Chris Miller

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Bend City Council Fills Open Seat

Chris Piper, vice president of a marketing company, will fill the seat for the next two years
Chris Miller

The Bend City Council voted 4-2 on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to appoint businessman and registered Republican Chris Piper to the vacant council spot for the next two years. The position opened after Sally Russell became Bend’s first directly elected mayor. The Council previously met Monday, Jan. 14 to tackle the issue, but was unable to […]

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Hogan’s Hoagie Stop

A cart that may bring back your love of sandwiches
Chris Miller

Bend has many sandwich shops, and most of them will deliver a basic sandwich with bread, meats piled directly in the center and spreads like mayo and mustard doled out willy-nilly. At Hogan’s Hoagie Stop, you’ll get a sandwich that might keep you up at night, waiting for tomorrow’s lunch, when you can try another. […]

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Deschutes County’s First Century Farm

The Rastovich Family Farm celebrates 100 years of farming in the high desert
Chris Miller

On Sept. 19, 1919, George and Anna Rastovich took advantage of the Homesteaders Act to start a 40-acre farm on what’s now called Rastovich Road on Bend’s east side. The Rastoviches immigrated to the U.S. from Yugoslavia in the early 1900s, got married in Spokane, Wash., and had three children before the promise of free […]

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New Development Zone to Help Mitigate Fire Danger

The Deschutes County Commissioners voted for the new Westside Transect Zone, which will limit development on private land
Chris Miller

During its meeting on Jan. 16, the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners voted to approve a new zone on the west side of Bend specifically designed to limit wildfire risk in a new housing development. The Westside Transect Zone will limit development to a maximum of 187 homes on nearly 700 acres between Bend’s city […]

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St. Charles Nurses Reach Tentative Agreement

Informational picket it canceled; nurses to vote on ratifying the new contract
Chris Miller

After a marathon negotiation session that lasted two days, the Oregon Nurses Association and St. Charles Medical Center reached a tentative agreement on a new four-and-a-half year contract for St. Charles hospital nurses.  “This agreement is a win for our community’s health,” David Hilderbrand, ONA bargaining unit chair and registered nurse said in a press […]

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Skate Skiing 101

When looking for the best all-around winter fitness sport, this might just be it
Chris Miller

I was a little apprehensive pulling into the West Village parking lot at Mt. Bachelor for my first skate skiing lesson. I hadn’t been on cross-country skis since Zima was a thing. Following the very fit, spandex-clad people toward the entrance of the Nordic Center, I wondered exactly what I’d gotten myself into. Skate skiing is […]

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SNAP Benefits Issuing Early

DHS offering food benefits ahead of schedule in light of govt. shutdown
Chris Miller

The partial federal government shutdown prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ask states to issue February’s benefits early for people who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food security. The 615,405 Oregonians currently enrolled in SNAP will see their next monthly allocation by Jan. 20, according to a press release from […]

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Court Shoots Down OHV Trails in the Ochocos

Environmental groups call it a big win for elk and other habitat
Chris Miller

The fight over a proposed off-road vehicle route system in the Ochoco Mountains looks like it’s at an end, after U.S. District Court Judge Marco Hernandez ruled the U.S. Forest Service failed to satisfy its legal obligation to study wildlife impacts. Central Oregon LandWatch brought a legal challenge in federal court over the proposed 137-mile […]

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St. Charles Nurses May Picket

ONA and St. Charles haven’t reached an agreement, which could spark a labor shutdown
Chris Miller

Nearly all the nurses at St. Charles Health System—Central Oregon’s largest health care provider—voted to endorse an informational picket if they can’t agree with their employer on a tentative work agreement before Jan. 21. According to Lydia Hallay, an organizer for the Oregon Nurses Association—representing nurses throughout Oregon—there are currently only two more scheduled days […]

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