Recently, a young local family lost their father in a tragic mountain biking accident. I am writing this piece in honor of his family to provide resources for friends or families who are mourning. As parents, we often try to shield our children from the deeper sorrows in life. We do everything in our power […]
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A Hunt for the Perfect Tree
Central Oregon has no shortage of forests or trees. As we take those scenic drives, especially near the holiday season, it seems like every other tree is the perfect Christmas tree. If only we could cut one down to take home and decorate. Guess what? We can! There’s something magical about the natural aroma of […]
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Editors Note Winter 2024
My son likes to tease me right around October 1 by singing carols and starting the official countdown to Christmas. Apparently, some people live for the holidays! Don’t get me wrong, I love this time of year when there’s a special something in the air, my favorite part being the hours spent in the kitchen […]
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Nest News: Fostering Young Minds & Local Talent
As the holiday season approaches, Bend is gearing up for a unique community event designed to showcase the creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit of its youngest members. The Kid’s Entrepreneur Holiday Market, scheduled for Sunday, December 15 at the Elks Lodge, offers an environment where kids aged five to17 take charge of their own market […]
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A Partnership Helping House Bend-La Pine Schools Staff
A planned housing development from Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity will offer affordable homeownership for qualifying employees at Bend-La Pine Schools. The BLPS Board of Directors voted on November 12 to sell a surplus property to Habitat for Humanity for $20,000 to provide home ownership opportunities, prioritizing BLPS employees. The development, which neighbors Silver Rail Elementary School […]
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Robots, Smiles, Heretics and Last Dances
This weekend I caught four movies in a row at the theater and now my entire brain feels funny. Here’s what I saw: The Wild Robot: At the bookstore I work at, we’re constantly selling copies of the 2016 novel by Peter Brown to kids so excited to read it that they’re bursting to get […]
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Redmond Votes in Favor of Marijuana Dispensaries
An advisory measure that would recommend retail marijuana sales within the City of Redmond passed with about 53% of the votes on Election Day coming out in support of allowing marijuana dispensaries within city limits – something currently prohibited within Redmond’s City Code. Measure 9-177 was a non-binding recommendation to the Council, meant to gauge […]
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This is How We Meet This Moment
Even if you live under a rock, it’s fair to say that most people in the United States, however they voted (or didn’t), are thinking about how they meet the moment we find ourselves in. This newspaper is no different. The election of a new president is always a momentous occasion — a time to […]
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Rubber Rabbits and Cornbread
My head is crooked upward more often in autumn, my eye drawn toward vibrant trees. But when I venture to look down, I see beautiful crunchy fallen leaves and one of the most abundant and obvious plants blooming throughout Oregon’s high desert in fall: the rubber, or gray, rabbitbrush. Gray rabbitbrush, or Ericameria nauseosa, is […]
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Indian Grocery Items at Real Taste of India
Real Taste of India, the Indian restaurant located along OB Riley Road in Bend, now has more to offer. The business announced this week that it’s now offering Indian grocery items, adding more flavor variety to a city that until recently didn’t have its own market dedicated to Asian foods. (With the opening of Tomi […]