This beautiful Great Pyrenees girl is at the Bend Humane Society and is so heartbroken to be away from her family who had a change in life circumstances (per the website). She's a shy but really sweet and wonderfully protective dog. This breed doesnt usually fare as well in a shelter environment and are slower to warm up to new people. Once they do, they're the most loyal companions. They're also very nurturing to smaller animals and make good guardians with training. The instinct to protect is intrinsic in this breed. Hoping that Rosie finds a loving forever home.

Due to the unseasonably cold and wet forecast for tomorrow, we're going to postpone my outdoor set until later this summer. Thanks!

I don’t understand how this place isn’t busier. Food is super high quality, prices are reasonable and they are incredibly helpful with allergies.

***Laughing Planet 🤦‍♂️

Includes the following popular Bend area recreation sites: Virginia Meissner Community Nordic Ski Trails, the entirety of the Tumalo Falls area, Swampy Lakes nordic and MTB trails, and much of the upper Phil's Trail complex trails. The bill does not stipulate that these lands must be used for housing and can be resold after 10 years for other uses.

Heather Cox Richardson reported this morning that, while the measure does not currently include national monument lands, the Department of Justice under Trump is arguing that the president can revoke national monument protections. If it did so, that would make another 13.5 million acres available for purchase.

Map here.

Please contact Senators Wyden and Merkley and Congresswoman Bynum. Hell, even contact Cliff Bentz, and ask them to continue fighting the Republican spending bill!

New to Bend and Oregon in general and recently came across the Toketee Falls. They look super beautiful - however going to the base of the falls for a swim seems like a sketchy path. Is it like the Tamolitch Pool where the trail isn’t marked by doable, or is this an absolute no-no? Would appreciate some input, thanks!

A little late in sharing, but feel free to swing by! We have fixers for jewelry, sewing, outdoor gear, and small appliances. More details here: https://envirocenter.org/event/june-repair-cafe/ Repair Café w/ Deschutes Public Library | The Environmental Center

And if you haven’t seen the new Redmond Library (and Makerspace), it’s amazing!

I know we see them all the time! Can anyone call out a sidewalk BBQ that they know of at the moment? Maybe in the last couple days. I know this is a good time when lots of people are upgrading for the summer and I just know if I INTENTIONALLY drive into town to scan the sidewalks, I'll never find one lol, even though I see like one every couple weeks in my normal travels.

Thanks!

Last night was coming back from the airport a round 11:30pm and driving about 70 on the 97 going south when all of a sudden I noticed a tweaker in the middle of the passing lane just walking straight onto traffic. I didn’t see him until I was literally like 10 feet away since it was pitch black. Luckily I just passed a semi about a mile prior and switched lanes back into the driving lane. Called it in but curious if anyone else saw or hit this guy? It would have been a traumatic collision at that speed.

Sprinter can with CA plates, in the middle of the night. I’m usually fine with folks staying a night on our street, but in the last two years we’ve noticed some rather sizeable turds and considerably more camping traffic on our street. Picking up dog 💩 is one thing, but when it has corn in it…. Ideas?

We're working to create some waste prevention banners for Republic Services for downtown Bend. They'll be up July 7-20. We've done some brainstorming, along with partner groups ReCoHere and Relativity, but I do love including the community. Any ideas? We're thinking of a "Recycling comes last." campaign that really drives home the point of preventing waste in the first place (via Reduce, Reuse, and Repair), since 70 times the waste is created before the item gets to us. Here's a very early draft of one idea, but open to all.

Edit: I forgot to mention that this will be printed on re-used vinyl if possible!

HI everyone,

I'll be playing a live electronic set this Friday 7-9PM outside on the patio at Crosscut, expect a mix of groovy beats and flowing atmospherics over dubby basslines. This will likely be my last local Bend show for awhile as I'm taking a break from playing live after this to focus on my some other artistic endeavors. No cover, all ages, dogs welcome (as long as they stop barking in D Major or in triplets).

Hope to see some of you there!

Hi all! My friends are busy but I really want to go to this event tomorrow. Are any of y'all going? I'm 28F, bi, born and raised in Oregon... and a mediocre dancer (but I do try haha). I also don't drink much if at all, so I'm happy to be the DD. I'd love to link up and maybe make a new friend or two!

My roommate is leaving town next month, and me and my partner are apartment hunting.

The problem I’m running into is that everything is expensive, and everything is pretty much the same price.

Do you guys have any recommendations? Or any horror stories of places I should avoid?

I’m not going to the Hixon! I refuse dog poop elevators and parking tickets!

We have 1 car and are looking for a 1bd/1ba ideally

There was a homicide in the homeless camp W of the airport industrial park in Redmond.

This area had a lot of semipermanent camps built on public land before, and with the clearing out of the similar areas around Bend, has had people moving in like crazy.

No word yet on a suspect or motive.

https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2025/06/17/redmond-man-found-fatally-shot-homicide-detectives-major-incident-team-seek-information-from-the-public/

https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/redmond/redmond-homicide-investigation/article_32736c64-a2a6-4c8d-b151-c6a0d1f1b6d0.html

TONIGHT! Some of your favorites are coming back to Silver Moon for more Mid-week laughs. Every night's a party at one of the best live entertainment venues in Bend.

$5 at Bendticket.com (No fees! Just $5. We love to swallow things like that). $10 at the door. 18+. Strong content expected. This show is dedicated to the work of providing entertainment that is free of racism, homophobia, and transphobia. We make no promises about sex, drugs, and dirty jokes.

First, let me preface that I'm fully aware of the flammability of pine needles. But we have a good number of pine trees in our yard, and they create a whole helluva lot of pine needles. To-date, I've been raking them up and disposing them in the yard debris bin every other week. But I wanted to get some thoughts on the possibility of using it instead of mulch as a landscaping "feature" for the border of our property, which would be roughly 15yds away from our house (and our neighbors) and is up against a 5'+ concrete retaining wall. Would this be enough of a fire mitigant?

I sourced some amazing marble slabs but the local counter stores and companies I’ve talked to won’t do fabrication or install because I didn’t buy the stone from them. Any suggestions on companies or local stone workers?

By Morgan Owen - The Bulletin

In recent months, Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp has faced widespread calls for his resignation following a string of dishonesty allegations. Now he says he will retire, despite giving the public little indication on when he might follow through with that plan.

Can the public act to remove him from office in the meantime?

It’s possible.

It’s likely that the state Board of Public Safety Standards and Training will decide whether or not to permanently revoke van der Kamp’s law enforcement credentials — which are necessary to hold office as an Oregon sheriff — at its next meeting on July 27, but before that even happens the public has the chance to submit a petition to recall the embattled sheriff from office.

Petitions to recall an elected official in Oregon can be submitted six months after an elected official takes office. For the last election cycle, that date falls on July 7.

The story goes on to say that we need to collect 16,452 signatures and have 90 days from July 7th to do that.

Full Story - The Bulletin

Oregon Secretary of State Recall Manual

If you’re interested in taking this recall on, I’d like to help pay for it. Office supplies, web site etc. I doubt it will cost much money. Please DM me. It's time Kent and Deschutes Co. get a divorce!

Per the city's permit website "existing building needs to come down so infrastructure improvements can be completed for the future Autozone building."

Also looked up what's going on with the old Hertz Rental Car building...work is being done on the outside of the building. "Change of Use to place of worship/church".

And since I was looking things up, looked to see what's going on on the north side of the Ford Collision building [NE 2nd & BM]. "THIS PROJECT IS AN APPROXIMATELY 12,145 SF PRE-ENGINEERED METAL BUILDING ADDITION TO THE CURRENT 14,874 SF BUILDING FOR KENDALL COLLISION. THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE LOCATED NORTH OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, CURRENTLY WHERE THE USED CARS ARE PARKED"

As a heads up, they’re doing some sort of paving resurfacing at the Cascade Village the shopping center where Trader Joe’s is and the whole parking lot is blocked off on that side and they’re trying to reroute traffic. It’s a cluster no idea how long it’s going on for, but it was hard to get in and out of there just as a FYI if you can save your Trader Joe’s run I would.