Oregon Senior Games Athletes ages 50 and older can enter, but all ages are welcome to watch and enjoy this entertaining and fun competition. There are 16 different sporting events taking place from Thursday, June 9 through Sunday, June 12. Athlete entrance fees vary based on event, but spectating is free. Visit www.oregonseniorgames.com or call […]
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Letters 6/8-6/15
In Response to, “Dear Dog Walkers,” (6/2): Denise, have you gone back and looked later? Are the bags still there? Think about this typical scenario: A person goes with their dog to the trailhead. They begin their walk. At some point in the first couple hundred yards or so nature calls and the dog poops. […]
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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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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 Monarch Miracle, Part Two
Since the recent story I wrote on the plight of the monarch butterfly in which I encouraged the residents of Central Oregon to create monarch waystations, I’ve been reminded by more than one person that I left out a couple of salient facts about the life history of monarchs: time and metamorphosis. Thus, regarding the […]
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Two of Bend’s Most Gruesome Unsolved Crimes: Beware crazies in the wilderness
Bad things happened at a cabin near little lava lake one cold winter.
The brutal butchering of three trappers at a desolate cabin in the dead of winter, 1924 and a psychotic axe attack on two college students in 1977 make up two of many examples of brutal unsolved mysteries across Central Oregon.
