Bend Fire Department released findings Wednesday morning, tracing the cause of the Mile Marker 132 fire in northeast Bend back to a “cooking fire” at a camp on a vacant, privately owned 13-acre lot at 64010 N. Highway 97. According to Bend Fire’s press release, the person who was camping at the property remains unknown. […]
Mile Marker 132 Fire In Northeast Bend Caused By Cooking Fire
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Source Warmup
Bend Power Customers Experience Outages Nearly 5,000 Pacific Power customers in Bend experienced power outages on Aug. 6 at about 9am. According to the Pacific Power operations team, the power outage occurred after a squirrel got into its substation serving the Bend area and caused some damage, resulting in a blown fuse. Power was restored […]
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Inflation and Your Home
As a local real estate agent, I often get asked about the benefits of locking in a fixed-rate mortgage, especially with inflation on everyone’s mind. Let me break it down for you: locking in a fixed-rate mortgage is not just about securing a home; it’s a strategic financial move that can pay off significantly over […]
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La activación de incendios aumenta en el Centro de Oregón Órdenes de evacuación vigentes en varias comunidades del Centro de Oregón
Según Central Oregon Fire Info, tormentas eléctricas destructivas llegaron al Centro de Oregón el fin de semana provocando varios incendios nuevos y haciendo retroceder los esfuerzos para controlar algunas llamaradas grandes en la zona. Y las altas temperaturas y el clima seco durante los próximos días podrían provocar un aumento en los incendios y una […]
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Nathaniel Rateliff Bares His Soul
South of Here” may refer to a physical place—Hermann, Missouri, to be specific—but it also occupies a space in Nathaniel Rateliff’s mind. “I grew up in Missouri, which the Mason-Dixon line runs through,” Rateliff explains. “So, you know, it’s the Midwest, but it’s also a bit of the South.” Located on the banks of the […]
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Underdogs No More
You know, it’s funny. I watch everything. Everything. From Slow Cinema masterpieces like “A Ghost Story” and “Memoria” to every new Adam Sandler movie that comes out to all the random art and schlock in between. Comic book movies, South Korean revenge stories, queer Western romances, science fiction slapstick comedies…all movies deserve a chance to […]
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Fire and Water are the Troubles of Our Time. Local Governments are Seeing the Clock Tick.
Several years ago, the Source Weekly began an effort to uncover and publish the largest users of water in our communities. Our effort was focused on individual users, and ultimately, a local judge ruled that some users in the city did not have to disclose their usage to the public. We lost that fight, but […]
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Seeding Resilience
What is so tiny that you can hold hundreds of them in a single handful, yet holds the key to restoration and climate resiliency in Oregon’s high desert? A seed. Or rather, millions of tiny seeds, each of which holds the potential to grow into a native bunchgrass and help restore resilient, thriving desert grasslands. […]
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Prep Bend is for Sale
Prep Bend, the space used by food purveyors around Central Oregon, is for sale. The business announced Tuesday the sale of the building along NE Second and Revere. The building is listed for sale at $2.75 million. The space contains coolers, freezers and numerous cooking spaces that allow business owners without their own commissary space […]
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Baldy’s Expands to La Pine
A Bend (and Redmond) staple — which has won a plethora of awards in our past Best of Central Oregon readers’ polls — is now set up in La Pine. Baldy’s Barbecue began serving up its delicious meats and sides outside Legend Cider Co. in La Pine as of late July. The “soft open” included a […]