As the new year approaches, many local parents are making resolutions to get more physically active and improve their health. As difficult as it can be to schedule self-care time and childcare, indoor gyms can be a real lifesaver when it comes to meeting those new goals. Not all gyms are created equal, though. At […]
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Should You List Your Home During the Holidays?
Creating comfort and joy, while listing through the holidays
Even though the weather can be challenging this time of year, the holiday season is a terrific time to list your home. With an average of 20,000 visitors per day and all the snow enthusiasts that descend upon Bend once winter arrives, you have a captive audience. Buyers that are shopping in winter are serious […]
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Shepherd’s House After The Lighthouse
Shepherd’s House opened up its navigation center in June, and has been expanding services since.
Next stop: Redmond
Shepherd’s House opened the Lighthouse Navigation Center in July, just four months after the City of Bend approved plans to convert its overnight shelter into a full-fledged 24-hour service center. The renovated shelter has more sleeping space, a lounge area for meals and meetings and a computer lab. About 100 people can stay during the […]
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Cannabis, North of the Border
Cannabis enthusiasts should make Vancouver a must-see destination
Last month, I found myself in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for 46 hours to help my Canadian friends The Sadies and Kacy and Clayton kick off a tour. Although I’ve visited B.C. frequently, I hadn’t been back since the country passed national cannabis legalization in 2018. My Canadian cannabis experiences began in 2003 when I […]
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Midterm Election: Candidate Results
The latest results from Bend, Redmond, Deschutes County and Oregon races
The polls closed at 8pm on Tuesday, November 8—marking the end of a busy midterm election season that stands to change the power dynamic in Congress, and more locally, put a new person in power in the Oregon governor’s office. These are the most up-to-date election results reported by the Deschutes County Clerk’s office and […]
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Impeccable Service, Elegant Atmosphere, Elevated Fine Dining
Becerra’s on 6th Bistro in Redmond transports you to another time
“Wine and dine as you step back in time.” I saw that statement at the top of the website for Becerra’s on 6th Bistro, but I wasn’t sure what it meant exactly—that is, until I actually stepped inside the beautiful bistro in downtown Redmond. Becerra’s is like a step back in time – to impeccable […]
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Rec It, Redmond
Organizers are hopeful that the proposed recreation center in Redmond is in better shape than doomed 2019 and 2008 bonds
Redmond’s Cascade Swim Center opened in 1979, bringing a 25-meter indoor pool to a town of 6,500 people. In the 43 years since opening, Redmond’s gained about 30,000 residents, and the facility is struggling to meet the demand of its growing population. “We have a full pool, we have waiting lists for swim lessons, we […]
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As Redmond Grows, So Does Its Bike Community
Cascade View trails, expansion of Cline Buttes trails are some of the projects for the Redmond COTA chapter
As warm weather gives way to cold, some of Central Oregon’s most well-known bicycle trails go to bed for the season, soon to be—or already—tucked away under the snow. But that doesn’t necessarily mean trail riding has to end. In honor of the 2022 Redmond Issue, we checked in with Central Oregon Trail Alliance Executive […]
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Flights Wine Bar Fall Menu Focuses on Shareable Plates
Come for the wine; stay for the food!
The mission of making wine fun and unintimidating continues; it’s just the food menu that’s getting a fall tweak at Flights Wine Bar on Bend’s west side. “Food and wine just make each other better,” states Flights owner Kelsey Daniels. “Now that we have really gotten to know our customer base, we’ve realized that smaller […]
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Culver Pulls Students From Camp Over Nonbinary Counselor
Students were removed from Outdoor School, a popular three-day camp,
after learning the student counselors overseeing multiple cabins identified as nonbinary
On Monday Oct. 17 about 50 Culver School District sixth-graders were pulled from Camp Tamarack’s Outdoor School program, a three-day and two-night camp that blends school curriculum with outdoor activities that over 40 schools participate in. Camp Tamarack staff said they weren’t aware the students were leaving until the buses arrived and didn’t learn why […]