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Nome Italiano Unexpectedly Shutters

The popular eatery served its last customers on Saturday night
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Over the weekend, would-be-patrons at Bend’s popular Nome Italiano were surprised to find the restaurant’s doors locked and a sign announcing the eatery’s closure. It was a sudden end to a once-promising restaurant that opened in 2022, coming in runner-up in this paper’s popular Best of Central Oregon competition for best new restaurant that year […]

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Toasty Tipples

Warm drinks for snowy days
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The best part of a winter day? Coming back inside, peeling off those frozen mittens and wrapping your hands around a steaming mug of something delicious. Whether you’ve been sledding, skiing or just braving the driveway like a shoveling champ, these winter warmers will thaw you out in no time. From spiked sippers to cozy, […]

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Bend Residents Protest Trump Policies

Community members joined nationwide “50 States” protest in downtown Bend
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Community members showed up in downtown Bend on Feb. 5 to join a nationwide protest against President Donald Trump. In snow and 20-degree weather, demonstrators carried signs and waved flags in solidarity against early actions and policies being carried out by the Trump administration. People across the nation participated in the “50 States” protest, which […]

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Crossing a Line

Federal regulators have found fault with PacifiCorp’s practices
by Jeff Manning, Oregon Journalism Project

The fires in Oregon in 2020 were not the first or only time PacifiCorp’s corporate behavior has been called into question. On June 26, 2012, James Martin was found dead at the wheel of his vehicle. A rapidly moving wildfire near Indianola, Utah, had overtaken him as he was attempting to flee the flames. The […]

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Rock for All Ages

Music Flow students take over the Volcanic stage on Feb. 22
Avatar photo by Chris Young

No matter the decade you grew up in, we’ve all grabbed a broom and played it like a guitar, or sung at the top of our lungs into a comb in front of a steamy bathroom mirror, or shook our head violently while playing the air drums in the back of a car. The common […]

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Deschutes County Discontinues DEI Program

Deschutes County Commissioners vote to dismantle DEI committee, fearing repercussions from federal anti-DEI mandate
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The Deschutes County Board of Commissioners voted 2-1 on Feb. 5 to discontinue its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access Committee, which worked on issues including pay disparities between male and female county employees, improving access for hearing and visually impaired residents and other accessibility initiatives. The decision comes after orders from President Trump to shut […]

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Latino Community Association’s New Executive Director Sees Challenging Times Ahead

Catalina Sánchez Frank was named the head of the LCA in January, just as the U.S. experienced major shifts in immigration policy
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Acceda a una versión de esta historia en español aquí. When Catalina Sánchez Frank applied for the executive director position at the Latino Community Association (LCA) in Bend, she had no idea how much the U.S. presidential election would impact the role. A longtime volunteer with the organization, Sánchez Frank joined LCA a decade ago […]

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After the Inferno

PacifiCorp was grossly negligent in Oregon’s 2020 wildfires. Now it’s asking lawmakers for protection.
by Jeff Manning, Oregon Journalism Project

Kathleen Becherer, 77, retired in 2014 to the Santiam River Canyon, where she hoped for a life filled with “bees, goats and grandkids.” That dream was incinerated in September 2020. The Santiam Fire, which burned 400,000 acres (almost half the size of Rhode Island), reduced her riverfront home to ash and nearly killed her. Becherer […]

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Redmond Embraces Pod Structures as Shelter Option

The City of Redmond approved an amendment allowing micro-shelters at safe parking sites
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Redmond will begin allowing micro-shelters at safe parking sites within the city, offering another shelter option for individuals taking part in the program. The City Council unanimously approved the amendment to its code on Jan. 28 following an overwhelmingly favorable public hearing. Mountain View Community Development (MVCD), the nonprofit that operates Redmond’s safe parking program, […]

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Every Central Oregon Brewery Will Be at Drake Park This Memorial Day Weekend

Thanks to the inaugural Bend Brews & Beyond, beer, cider and N/A options will abound on May 24 and 25
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When Brian Yaeger published “Oregon Breweries” a decade ago, he documented 190 breweries and brewpubs from sea to high desert. Today, we’re closer to 300 in the Beaver State, he says. Yet, the massive brew fests of the aughts and twenty-tens have gone the way of the dodo, including Portland’s waterfront Oregon Brewers Festival and […]

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