Central Oregon Locavore Non-Profit’s indoor farmers’ market serves a community that shares a common interest—to enjoy healthy, locally produced foods. Locavore believes that everyone, regardless of income, should have access to healthy, nutrient-dense foods. We offer three programs to ensure this access, reducing food insecurity and subsequent poor health outcomes in our region. Locavore offers […]
Central Oregon Locavore Non-Profit is Making Local Happen for All Central Oregonians
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Oregon Friendly Driver Looks at 2024 Crash Data and Aims to Reduce Crashes in Oregon
Every time a person steps into a crosswalk or a person riding navigates the road with a car, trust is at play. Trust that drivers will yield. Trust that everyone knows the rules. Trust that we all understand our road network is for moving people via many modes. But with 94 people walking and 12 […]
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Bend Residents Protest Trump Policies
On Feb. 5, community members showed up in downtown Bend to join a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump. In snow and 20-degree weather, demonstrators carried signs and waved flags in solidarity against early actions and policies being carried out by the Trump administration. People across the nation participated in the “50 States” protest, which […]
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After the Inferno
Kathleen Becherer, 77, retired in 2014 to the Santiam River Canyon, where she hoped for a life filled with “bees, goats and grandkids.” That dream was incinerated in September 2020. The Santiam Fire, which burned 400,000 acres (almost half the size of Rhode Island), reduced her riverfront home to ash and nearly killed her. Becherer […]
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Lawmakers Consider Using Oregon Kicker as Funding Source for Wildfires
For the past six months, a group of 35 lawmakers and industry representatives called the Wildfire Funding Workgroup met to seek new sources of revenue for the Oregon Department of Forestry. After a record wildfire season in 2024, the Department of Forestry, which leads the state’s firefighting efforts, ran out of money. As Willamette Week […]
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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Peter Hoover 🎧
In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Peter Hoover, Executive Director of Sisters Habitat for Humanity. Peter shares his journey from a career in financial services and city management to leading a nonprofit dedicated to creating affordable housing in Sisters, Oregon. With a background in economics, urban planning, and […]
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Redmond Embraces Pod Structures as Shelter Option
Redmond will begin allowing micro-shelters at safe parking sites within the city, offering another shelter option for individuals taking part in the program. The City Council unanimously approved the amendment to its code on Jan. 28 following an overwhelmingly favorable public hearing. Mountain View Community Development (MVCD), the nonprofit that operates Redmond’s safe parking program, […]
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My Specific Valentine
When writing a piece about movies to watch with your spouse, partner, significant other or all by your damn self for Valentine’s Day, I found myself focusing on the futility of such an endeavor. Every single relationship is different, obviously, but even more specific are the things that each one of us defines as romantic […]
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Elevate Your Cannabis Experience with These 3 Products
Arguably the worst part of using cannabis is when the effect, often from an edible, greatly exceeds your intentions, moving you into a temporary state doctors call “being high AF.” Although it doesn’t inflict any permanent damage, too much THC can result in effects ranging from uncomfortable to terrifying. Aside from an IV of Valium, […]
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Reverence of Crows
I’m with photographer Nancy Floyd in Old Bend on Congress Street, lined with trees fronting stately homes dating to the early 1900s. As part of her long-term project “For the Love of Trees,” she’s focusing on a ponderosa pine lofting above all others. The upper trunk arcs slightly to the northwest. The long branches swirl […]