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Mt. Bachelor Open New Mixed-Use Trail

A new mixed-use trail at Mt. Bachelor, Evergreen, opens Aug. 1. Mt. Bachelor plans to hold a grand opening of the trail at 11:30am, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways, free drink tokens and guided hikes at the top of the trail.

The new trail marks the first designated easy hiking and downhill biking trail at the resort, clocking in at just under 4.5 miles from the West Village base area to Pine Marten Lodge. The project, which started in 2022, was made possible through Visit Bend’s Sustainability Fund.

—Julianna LaFollette

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Voters Will Decide on Expanding County Commission in November

A proposed ballot measure that would increase the number of county commissioners from three to five members was accepted by Deschutes County on July 29. Community member and business owner, John Heylin, started a petition to create this ballot in January . Heylin needed 6,581 signature for the measure to be on the November 2024 ballot. He received 6,649.

—Julianna LaFollette

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Air Quality Advisory in Parts of Oregon

On July 29, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued an air quality advisory due to smoke from fires in Oregon, California, Idaho, Washington and Canada.

Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties were listed as affected areas, according to a press release. The advisory noted that smoke can irritate the eyes and lungs and worsen some medical conditions. Those most at risk include infants, young people with heart or lung disease, older adults and pregnant people.

When smoke levels are high, individuals should stay inside, if possible, avoid strenuous outdoor activity and avoid places with the highest levels.

Smoke has been making its way to Central Oregon from the Oakridge area, which has several big fires. In that area, southwest of Central Oregon, is the Coffeepot Fire, which is now 2,761 acres and the Adam Mountain Fire, which is 8,026 acres, among others. Meanwhile in Harney County, several fires are over 200,000 acres.

—Julianna LaFollette

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– The number of Grammys won by St. Vincent, the musician otherwise known as Annie Clark. From this week’s Sound interview with the artist.

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“After everything that Indian people went through across the nation, we’re still here… So same thing with Kah-Nee-Ta. Even though it went through struggles and it had to close, it did it for a reason, and now that it’s reopened it’s amazingly beautiful and we’re going to do the rest of it one phase at a time. Just like our Indian people.”

– Starla Green, from the Feature story, “Kah-Nee-Ta Rises.”

This article appears in Source Weekly August 1, 2024.