Realms Middle School and Realms High School, which share a leased building in northeast Bend, will relocate to other sites owned by Bend-La Pine Schools after the end of the current school year. The decision follows a thorough review of school district resources and facility costs, and a determination that it is no longer financially […]
Realms Schools to Relocate
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Local Leaders Pump Up Efforts to Hose Down Damage from Wildfires
With fire season in the rear view, local government leaders continue taking steps to make fire prone areas more resistant. On Monday, Nov. 10, Deschutes County Commissioners directed staff to advance standards to the planning commission that would create building hardening standards for new developments based on section R327 of the Oregon Residential Specialty Code. […]
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Not-So Magical Mushrooms
There I was, standing in a local smoke shop, browsing the display cases, when a collection of technicolored vapes, gummies and chocolates caught my attention. The raised lettering and foil trim of the packaging glinted in the light. Soaring mushrooms, some with eyeballs, put out a very trippy vibe on products with the brand name Trฤ House. โWhoa,โ I said to the clerk whoโd clocked my surprise. โA magic mushroom vape pen?โ โYeah,โ she said. โTheyโre pretty amazing.โ Iย didnโtย waste time.ย My logic went: magic mushroomsย โย obviย โย meansย psilocybin,ย aย Schedule 1ย substance under the […]
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A Little Bit of Ireland, A Little Bit of Argentina
Los Andes Sports Bar & Cafe Two new restaurant/sports bars in Bend are infusing Irish and Argentinian culture into the community. Los Andes Sports Bar & Cafe on SW Upper Terrace Drive in Bend specializes in Argentinan street food and beverages. The location was formerly Tradesmen Coffee and Tap House. Los Andes’ menu includes empanadas made from […]
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Letters to the Editor, Week of Nov. 13
Supporting a new kind of leadership After reading a recent interview with County Commissioner candidate John Heylin, Iโm convinced heโs exactly the kind of leader Deschutes County needs right now. Heylinโs background โ growing up in a working-class family, serving in the Peace Corps and running a small business in Bend โ has grounded him […]
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Free Will Astrology Week of Nov. 13
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your dreams speak in images, not ideas. They bypass your rational defenses and tell the truth slantwise because the truth straight-on may be too bright to bear. The source of dreams, your unconscious, is fluent in a language that your waking mind may not be entirely adept in understanding: symbol, metaphor, […]
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Redmond Celebrates Veterans Day
Onlookers came out by the hundreds for the annual Veterans Day parade in Redmond on Nov. 11. The festivities began at Tuesday at 11:11 am, in homage to Armistice Day from World War 1. That war officially ended in 1918, at the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day. This was the […]
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A New Direction: In Conversation with Interim Sheriff Ty Rupert
When Ty Rupert applied for the job of Deschutes County interim sheriff last July, he listed in his letter of interest a series of institutional goals. Among them: transparency, fiscal responsibility and accessibility to the public. Having won the appointment, Rupert is now 15 weeks into the job. Fresh off some personnel reorganization and a […]
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The Redmond Managed Camp Cleared a Funding Hurdle. Can It Clear the Toughest One?
If you were in Central Oregon before the pandemic, you would have seen a very different landscape as it pertains to the people living unsheltered. People camped in the junipers and overstayed their allotted time on public lands. Tent encampments were still visible. But what did not exist as it does now: The breadth of […]
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High Desert Museum Launches Schnitzer Prize of the West
Today, the High Desert Museum announces the Schnitzer Prize of the West, an inaugural initiative launched in close partnership with Jordan D. Schnitzer and the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation. The new Prizeโthe first of its kind in the regionโwill award $50,000 annually to an individual or a small group of individuals whose work addresses environmental and conservation challenges […]