Bruce Abernethy, former Bend Mayor and a member of several local boards, announced that he will be running for Bend City Council this November. “After several months of careful consideration and talking with many people in the community, I have decided to once again seek election to the Bend City Council. I am therefore announcing […]
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Wyden, Merkley Introduce Mineral Withdrawal Bill
Legislation helps farmers and ranchers, protects high desert
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on June 9 introduced legislation that would protect more than 2 million acres of the world-renowned high desert in southeastern Oregon from outside mineral exploitation, including oil and gas drilling, and build on long-time local economic strengths by helping farmers and ranchers. Wyden and Merkley […]
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Bend Park and Recreation District Closes Passageway Channel at Whitewater Park for Evaluation
Experts-only whitewater channel remains open
Bend, Ore. – June 9, 2016—The Bend Park and Recreation District is taking action to evaluate the safety and overall experience of its new Bend Whitewater Park. As an immediate step, the Passageway channel at the park will be closed beginning today while evaluations are conducted. The passageway is likely to be closed throughout the […]
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Bend Car Wash Available for High School Fundraisers
Bend Car Wash, 225 NE Quimby Ave., the newly renovated, self-serve car wash, announced a community service program recently. This program is designed to give groups of high-schools an opportunity to conduct a fundraiser. Their cause is up to them! So far, groups have raised money for softball team uniforms and archery team travel costs. […]
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Crossings Becomes Currents
The restaurant at the Riverhouse on the Deschutes has rebranded and remodeled
The Riverhouse on the Deschutes is famous for its prime location on the Deschutes River. The setting is close to but still removed from downtown and situated next to a bubbling part of the Deschutes River. The former restaurant, Crossings, had a beautiful deck but repeatedly struggled to rebrand itself. After a great deal of […]
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The Other End of The Deschutes
Head North for early season hiking
With the Deschutes River running straight through town and the Cascades just beyond, it’s no secret that Central Oregon is an outdoor lover’s paradise. The Cascade Lakes Highway and Three Sisters Wilderness are just a few miles away, providing easily accessible world-class skiing in winter and top-notch hiking in summer. But as with most things, […]
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A Brewer’s Journey
Wolves & People the culmination of a beer career
Christian DeBenedetti wrote the book on beer travel. A joy to read, The Great American Ale Trail, originally published in 2011, just came out in a new and massively expanded edition. DeBenedetti’s engaging reviews of over 500 breweries, spanning all 50 states, are enough to inspire a spontaneous sudsy road trip. And now he’s got […]
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The 20Time Project
Summit High Students Get Creative and Make a Difference
Erin Carrol spends her weekdays teaching a standard English lit class to high school seniors attending Summit High in Bend. “These aren’t necessarily 4.0 students, but that doesn’t mean they are less than exceptional,” she says. To prove her point she implemented a yearlong classroom assignment called The 20Time Project. The results were convincing. Created […]
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The Light in the Dark
CTC performs a black comedy
Building a play on a central gimmick can either work wonders or completely derail a show. “Black Comedy” has a gimmick that has to be bought into or everything else will fall apart. It’s a gutsy proposition and “Black Comedy” pulls it off with aplomb. Brindsley Miller is a young sculptor who, along with his […]
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Growing Wild
Wildflower show highlights native and floral diversity
Hikers hitting the trails this summer can expect to see tons of beautiful scenery, especially when it comes to wildflowers. Central Oregon is full of them—blue ones, pink ones, tall ones, short ones—full of them. However, describing these flowers beyond simple color and size adjectives can be intimidating. “The problem that people often come across […]
