as…
Juneteenth is Coming
Drake Park is home to many a Bend cultural tradition—and this year, Bend’s iconic riverfront park will also be the site of a two-day Juneteenth celebration, hosted by the Black-led organization, The Father’s Group. The second annual Juneteenth Celebration in Bend takes place Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19, and includes music, dancing, food…
How to Choose the Right Broker in Today’s Market
Today’s real estate market has many complexities, timelines and constant changes. It’s hard to stay on top of it all. If you don’t have a trusted, experienced broker on your side you are potentially putting yourself in a compromising position. So how do you choose the right real estate broker for your needs? A good…
Dogtown USA 2022 Canicross Dog and Jog
Central Oregon’s inaugural “Dog Jog” event happens at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds this Memorial Day weekend. The racing style is officially known as Canicross and pairs runners with their dogs for a one-of-a-kind cross-country team. “Getting the whole idea of Canicross across to people has been a bigger challenge than first anticipated…we call it the…
Ideas to plan an ideal summer outing – Down by the River
I’m up for a summer adventure as much as any other average Bend dude, but deep down inside I know myself. I’m pretty lazy. It takes some effort for me to get stoked and geared up for those summer outings that people around here seem to bust out any given morning. Alas, my ideal summer…
Horoscope Week of May 26, 2022
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A blogger named Sweetlikeacherry reminds us, “Some epiphanies are only possible when you put away your phone and go completely offline for a while.” She adds that sometimes you also need to at least partially avoid your phone and the internet if you hope to incubate new visions of the future…
Ideas to plan an ideal summer outing – Shut-In Summer
The sun is out, the birds are chirping, people around Bend are getting ready to go biking, paddle boarding, hiking, kayaking. That’s why so many of us moved to Bend, right? Not me. I got a job here — this job. And this job can be exhausting sometimes, and on my day off, even in…
Ideas to plan an ideal summer outing – Bikes and Boats
When one lives in the shadows of mountains, adjacent to a gorgeous, glittering river, what does one do? Enjoy the mountains and the river, of course. While it might seem cliché to the typical resident of Central Oregon to say that a perfect summer day involves biking in said mountains and boating on said river,…
Letters to the Editor 05/26/2022
Water, Water, Water I am writing to all those people who don’t understand why a high desert could be low on water. I grew up here and most of the town hauled their own water. Most people on the outskirts did not have wells. City water was only in the city which was a small…
Cue the May Flowers
Longer days, warmer temperatures, and puffy white clouds mean that spring is finally here in the high desert. As the season progresses, so do our local wildflowers moving from tiny, early bloomers to larger, bolder blooms. The high desert is alive with color in May and June, so soak in this brief season of green,…
The Incomplete Council
The Bend City Council shrunk at its regular meeting on May 18, with both Mayor Sally Russell and Councilor Rita Schenkelberg resigning near the end of the meeting. Russell’s term expires at the end of December and Schenkelberg’s runs until the end of 2023. Russell cited exhaustion after the past four years of pandemic, social…
Election Results, So Far
It’s Oregon’s first election where ballots can be sent as late as Election Day, delaying results. Official results won’t be released when this article goes to print, but here’s what we’ve seen so far in unofficial results. Deschutes County Commissioner: Incumbent Tony DeBone leads challenger Scott Stuart 75-25% in the Republican primary. Democrat Oliver Tatom,…
St. Charles Staff Sacked
Central Oregon’s largest employer, St. Charles Health System, announced this month it would be laying off 105 people and eliminating 76 positions that are currently vacant. The health system is Central Oregon’s largest employer, retaining over approximately 4,500 employees across the region. St. Charles said most positions it’s eliminating are non-clinical positions in areas including…
