Little Lava Fire Grows East Fires in the Deschutes National Forest caused evacuation notices and closures near Mt. Bachelor and in Southern Deschutes County and northern Lake County. Due to significant growth of the Little Lava Fire, located near mt. Bachelor, on Sept. 9, evacuation areas have been updated. Evacuation areas for The Little Lava […]
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Vote Yes on Expanding County Commission from Three to Five Members
It’s that time again to prep for the upcoming election
It’s that time again — time for voters to do their due diligence in prep for the upcoming election and for our editorial board to begin rolling out our endorsements in measures and races that affect people’s lives in Central Oregon. We’ll begin endorsing candidates in next week’s paper. This week, we take a look […]
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A local effort to buy Mt. Bachelor A group of community members are looking to create a local effort to purchase Mt. Bachelor. On Aug. 22, POWDR Corporation, the current owners of Mt. Bachelor and several other ski resorts across the county, announced it will sell the resort. Central Oregon Daily reported Aug. 28 that […]
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Food and Music are Fun, but Endorsements are Still the Most Important Things We Do
For this editorial board, endorsements will remain one of the most important things we do for our community
This week, the first slate of candidates running in the November election will join us in our conference room for a longstanding tradition: We ask questions, they answer, and sometimes rebut what their opponents say. We record the whole thing for you to watch at your leisure. Not long after, we share our view on […]
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Is Local Control for Mt. Bachelor Even a Remote Possibility?
These are the big-dollar questions skiers and snowboarders in Central Oregon are pondering right now
The news that broke this week about the possible sale of Mt. Bachelor sent an avalanche of speculation barreling down on Bend. Could Mt. Bachelor once again be a locals’ mountain, owned by locals? The simultaneous news that one of the other resorts owned by POWDR, Killington Ski Resort in Vermont, was purchased by a […]
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New Changes Along U.S. 97 A U.S. 97 Business connector road opened on Aug. 22, offering a new route to the shopping areas along the highway on Bend’s north side. The section of road directly connects 3rd Street, just north of the Empire intersection to Business 97. U.S. 97 and U.S. 20 are primary routes […]
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City of Bend Seeks Input for Street Safety Project The City of Bend will hold an open house on Aug. 22 from 4-6pm, inviting the community to learn more about the Franklin Avenue Safety Project. The project aims to improve access for walking, biking and rolling on Franklin Avenue, between Harriman Street and Fifth Street. […]
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Thought Tree Codes are Tough? Wait Till Home Hardening Codes Happen.
When and where that happens, it might just make simple tree codes look like a day in the shade
Take a quick glance at Bend’s new tree code and you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a bit confusing. You can cut this number of trees at this diameter – or cut a certain percentage at a certain breast height… or just pay to cut down what you want. The ifs, ands or buts that […]
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Best of Central Oregon 2024
Going for Gold with the titans of Central Oregon
It’s August, and as we write this, eyeballs are glued to TV screens around the world, watching the titans of sport show off their athletic prowess. But once the Summer Olympic Games end on Aug. 11, it will be time, once again, for the titans of Central Oregon to emerge victorious — sharing their Herculean […]
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Town Halls Offer a Chance at Humanity, Common Ground
Making a go of a place as divergent as Oregon’s 5th Congressional District was never going to be easy
Here we go again: Another round of “empty chair town halls” that highlight our lack of representation by the person who represents us in Congress. Just like they did last year — and also reminiscent of the complaints of her predecessor Greg Walden — activists from the Indivisible network are calling for Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, […]