Perhaps you’ve driven by and noticed a large piece of wide-open space within the city of Bend along Pettigrew Road. This oasis, surrounded by a neighborhood and development, is Fields Farm, a quiet, nearly 10-acre plot of land that has been nourishing its community for more than three decades. Jim and Debbie Fields began farming […]
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Mystical Sidewalk Shrine
How a vintage refrigerator is creating unexpected bonds
What are you hungry for in life and community?” That’s one of many messages rotating on the front of a white, defunct Kenmore refrigerator sitting on the curb outside a home on Northwest Cumberland Avenue in Bend. Passers-by are invited to open the fridge and rummage through the treasures inside, which are constantly changing. On […]
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Turning a Corner — Cascade East Transit Expands Central Oregon Services
Transit Agency hopes to make expanded hours, and new fares, a regular thing
The Cascade East Transit bus trundled along Route 2 past downtown Bend during the evening rush hour on June 12. Finished with work, Jill Hanson boarded the bus at Hawthorne Station, choosing a window seat among four other passengers. Hanson has ridden the bus since her car broke down in February. She tried bike commuting […]
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Album Release Party
Seventeen musicians on four stages
The High Desert Music Collective just released its second digital album featuring more than 80 artists, most of them local. To celebrate, it’s hosting a party on Wednesday, June 25 with 17 of the musicians performing on four stages. That includes Good Life Brewing, The Commonwealth Pub, The Ale Apothecary and Play Society. The party […]
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Native Plant Garden Tour
Join a curated tour of private and public native plant gardens.
For native plant enthusiasts, the drought for a native plant garden tour is about to end in Bend during National Pollinator Month. The High Desert Horticultural Center is offering a curated tour of private and public gardens that feature and focus on native plants and pollinators on June 21 in Bend. There will be 12 […]
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Christian Country Star: Chad Bushnell
Free concert in Redmond
Nothing says summer in Central Oregon like live country music. On June 27, the Blacksmith Public House in Redmond is hosting an up-and-coming Christian country star, Chad Bushnell. His Christian country roots and raw storytelling mixed with the fun and welcoming atmosphere of the Blacksmith Public House make this free performance one you won’t want […]
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Horoscope Week of June 19, 2025
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries writer Joseph Campbell was a world-renowned mythologist. His theories about the classic hero archetype have inspired many writers and filmmakers, including Star Wars creator George Lucas. As a young man, Campbell crafted the blueprint for his influential work during a five-year period when he lived in a rustic shack and […]
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The Medicine Cabinet Within: Holistic Medicine and Your Power to be Well
The role of spiritual community in health and vitality
The concept of rugged individualism is a central theme in the American ethos, and for many still runs deep in the way we move through our lives. The idea that it is through our own grit and determination that we will find success, happiness and well-being certainly has its place, but in some ways is […]
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Letters to the Editor 06/19/2025
No kings here? President Trump doesn’t like the idea of people protesting that he has become a king: “I don’t feel like a king; I have to go through hell to get stuff approved.” I think the chief executive is on to something here. If he were really a king, his unilateral edicts would be […]
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Taco Time!
Big taste without breaking the budget
An issue about cheap eats would be remiss to leave out traditional budget-friendly taco deals. There was once a time when it seemed taco and Tuesday could be interchangeable. Below is a sampling of some of the best local taco deals. Feel free to add what we missed in the comment section of this article […]