On Tuesday evening, Sheriff Shane Nelson posted a public statement on the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office’s official Facebook page that Nelson described as a response to “numerous emails and phone calls” he received in the last week requesting a formal statement about Sgt. Kent Vander Kamp’s current status at DCSO. Vander Kamp is a longtime […]
Sheriff Shane Nelson Makes Public Statement About Political Candidate, Fueling Election Tension
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LISTEN: Bend Don’t Break with Paula Dreyer 🎧
In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, host Aaron Switzer sits down with Paula Dreyer, a classically-trained pianist and composer based in Bend, Oregon, whose distinctive music draws from Romantic, Impressionistic, and Spanish influences. Paula shares her inspiring journey from early piano lessons to becoming an internationally recognized musician, educator, and author of the popular […]
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The Beer Issue
Bend Earns Reputation as Beer Mecca: More Great American Beer Fest medals return to Central Oregon than Portland Bend, By Way of Belgium: Monkless Brasserie is a singular experience Homebrewers Team Up with Breweries for People’s Choice Event: Boneyard hosts tasting event for homebrewers to show off their goods ‘Cheers to the Land’ Beer Dinner […]
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NeighborImpact informa de cientos de nuevas plazas en guarderías
Una actualización de la organización local sin ánimo de lucro NeighborImpact informó de mejoras en la industria local de cuidado de niños. La organización sin fines de lucro compartió sus logros en una reunión de la Junta de Comisionados del Condado de Deschutes el 21 de octubre, destacando cómo la financiación ayudó a crear 224 […]
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Halloween Mailbag
I got a couple of questions that I could loosely relate to Halloween, and it’s been a while since I responded to your real estate questions. Q: Has anything scary or even supernatural ever happened to you being a real estate broker? A: I got a few questions that were in this vein, asking about scary […]
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The Spiritual Intervention That Ended Blind Pilot’s Eight-Year Drought
Talk to enough songwriters and you’ll hear a common refrain: They’re not quite sure where their songs come from. Call it divine inspiration, putting in your 10,000 hours or just being in the right place at the right time. The point is: These songs come from someplace beyond them. Blind Pilot’s Israel Nebeker counts himself […]
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Creepshows
A majority of the movies that get made are horror movies for two main reasons: 1) With some imagination and a solid team you can make one on a very limited budget and 2) There’s such a large built-in fanbase starving for new horror that even hot garbage usually makes a little money. They’re the safest […]
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“How To” Ideas for Authentic, Sustainable, Civic Engagement
One of the questions I always get asked as a bookstore owner is some version of, “What surprises you about running a bookstore?” I’m continually surprised by the connections we form as a third place – a place to spend time beyond home and work. Sharing a bookstore space with our community means we talk […]
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Bend Earns Reputation as Beer Mecca
Each year, confident American craft brewers send their beers to Denver, Colorado, to be judged at the most prestigious competition in the country, if not the world: the Great American Beer Festival, produced by the Brewers Association. For this year’s 38th annual competition, 8,836 beers were submitted covering all 50 states. As always, California came […]
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Redmond Chamber, City of Redmond Spar Over Tourism Tax Dollars
The Redmond Chamber of Commerce, which operates Visit Redmond, is pushing for a new collaborative partnership with the City of Redmond to continue offering destination services to both visitors and residents. In June, City of Redmond officials decided to redirect tourism tax dollars to a Portland-based agency to develop a more robust marketing effort. This […]