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Beating The Heat

Cooling centers in Bend, Redmond and Madras provide a place for unhoused people to escape the blistering heat
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

On June 25 Deschutes County encouraged locals to take precautions against the extreme wave of heat cooking the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures reached as high as 108 degrees on Sunday and forecasts predict daytime highs over 100 until Wednesday. The county asked people to avoid the outdoors between 3-7pm, the hottest part of the day, something […]

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A Nation of Neighbors

Welcoming Week includes events aimed at fostering inclusion among immigrants, refugees and other community members
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Over two years ago, the Bend City Council signed a unanimous resolution declaring Bend a Welcoming City—becoming one of about 150 communities in the U.S. to join the network aimed at fostering inclusion and understanding among immigrants and refugees and the wider community. Welcoming Week, which takes place this week, include events such as a […]

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Eberhard’s launches organic milk

Lisa Sipe

Due to consumer demand, Eberhard’s Dairy Products has launched a line of organic milk including 2 percent reduced fat, vitamin D milk and nonfat skim milk. The USDA-certified organic line of milks is sourced from Poland Dairy in Madras. You can find the new Eberhard’s Organic line at local stores. Eberhard’s Dairy Products eberhardsdairy.com

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Rockhounding at Richardson’s Rock Ranch

A scenic day trip for avid rock collectors and sighseers
Avatar photo Keely Damara

For those who like beautiful day drives and laid-back outdoor activities, rockhounding may just be your new favorite pastime. Richardson’s Rock Ranch is open during the summer seven days a week, 7am to 5pm. Thundereggs—named for their spherical shapes and often colorful, agate-filled interiors—are plentiful in the volcanic ash layers common throughout the region. Guests […]

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How are you observing this Memorial Day?

Here are the events going on this Memorial Day weekend
Chloe Green

Memorial Day Weekend is upon us, and there are plenty of events going on all weekend. Below are all of the events, live music and ceremonies that you can check out. Bend 2018 Memorial Day Ceremony Central Oregon’s largest annual Memorial Day Ceremony is put on by Deschutes Memorial Chapel & Gardens on May 28 […]

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Happy St. Paddy’s Day! Here’s your Potato

Local org and farm donate spuds
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

W hat’s more Irish than leprechauns, top hats and green beer? Potatoes, of course. This St. Patrick’s Day, the High Desert Food & Farm Alliance and Casad Family Farms are getting in the Irish spirit and donating potatoes to NeighborImpact, which provides food to people in need in Central Oregon. According to a release from […]

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Pick’s Eclipse Picks

Events for the Apoc-Eclypse
Anne Pick

Odds are you’ve had your eclipse plans cemented for months now—but just in case you’re looking for something to occupy your time prior to and after the (roughly) two minutes of totality this weekend, we’ve got you covered. Safe travels! Thursday 17 Know Cosmos – Weird History of Eclipses HISTORY — Join Meg Thatcher from […]

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Malt: The Meat in Your Beer

Want to source your malt locally? Get in line.
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

“If hops were salt and pepper, malt would be the steak.” In case you were curious about the relative importance of each ingredient in your beer, that quote from Madras resident Seth Klann should set some things straight. Here’s another way of putting it: Barley–and its resultant product, malt–is the bulk that makes up most […]

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Amazing Space

The Madras Performing Arts Center’s director reflects on first year
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

Jefferson County still has a bit of wildness left to it. While it incorporates Madras, Metolius, and Culver (with Warm Springs counting as a “Census-designated place”), there are still huge patches of wilderness in the Crooked River National Grassland, Deschutes National Forest, Mount Hood National Forest, and Willamette National Forest. While the area is abundant […]

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Diamond in the Rough

Madras’ Great Earth shines in Passport to Bounty
Jon Paul Jones

Nestled amid some of Central Oregon’s most productive farmland, Troy Boyd and her husband Garry discovered a lack of natural food stores in Madras upon their arrival in the early 1990s. So they endeavored to do something about it. “We wanted to start the business in order to offer healthy and organic food to Madras, […]

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