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Getty The Bourbon boom continues apace, and the range of what’s available continues to widen and delight. It seems there’s something for everyone. Flavor profiles can span from rich toffee and caramel, like in the Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond, to lighter honey and spice-driven examples like that of the Broken Top Bourbon. That expanse is aided by innovative mash bills. In addition to the minimum 51% corn component required for Bourbon, distillers are adding unusual grains to the mix. Buckwheat adds dark fruit to Cardinal Spirits’ Perry’s Secret Stock Buckwheat Bourbon, while a mix o...

BEND — Typically, school board races in Central Oregon are a quieter affair than City Council or state Legislature campaigns. The elections are in May, not November, and during odd-numbered years. Turnout is lower, as most people don’t get as fired up about who’s going to be on the school board as much as they do about who’s going to represent them in Salem. And the race is nominally nonpartisan — no Republican or Democrat identifiers on the ballot. But not in this year’s race for the Bend-La Pine School Board. The campaign has become politically charged, and thr...

They never saw their age as a limitation. But what about the rest of us? Waiting in the lobby, your name is called. A nurse shows you to the examination room. Annual checkup. "How's it going, young man? How are you doing today, young lady?" What is it about those greetings that rub the wrong way? Patronizing? Saccharine? A thinly veiled sympathy card in acknowledgement of this disease called ageing? The reduction of the older individual to a generic? Imagine greeting President Joe Biden, Dolores Huerta, Harry Belafonte, Nancy Pelosi, Willie Nelson or Jane Fonda in this manner? (See S...

A long-planned permit system that will limit the number of people allowed to hike and camp in three of Oregon's most popular wilderness areas will go into effect for the spring and summer of 2021, the U.S. Forest Service announced Thursday.  The permit system was set to begin in 2020 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The system will require all campers and some day-hikers to get a special permit before entering the Three Sisters, Mount Jefferson and Mount Washington wilderness areas between May 28 and Sept. 24. Coming on the heels of a years-long process, the new system is aimed a...

New permits for Three Sisters, Mt. Jefferson on sale April 6. Here’s what you need to know Zach Urness, Salem Statesman Journal © Photo by Jeff Green / Dynamic Photography Broken Top Lake, also known as No Name Lake, has been closed to camping following overuse in the Three Sisters Wilderness. After years of debate and controversy, a new permit system designed to limit crowds in three of Oregon’s most popular wilderness areas kicks off April 6.   That’s when the first batch of permits required to enter the Mount Jefferson, Three Sisters and Mount Washington wildernes...