Maybe it’s like a rocket ship landing in a placid Cascades lake — or perhaps more appropriately, like a clatter of hooves in a mud puddle, but it’s hard to overstate the gusto with which Hawkeye & Huckleberry Lounge splashed down on Bend this year. With a massive bar and dining room — done to […]
Rookie of the Year: Hawkeye & Huckleberry
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Source Warmup
Driver Crashes into Sheriff’s Office Gate A Bend man drove through the entrance gate at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office on April 19, crashing into a block wall. A sergeant discovered the crash around 10:45pm, after noticing damage to the vehicle entrance gate. The sergeant found a black truck in the parking lot, with music […]
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Go Small and Go Home…
It’s not new that home prices, especially in Bend and surrounding areas, are becoming more and more difficult for the “average” income earner to afford. Nurses, teachers and many other working professionals are finding it harder to become homeowners. In fact, the new average age for first time homeownership in the U.S. is now 38. […]
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Young Musicians Strike Up a Spring Concert
The Central Oregon Youth Orchestra is presenting its spring concert at the Tower Theatre in downtown Bend in May. The music will feature the full orchestra, wind ensemble and concert orchestra directed by Dr. Travis Allen, Debbie Harrington, Jonathan Moore and Ryan Zwahlen. Allen is COYO’s executive director and an accomplished cellist performing with the […]
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High Stakes
When people who write about movies for a living come across a piece of cinema that feels monumental, there is always a list of specific words that get used to describe it. Words like “visionary,” “electrifying,” “exhilarating,” “transcendent,” and “breathtaking” get thrown around with abandon (by myself included) to describe much lesser films than Ryan […]
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Deschutes County Leases Land for Supportive Housing
Deschutes County voted to lease land in east Redmond for a 75-unit permanent supportive housing project, known as Mt. View Community Village. Redmond nonprofit, Mountain View Community Development, which runs a safe parking program in Redmond and Bend, will lease the land to provide housing for those experiencing homelessness and individuals on fixed incomes. The […]
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The Psychedelic Frontier
In an age where reality often feels closer to science fiction, Dr. Sabrina Hadeed’s “How to Survive a Cultpocalypse: A Psychonaut’s Guide to the Spiritual Galaxy” emerges as a beacon of awareness. With humor as her vessel and wisdom as her compass, Dr. Hadeed navigates the reader through the tumultuous waters of spiritual communities and […]
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First-ever Event Helps Local Families Understand Autism in Early Childhood
Hundreds of families in Central Oregon have children under the age of 5 with autism. Parents, grandparents, and other caregivers from more than 30 of those families attended a free event on April 17 at the Alyce Hatch Center in Bend to learn more about autism in early childhood and related resources and services. Perhaps […]
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Icon of the Sage: The Greater Sage-Grouse
It’s an early spring morning, pre-dawn. The air is still, not a breath of wind stirs the sagebrush. The waning moon is a bright sliver in the eastern sky, but soon to be obscured by the dawn’s early light. The thermometer reads 25 degrees Fahrenheit but it feels colder in the morning darkness. I’ve been […]
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Restaurant of the Year: Rancher Butcher Chef
If there’s any sign that an establishment is earning the love of local crowds, among the most brightly lit might be the rapid opening of a second place, with a name that hints to the first. Over the past year, the Rancher Butcher Chef brand — known commonly by its initials, RBC, did just that […]