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You’ve made it to Oregon’s Outdoor Theme Park—high five! Here in the High Desert, we work hard at our jobs at craft breweries, kombucha factories and tech firms—but we play even harder. Whether it’s bike season or ski season, it’s always shred season, and our sunny skies and outdoor playlands are probably why Bend continues […]
If you’re visiting Central Oregon, chances are you’ve at least heard about Deschutes Brewery’s Mirror Pond Pale Ale and Black Butte Porter. You’ve probably also had a 10 Barrel Pub Beer or two at one point. But with dozens of breweries in Central Oregon, there’s lots more out there. Let our staff—members of our expert […]
Central Oregon is full of activities for adults, but there’s plenty for kids to as well. Here’s where adventure-loving parents—and their kids—are guaranteed to up the fun-factor in any family outing.
About 2,000 students, parents and teachers marched from Bend public schools and ended up at the Education Center on Wall Street Wednesday, during a rally to support funding for public education in Oregon. Similar rallies took place across the state. According to the Oregon Education Association, over 25,000 supporters gathered in Portland; Salem’s rally drew […]
About 30 people braved the cold weather Jan. 30 to voice their displeasure with the Bend City Council appointing Chris Piper to fill Sally Russell’s seat for the next two years.
On Sept. 19, 1919, George and Anna Rastovich took advantage of the Homesteaders Act to start a 40-acre farm on what’s now called Rastovich Road on Bend’s east side. The Rastoviches immigrated to the U.S. from Yugoslavia in the early 1900s, got married in Spokane, Wash., and had three children before the promise of free […]
Local artist Megan Stumpfig—whose large mural spans the walls at Riff Cold Brew Coffee’s newly-opened shop in the Box Factory—had some of her art taken from the front of the Domino Room on Greenwood Avenue on the morning of Dec. 29. Beat Lab Radio is offering a cash reward for the safe return of the […]
There’s lots of buzz in the cycling community about gravel riding. With new bikes that are a mashup between mountain bikes and road bikes, this is a new type of cycling for a lot of riders, with routes that are both challenging and scenic. And with the forecast offering plenty of sunny days and highs […]
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