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- Bend park district adds lights to pickleball courts
- Where’s that smoke coming from west of Bend?
- Pacific Power outlines wildfire issues, hears concerns at forum
- Bend addiction treatment nonprofit founder arrested after accused of stealing $300,000
- COCC installs EV-charging infrastructure on its campuses in Bend, Prineville
- Oregon, Dolly Parton join to promote young readers
- Redmond rabbit rescue hops in to help abandoned pets
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- Book and author events this week in Central Oregon
- A busy week of live music ahead at Silver Moon Brewing
- Emily Wolfe brings her ambitious rock 'n' roll to Bend
- 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest' lands at Cascades Theatre
- Gallery openings and exhibits in Central Oregon
- Go! & Do: Bend-area things to do for May 9-15
- Mother's Day events in Central Oregon May 9-15: Mother's Day Card Making; Treat Yo' Mama
- Where to find live music in Central Oregon May 9-15: Appaloosa; The Gypsy Travellers
- Central Oregon trail conditions: Warm weekend to check out Cline Buttes; Trout fish on newly opened Crane Prairie
- Where the wildflowers are: Rowena Crest and Tom McCall Preserve a plateau of color
- Dusting off your mountain bike trail etiquette for spring riding
- Marvel at the cosmos at Worthy Brewing’s Hopservatory, now open for the season
- Explore calendar May 3-9: Rendezvan; Priday Ranch Tour
- Central Oregon trail conditions: Try out the Sunriver trails; Wickiup open for season, healthy kokanee
- Fishing season gets underway on Central Oregon lakes and reservoirs
- Bend ultralight backpacking expert shares his 'take less. do more' philosophies
Editorial cartoons
- Editorial: Defendants, public safety, alleged victims all lose in Deschutes public defender crisis
- Editorial: Primary election turnout is low, but it is still early
- Letters: Bend school levy; Disenfranchised independents; Lives behind the numbers; Wait to vote; Mysterious 'poll'
- Editorial: The goodness that can be ignored in policy flip-flops
- Editorial: Many Oregon parents don't talk to their children about taking drugs without a prescription
- Guest Column: The start of something big for local news
- Editorial: Central Oregonians may be able to join a natural gas offset program
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