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Deschutes County Republican Party to Host Anti-Muslim Speaker

Disgraced ex-FBI agent coming to Bend Feb. 20
Chris Miller

On Tuesday, Feb. 20, the Deschutes County Republican Party is hosting an event called, “Understanding the Threat” at the Bend Senior Center designed to help put global and domestic terrorist attacks into perspective and will “identify specific jihadi threats in the United States.” The keynote speaker is John Guandolo, an ex-FBI agent who resigned from […]

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A New Principal for Summit High

New principal will take the reins after this school year
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Summit High School will officially have a new principal starting July 1. Superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools, Shay Mikalson, announced Wednesday that Michael McDonald, currently assistant principal at Summit, will take on the new role.  Summit’s current principal, Alice De Wittie, announced in October that she would be leaving the district at the end of […]

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Two Drivers; Two Crashes into Local Buildings

Two drivers arrested and charged with DUII in Redmond
Chris Miller

Look out while driving in Redmond after midnight. On Sunday, two—yes two—people were arrested for DUII after allegedly crashing their cars into buildings. The first incident was just after midnight, when Redmond Police officers responded to reports of a truck crashed into an occupied duplex at the 1900 block of NW Larch Spur Court. When […]

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School District Given $1.1 Million Grant

Money earmarked for engineering evaluations and snow removal reimbursement
Chris Miller

After last year’s snowpocalypse caved in roofs and caused area schools to close for snow removal, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley went to bat for the Bend-La Pine school district. The school district will receive more than $1 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money to reimburse costs of last January’s snow removal, and […]

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Where do people rideshare #inBend?

Just in time for V-Day, Lyft’s new top 10 reveals the top restaurant destinations
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Use it to get home from the bars. Use it to shuttle your errant relatives to and fro while you’re at work—or on the mountain. Or, use a ridesharing service to take you and your bae out to dinner. Since ridesharing apps began to be allowed in Central Oregon in 2017, plenty of people have […]

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Don’t Send the Wrong Flowers this V-Day

Here’s a primer on the language of flowers to help you out
Danielle Meyers

Did you know many flowers represent different emotions, moods and ideas?  This Valentines Day, instead of going for the bigger bouquet, go for the flower that says what you mean.  The history of sending flowers to a loved one on Valentine’s Day is linked to a young priest named Valentine during the third century in […]

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Bags on bags on bags

Where to recycle those plastic bags
Avatar photo Keely Damara


I try to be kind to our environment. I don’t wash my car, sort my recycling like a good American and do my best to avoid using disposable grocery bags while shopping at the store. 

“Do my best” is the key phrase here. I’m only human, unfortunately, and a very forgetful human at that. While […]

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Beer in the can? Yes!

Deschutes gets on board with the aluminum revolution
Chris Miller

Let’s face it, 12 ounce bottled beers are an antiquated pain in the ass. Who wants to be 6 miles into an overnight cross-country ski trip and have your liquid rewards shift in your pack, stabbing you in the ribs for the next two hours?! And dropping one on the ground…good luck avoiding the laceration. […]

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Deschutes County Sheriff Fires Deputy

2016 election opponent plans to sue
Chris Miller

Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson has terminated the deputy who ran against him in the last general election. Eric Kozowski ran against Nelson in the November 2016 election, and was put on administrative leave in September 2017. According to a DCSO press release, Kozowski was terminated based on internal investigations that concluded he violated Sheriff’s […]

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Roadtrip: PDX is Lit this Weekend!

Portland Winter Light Festival is free and super cool
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Yes, the sun is shining and it’s 55 degrees in Central Oregon, but seeing as how Punxtatawny Phil just portended at least six more weeks of winter, we figured you might need a little pick me up. OK, maybe it’s just me that needs to get outta here… If you’re headed to Portland this weekend, […]

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