Aaron Karitis is a can-do sort of guy. After shoveling snow and fueling planes the skier and surfer logged eight productive years as a guide with H2O Guides in Valdez, Alaska. His job was a dream: to take clients heli-skiing in the Alaskan backcountry. The Mountain View alumnus and University of Utah graduate was responsible […]
It is 9 am sharp, and a pint-size teenager, barely larger than the Liberty Bell she approaches, grabs a rope and begins tugging. The bell rings out three times into the cloudy morning, and the remote woods just past Suttle Lake, which were still and quiet just five minutes ago are transformed by a chattering […]
Angela Raines describes her art and her personality with the same phrase: Addicted to whimsy. “If there is a fort to be built, I’ll be the one to build it,” explained Raines, whose anthropomorphic bunny paintings caught our editor’s eye at the Mississippi Street Fair in Portland last month. Raines' entire life is full of […]
Last Monday, when I arrived on the Warm Springs Reservation, it was a whirlwind of confusion. A pillar of smoke billowed in the background. The Warm Springs Incident Management Team was in the process of transferring firefighting duties to Oregon Interagency Incident Management Team 4 (ORIIMT4)—a well-trained crew made up of federal, state, and municipal […]
As I stumbled and stammered, trying to find the most appropriate word to describe Bend’s alarming spike in weapons offenses, Lt. Chris Carney stepped in. “You can call that disturbing,” Carney said flatly. A Bend Police Department accountability review released in June revealed that weapons offenses in Bend were up a staggering 115 percent over […]
The common refrain is that investigative journalism is a dying industry; that the time and painstakingly meticulous detective work necessary to uncover politicians’ dark secrets are rare commodities in today’s rush-rush media world as Remington typewriters. But Jeremy Scahill, the national security correspondent for The Nation, gives hope that the likes of Nellie Bly, Bob […]
Every year the popular Pickathon festival outside Portland garners attention for one main aspect of its evolution: its growing attention to sustainability, with organizers eliminating single-use cups as well as disposable food containers, replacing them with souvenir metal tumblers and reusable bamboo plates. Along with solar electricity, commute options and a team of people charged […]
Apps The folks at Crux Fermentation Project sure are smart. They know that patrons will stick around longer if tasty snacks are the norm, rather than overpriced chips and salsa and Costco-quality buffalo wings. Real food also pairs better with all those heavenly high-alcohol beers Crux specializes in. If enjoying a Doublecross (Strong Dark Belgian […]
Grilled Sweet Corn Corn is one of the cheapest and easiest vegetables to prepare, which is why it makes an appearance at darn near every summer barbecue. The problem is, most backyard chefs botch it by under or overcooking, neglecting to use salt and butter, or grilling after shucking; no, no and NO! The ancient […]
OK, only one is actually about bees, but the other two have “bee” in their names. Give us a break: It's summertime. Little Bee, Chris Cleave (2005) Chris Cleave’s first novel, Incendiary, about a bombing in London, was released the same day as an eerily similar bombing. The coincidence catapulted him to fame, and to […]
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