Janay Wright

Oregon

Audience Engagement and Features Reporter at The Bulletin (Bend, OR)

Articles

Bend gets its first Burgerville

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

Bend gets its first BurgervillePublished 10:30 am Friday, June 20, 2025Burgerville's first Central Oregon location hosts a grand opening Monday with a ribbon-cutting and gift cards for the restaurant's first 100 customers with a value of 52 of the brand's original cheeseburgers. The chain's 40th location is located in the building formerly home to Del Taco on the corner of Bend's Third Street and Wilson Avenue.
7 pizzerias worth a visit in Bend

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

7 pizzerias worth a visit in Bend, with styles ranging from New York to NeapolitanPublished 10:30 am Wednesday, June 18, 2025Pizza is personal. Our preferences are often shaped by our earliest experiences of the comfort food. I grew up eating a Neapolitan-style pizza topped with mushrooms, pepperoni, ham, green peppers, onions and shrimp. I haven't had anything like it in decades and part of me will always be searching for nostalgia for that pie associated with the happy memories of my childhood.
Ponderosa Players sold out its first three shows. 'Guys and Dolls' is next

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

Ponderosa Players sold out its first three shows. 'Guys and Dolls' is nextPublished 9:00 am Wednesday, June 18, 2025Ponderosa Players, a Central Oregon youth theater company that launched in 2023, has performed its first three productions to a sold-out crowd. Co-founders and directors Kisky Holwerda and Dash Conant expect tickets to sell out for their fourth show, "Guys and Dolls," which will be performed Wednesday through Saturday at The Hayshed, an outdoor venue north of Tumalo.
Memoir reveals one woman's story of redemption while river running

1 week ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

Memoir reveals one woman's story of redemption while river runningPublished 1:00 am Tuesday, June 17, 2025River rafting guide Bridget Crocker released "The River's Daughter" earlier this month, a debut memoir of how she found healing from generational cycles of trauma and poverty on the Snake River. Crocker's work delves into her relationship with the river with emotional complexity, an aspect often absent from narratives about river running, which have historically been penned by men.
Meet the Secret Waffle Society, a quirky food truck with a big heart

2 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

Meet the Secret Waffle Society, a quirky food truck with a big heartPublished 9:30 am Friday, June 13, 2025There's little digital footprint of the Secret Waffle Society, a food truck that opened on the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Bond Street earlier this year. However, it's hard to miss the truck with "best kept secret in Bend" emblazoned on one end while driving past the major intersection.
Wildflowers and epic vistas on Iron Mountain

2 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

Epic 360-degree vistas and colorful wildflowers among the rewards of hiking Iron MountainPublished 10:45 am Thursday, June 12, 2025It's strange to come across a wooden lookout with benches and informational signs after climbing over a thousand feet to the top of a mountain. But the platform atop Iron Mountain allows visitors to safely soak in the surrounding peaks with a 360-degree view, about an hour and a half drive west from Bend.
The Biggest Little Show in the World returns to a sold-out crowd

2 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

The Biggest Little Show in the World returns to a sold-out crowdPublished 9:45 am Thursday, June 12, 2025Tickets are sold out for Sisters Rodeo, which returns for its 85th anniversary Wednesday through Sunday. But for those interested in attending who have yet to purchase a ticket, a limited number of standing room tickets will be sold at the ticket booth on the same day of the performances.
El Sancho reopens east Bend taco shop after fire devastation

2 weeks ago | biztrib.com | Janay Wright

Published 11:00 pm Tuesday, June 10, 2025 When flames devastated El Sancho Taco Shop East on June 20, making it impossible to continue service for the foreseeable future, co-owner Joel Cordes looked at the charred walls and melted electrical sockets and was oddly unfazed. “Running a restaurant is really like overcoming a series of small disasters all the time, so when the big ones come, they don’t feel that bad,” he said.
El Sancho reopens east Bend taco shop after fire devastation

2 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

El Sancho reopens east Bend taco shop after fire devastationPublished 11:00 pm Tuesday, June 10, 2025When flames devastated El Sancho Taco Shop East on June 20, making it impossible to continue service for the foreseeable future, co-owner Joel Cordes looked at the charred walls and melted electrical sockets and was oddly unfazed. "Running a restaurant is really like overcoming a series of small disasters all the time, so when the big ones come, they don't feel that bad," he said.
Found objects bring history to life at Archaeology Roadshow

3 weeks ago | bendbulletin.com | Janay Wright

Found objects bring history to life at Archaeology RoadshowPublished 2:00 pm Thursday, June 5, 2025Portland State University's Archaeology Roadshow aims to make the historical past relevant through the examination of found objects. It started on the downtown Portland campus in 2012, at the same time Virginia Butler, professor of anthropology at the university, was shifting her focus from full-time research to splitting her time between research and public outreach.