Get ready to explore Central Oregon, one slice or pie at a time! Throughout the week, you can sample unique and classic pies from your favorite local spots for a steal. The Deals – $3 per slice or $24 for a whole pie Plan Your Week – Take a peek at the participating pizzas and plan out your saucy, cheesy adventure. […]
Pizza Week is Here!
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Bend Beer (and Cider) Scene Gets a Collective Shakeup
To paraphrase the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, “The only thing constant in life is change.” Some 2,500 years later, his musings describe the state of beer here in Bend. It’s a city rich in craft brewing culture where Deschutes Brewery is one of the nation’s oldest and largest breweries, but beyond that monolith, everything is in […]
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Pizza Week Preview
Pizza. Almost everybody likes it. Not everybody, though. My wife doesn’t. I wish I would have known that before we got married. You hear about people finding out after the wedding some deep dark secret, but this must be the worst kind. I could handle discovering previous marriages, undisclosed children, or belonging to a cult, but you don’t like pizza? What […]
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Five Years On, Oregon Still Struggles to Collect Some Pandemic-Era Fines
Most people agree that the restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic were a drag. Wearing facial coverings, social distancing and not hanging indoors with others were disruptive necessities in curbing the spread of the virus, which ultimately killed about 1.2 million Americans. Like elsewhere in the state, some Central Oregon businesses were slow in adopting then-Gov. […]
Posted inCulture Features
‘The Soul of the Land’
A new exhibit at the Bowman Museum‘s Belknap Exhibit Center is entitled “Soul of the Land: Quilts by June Jaeger.” Jaeger was born in Prineville and has lived there off and on at various points of her life. She feels a deep connection to the small town. “There is just a lot of good people […]
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Bacon Lovers Have a New Haven
A new breakfast spot prominently featuring bacon has opened near downtown Redmond. bacon Bar N Brunch celebrated its grand opening on Feb. 5. The restaurant, with indoor and outdoor seating, features standard breakfast items like eggs, pancakes, French toast, oatmeal and avocado toast but also has thick-cut applewood smoked bacon, candied bacon, bacon omelettes, BLT […]
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Rosemary & Fox to Open Mid-March
The Jackalope Grill in downtown Bend is closing. Its last night will be Feb. 28. A social media post announced the restaurant has been sold. After a remodel, a new restaurant called Rosemary & Fox will open with owners Chef Josh Podwils and his wife, Kate. The name comes from Chef Josh’s favorite herb, rosemary, […]
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Driven to Civil Disobedience: Motorcyclist Arrested at Downtown Bend Protest Tells His Side of the Story
“When I saw what happened to Alex Pretti… I knew that could’ve been me,” said Kurt Greenwood, a motorcyclist and independent mechanic in Bend. “If what went down in Minnesota was happening in my town, I would’ve been out there doing the exact same thing.” Greenwood, a U.S. Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, feels […]
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Free Will Astrology, Week of Feb. 19
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Over the last 4,000 years, a host of things have been used as money in addition to precious metals and paper currency. Among them have been cows, seashells, cheese, tobacco, velvet, tulips, elephant tusks, and huge stone wheels. I hope this poetic fact will inspire your imagination about financial matters. In […]
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Governor’s Prosperity Council Convenes in Central Oregon, Launches Statewide Engagement
Governor Tina Kotek’s Prosperity Council (Council) convened its second meeting in Redmond on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The Council began the day with a tour of BASX, an industry leader in manufacturing high-efficiency data center cooling solutions, cleanroom systems, custom HVAC systems, and modular solutions. The Council then convened a business roundtable at the headquarters of Redmond-based homebuilder […]
