Road work continues on Bend’s east side as part of an effort to give drivers more options to cross the city and to help walkers and cyclists get around more safely and easily. The City of Bend started a portion of its Murphy Corridor Improvements Project last week. The total project, costing about $32 million, […]
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Letters to the Editor
GUEST OPINION It’s Time to Pass The Clean Energy Jobs Bill When debating whether to climb an ice pillar, they say you shouldn’t climb it if you don’t feel safe standing under it. You have to decide if it can bear your weight and repeated strikes from your crampons and ice axes. Sometimes you can […]
Welcome to Bend! 10 things every newcomer should know
So You’re In Central Oregon Welcome to Central Oregon! No, seriously, we mean it. We know the cat’s outta the bag: Deschutes County (that’s us) was number one in overall population growth in all of Oregon in 2017, growing by a whopping 3.6 percent. And with this being the Pacific Northwest’s version of Neverland, why […]
So You’re In Central Oregon
Welcome to Central Oregon! No, seriously, we mean it. We know the cat’s outta the bag: Deschutes County (that’s us) was number one in overall population growth in all of Oregon in 2017, growing by a whopping 3.6 percent. And with this being the Pacific Northwest’s version of Neverland, why not embrace all the things […]
A Noob’s Guide to Special Oregon Stuff
Yeah, yeah, we get itโyou came for the eclipse… but it doesn’t hurt that Oregon happens to have great beer and legal weed, too. While the cannabis community will be happy to indoctrinate you and make you an evangelist for their special brand of flower/extract/dabs/etc., check this guide first, to help you learn a little […]

