Pilot Butte has long been a beacon for Bend. First used as a navigational landmark to draw early settlers to the area, and in later decades as a source of volcanic rock to add some grip to icy winter roads, Pilot Butte was donated to the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department in 1927 in the […]
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Summer Music Guide 2015
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It’s Getting Hotter Here
Fire season is about to start again, and it is only more threatening
It is still unknown whether the two fires that sparked a massive forest fire just west of Bend were set intentionally or accidentally, but a year ago, fueled by dry wood, those two small fires quickly spread and eventually combined as the Two Bulls Fire. For a week, flames raced over 7,000 acres—a space equivalent […]
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Greetings from Sisters
Perhaps a numerologist would have something to say about the lineup of anniversaries this year in the small town of Sisters—it is the 75th anniversary for the rodeo, the 40th for the quilt festival, and the 20th for the folk festival. But for us, what we see is a testament to the enduring cultural offerings […]
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Growing Up
COCC celebrates 50 years on the butte
When Ron Bryant first enrolled at Central Oregon Community College back in 1955, he chose the college for the same reason many students do today. “It was within driving distance and it was affordable,” recalls Bryant, a Redmond attorney who previously chaired the COCC board and now serves as the college’s legal counsel. “I wanted […]
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Are We There Yet?
Why women are still fighting for equality
Are We There Yet? By many accounts, 2014 was a banner year for women, and it isn’t hard to see why. From the explosion of Twitter hashtags calling attention to the harassment and abuse of women, such as #YesAllWomen and #WhyIStayed, to the Columbia University student who carried around her mattress in protest of her […]
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The 2015 Restaurant Guide
It has been an odd year for restaurants in Central Oregon. While the economy has blossomed and the population has steadily grown along with tourism, the number of new restaurants over the past year has been relatively low. “It’s about restaurants planting their roots this year,” explains Kinley Sbandati, for Trattoria Sbandati, our choice this […]
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Bursting at the Seams
Bend’s UGB debate highlights tensions over the city’s growth
Just past Worthy Brewing, on Bend’s east side, the contrast between city and county is stark and sudden. To the west, cookie-cutter housing complexes line the streets around big box stores and massive parking lots. To the east, deer carcasses decompose in the ditch on a recent Sunday evening, while rock chucks scurry around expansive fields surrounding modest […]
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Too Little, Too Late, and Probably Not At All
With little hope for stopping global warming, the question becomes how to adapt and survive
The good news is they didn’t go up,” says Angus Duncan, speaking about greenhouse gas emissions. He adds, “The bad news is they don’t go down.” For the past 40 years, Duncan has been working with local and national agencies to modify energy policy, and for the past eight years has chaired the Oregon Global […]
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Cat Fight
Cougar sightings spark debate about management
Last Saturday, a brilliant spring day, around 6:45 pm, just as the sun was beginning to set, a hiker spotted a young male cougar sitting within sight of the trail. He wasn’t on some remote, backcountry pathway, but was walking up Pilot Butte, the popular state park with trails that snake around the 500 foot […]
