Mid Oregon Credit Union invites the community to participate in its popular annual Holiday Dough fundraiser, supporting local charities that provide food and other needed items to individuals and families experiencing financial challenges during the holiday season. Holiday Dough kicks off this week, and continues through Friday, December 5. Members and the community can donate at […]
Holiday Dough Fundraiser Folds More Hope into the Season
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“Know Comfort and Joy” this December with Deschutes Public Library
Use fresh foliage to craft a DIY wreath and capture the moment with professional family portraits. Enjoy performances by the Central Oregon Mastersingers, Ravensong Choir, and The Bells of Sunriver. Teens can embellish a beanie using hand embroidery and kids can hand-sew gingerbread stuffies. Michael “The Train Man” Lavrich and his beloved train display are back […]
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Bend-La Pine Schools Announces 2025 Educator of the Year
The Bend-La Pine Schools Excellence in Education awards culminated Friday afternoon with the presentation of the Educator of the Year award to Loren Renfroe, language arts teacher at Sky View Middle School in northeast Bend. Superintendent Steven Cook and other district officials made the surprise presentation. Renfroe has been with Sky View for two years. […]
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The Deschutes National Forest Is Selling Permits to Cut Christmas Trees
The Deschutes National Forest is selling permits to cut Christmas trees from local national forest lands. The public can purchase Christmas tree permits at Forest Service offices, online, and from local vendors around Central Oregon. Christmas tree permits for the 2025 season are available for purchase online at Recreation.gov. They are $5.00 per permit with […]
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Red-Light Cameras Get the Greenlight in Redmond
Starting in 2026, at least five intersections in Redmond will be monitored by traffic enforcement cameras. These locations are: “Our number one complaint that we receive with the police department is always traffic complaints, traffic enforcement,” said Redmond Chief of Police Devin Lewis during a Nov. 18 Redmond City Council meeting. “It’s also our number […]
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Oregon’s Hemp Industry Faces Crippling Federal and State Obstacles
When Congress passed a major funding bill on Nov. 12, it ended the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Many Americans, like federal employees and food stamp recipients, breathed out sighs of relief. But the legislation gave hemp farmers a coughing fit that could lead to full-on lung collapse. No, it’s not because they’re smoking […]
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Are County Districts a Solution in Search of a Problem?
If there’s anything that gets people fired up in politics, it’s the topic of where to draw the lines that separate one voting bloc from another. In Texas right now, it’s a fight that may wind its way to the Supreme Court. In Deschutes County, it’s shaping up to be a bitter battle. For the […]
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Cancellation of District Mapping Meeting Stirs Gerrymandering Accusations
There’ve been claims of a Mr. Mander moving into Deschutes County – folks call him Gerry. He’s from Massachusetts originally, but with deep ties to the South, and recently got run out of Texas by a federal court. Former Oregon Deputy Attorney General Pete Shepherd used reptilian imagery to describe the process of gerrymandering, where […]
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Two New Food Places Open in Bend
Coffee and Community A Redmond coffee shop has opened a Bend location. Junction Roastery and Social Club opened Nov. 24 near the intersection of SE Wilson Avenue and Ninth Street in the new Midway Campus building. The coffee shop roasts its own beans and serves up specialty coffees. Seasonal flavors include peppermint iced eggnog and […]
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Letters to the Editor, Week of Nov. 27
Opinion: When Kids Are Left Behind, Our Community Loses, Too Every child deserves to feel like they belong — but for many kids with disabilities or those impacted by trauma, school can become a place of stress instead of possibility. Too often, these children are misunderstood, excluded or left behind because the system wasn’t built […]