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Tips for revamping the laundry room

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Help Save Central Oregon’s Bees With A Backyard Bee Hotel

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Tips For Stress-Free Remodeling

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Deschutes Public Library celebrates 100 years

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Keeping it Natural

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Kondo Me! A Personal Take on the Art of Decluttering

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The Rise and Fall of the Bend Water Pageant

On July 4, 1933, the first Bend Water Pageant took place. Weeks before the event, the town was hard at work getting ready. The float near the modern day and aptly named Pageant Park was not a task to prepare for overnight.

Kurt Russell’s Short-Lived Term on the Bend Rainbows Minor League Baseball Team

For one glorious summer fifty years ago, the computer who wore tennis shoes played second base for Bend’s first minor league baseball club.

Nearly 100 years later, Bend’s Delaware Grocery lives on as Jackson’s Corner

One spot in West Bend has remained true to its origins in many ways, reminding us life might not be quite as different today versus yesterday as we might think.

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