Art succeeds best when it can show you something you’ve seen before, but in a whole new way that allows you to rethink your own connection to the subject. Michael Boonstra’s show, “n o w h e r e,” now up through December at the At Liberty artists’ collective, does just that. Boonstra steps outside […]
Eagle Creek Fire
The 4th is Coming
It seems like every year, someone blows off a body partโor accidentally kills themselvesโwith illegal fireworks. The City of Bend’s Fire Department Public Information Officer Dave Howe says in Oregon, legalโor consumerโfireworks can travel no more than 6 feet, fly no more than 12 inches and must not be designed to explode. Bend is a […]
Letters to the Editor
Huntin’ in Neighborhoods I am not someone that writes or calls to complain about every little concern, or annoyance, but I guess this is my time. I wanted to contact you regarding an issue that is very serious. Last summer, and now again this year, just this past weekend, people in my neighborhood are shooting […]
Did the rain help the wildfires in Oregon?
For the first time in weeks, rain poured down on Central Oregon this Thursday. The hot and dry conditions over the last few months have fueled the outbreaks of over ten wildfires in Oregon and many more in Washington, Idaho and Montana, making this one of the worst wildfire seasons the western U.S. has ever […]
Eagle Creek Fire continues to grow, Sen. Wyden presses Trump for wildfire funding
The Eagle Creek Fire spreads into Washington and Hwy 242 remains closed for clean-up from Nash Fire.

