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Oregon Republicans Push to Extend Vote-by-Mail Cutoff Date

A Documentary About the Last-Remaining Blockbuster in Bend, Ore., Will Finally Get Its World Premiere at a Drive-In This Weekend

Directed by Oregon filmmakers Taylor Morden and Zeke Kamm, the documentary follows general manager Sandi Harding and her fight to keep the last location of the bankrupt video chain up and running. The movie was initially set to premiere at the Tower Theater in May, but was postponed due to the pandemic.

Bend Officials Have Reinstated an Advisory Strongly Discouraging Tourists From Visiting

If you were planning on taking a vacation in Bend this summer, the city wants you to cancel your reservations. On Wednesday, the city council voted to reinstate an advisory that was originally issued in late March discouraging any nonessential travel to the area, The Oregonian first reported. That means any trips to Bend for recreation are strongly discouraged as the state’s COVID-19 numbers continue to surge. Today, the Oregon Health Authority reported 437 new confirmed and presumptive cases, 28 of those in Deschutes County.

A Florida Man Defrauded an Oregon Casino by Falsely Claiming to Represent the Village People

Mill Casino figured out Harlib’s ruse in January 2016, when the business noticed that the Village People where scheduled to play a show in Florida they same day the band was supposedly scheduled to be in North Bend. After the casino was unable to get in contact with Harlib, it reached out to an actual representative of the Village People, who confirmed that Harlib has no association with the band.

In Fits and Starts, Oregon Emerged From Lockdown Last Weekend. Here’s What the Reopening Looked Like.

Watch the Trailer for a Documentary About the World’s Last Blockbuster, Located in Bend, Ore.

The trailer also includes clips from an interview with Blockbuster’s former CFO Tom Casey, who seems completely disinterested in the documentary’s underlying nostalgia: “Do I miss renting from a physical store? No, absolutely not. I don’t think anyone does.”

Is the Second Time the Charm for Oregon Democrats’ Carbon Dreams?

Murmurs: Election Complaints and Jordan Cove Extension Both Get Rejected

In other news: Mobile home park swallowed by the earth.

A Tour of Post-Apocalyptic Oregon in “Days Gone,” the State’s Biggest Video Game Release Yet

Oregon is a lovely place for an apocalypse.

A Corvallis Brewery Is Accusing Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing of Stealing Its Slogan

On Tuesday, Corvallis-based Flat Tail Brewing posted a photo on social media of an orange-and-black semi-trailer, stamped with the logos for both Oregon State University and Bend’s 10 Barrel Brewing and bearing the phrase “Dam Good Beer”—a tagline Flat Tail brewmaster and co-owner, Dave Marliave, says they’ve used for almost a decade.

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