El Consejo Municipal de la Ciudad de Bend planteó las prioridades para los próximos dos años durante los dos días de reuniones de mesa redonda del 23 al 24 de enero. La Ciudad establece prioridades cada dos años, al mismo tiempo que los nuevos concejales juran sus cargos. Los objetivos se basan en una encuesta […]
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Sell Your Home by Promoting It as Pet-Friendly
Bend is a dog town! Appeal to buyers with these top tips
Bend is known as one of America’s great dog towns. And with good reason. Bend is a very dog-friendly place with so much open space to explore and many opportunities for bringing your dog along for the ride, wherever you may roam. Some recent estimates have suggested that there’s one dog for every three people […]
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Awakening Your Inner Hero: A moment in time, or needing to be right is wrong
I couldn’t figure out which title was the right one. Get it? Is there even such a thing as a moment in time? Is there anything else except moments in time that add up to be minutes, hours, days, then generations and millennia? We have all heard the wisdom that this moment, the Now, is the […]
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New Year’s Nerdout
Reveling in NYT’s Super Mega Crossword
It was a mere minutes from the proverbial ball drop on New Year’s Eve on Dec. 31, 2022, and my friend, who’d rented a beach house in Yachats for us all to celebrate the New Year, was pissed off. “It’s New Year’s Eve and my friends are all doing a crossword!!” she exclaimed. And this, […]
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Going On a Ride With Beats Antique
Beats Antique blends global sounds
and electric dance performances
Beats Antique hits the Midtown Ballroom Feb. 9 for a high-energy, immersive performance. The band heads out on its Oregon/Washington tour the day prior, playing shows in Ashland, Bend, Eugene, Portland and ending in Bellingham. Bend is the band’s second stop. The band has been releasing world-fusion music and performing since 2007. With each new […]
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Horoscope Week of February 2, 2023
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “I want to raise up the magic world all round me and live strongly and quietly there,” wrote Aquarian author Virginia Woolf in her diary. What do you think she meant by “raise up the magic world all round me”? More importantly, how would you raise up the magic world around […]
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Letters to the Editor 02/02/2023
This Modern World Dear Tom, You knocked it out of the park with the volume 27 issue 04 January 26 Republican reflection. Thank you so much. Hang on for the shit-show of the decade. It’s gonna be a thriller… vomit vomit… We have never seen political vindictiveness of the likes that’s coming. Sincerely, Racer Dave […]
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Cocktails and Mocktails Guide 2023 [With Video ▶]
Central Oregon’s places to imbibe, relax and dig the vibe
However you say “Cheers,” we’re giving you plenty to toast inside this Cocktails and Mocktails guide, powered by the Source Weekly. In addition to browsing the listings for a host of local haunts, inside this guide you’ll find a focus on the boozy and not-so-boozy side of imbibing in Central Oregon. In our “Zero […]
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Measure 110 Starts Off Poorly
An audit of the U.S.’s first attempt to decriminalize drugs highlights problems in data collection,
collaboration and poorly defined roles
Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan released an audit of Measure 110, the bill that decriminalized possession of small amounts of drugs and funneled taxes on marijuana sales to treatment services, on Jan. 19. Auditors gave the program low marks, with one auditor saying they’d give a grade of a C and the other a […]
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Parking Minimums Abolished
New developments won’t be required to build parking spaces in Bend
after the state adopted new planning rules
On Jan. 18 the Bend City Council adopted a rule eliminating mandatory minimums for off-street parking at new developments. That’s after the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission adopted new planning rules in July. The OLCDC eliminated parking minimums to lower the cost of building new housing and to reduce reliance on cars for environmental […]