Jack Harvel

English philosopher John Locke argued the three inalienable rights are life, liberty and property. People’s Rights Oregon 5, the local branch of the national right-wing activist group formed by Ammon Bundy, asserted the third of those rights this past week when it closed on a 2.75-acre property in Terrebonne. The property includes two rental homes, […]

On Aug. 14 St. Charles announced it may stop accepting Medicare Advantage Plans as early as this fall after the hospital system conducts a review. In Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties, about 26,000 people are on Medicare Advantage plans, which is over 40% of total Medicare enrollees. St. Charles said it’s considering the change due […]

The Juniper Creek Fire ignited on Sunday about 16 miles northeast of Sisters and quickly grew to over 100 acres. On Monday evening, the Oregon Department of Forestry said the fire was 75% contained and that firefighters are doing mop-up operations — which consist of cooling the fire’s perimeter by extinguishing hotspots and removing unburnt […]

Deschutes County Commissioner Patti Adair reversed a decision to amend the county’s code to ban new destination resorts in most of Deschutes County. Central Oregon LandWatch presented the code changes to the county, which would opt the county into a state statute that bars the development of resorts that include residential housing within 24 miles […]

On Aug. 7 the Central Oregon Drug Enforcement Team arrested a man suspected of trafficking fentanyl to homeless encampments along China Hat Road. Three days later CODE arrested a La Pine woman who is accused of distributing fentanyl around Deschutes and Klamath counties. In both cases, press releases about the arrests included information about House […]