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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Staff Picks are chosen by our staff! Even though this issue plays up the Greek theme, this is not Athens (the birthplace of democracy) and no one voted in these categories. Our team of titans just chose them, to be cheeky. That is all. Best Smoke Spot: Bend is a stoner’s delight By Julianna LaFollette […]
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Firefighters Respond to Brush Fire A small brush fire in Bend, adjacent to Empire Avenue and the northbound Parkway onramp, was reported around 3pm on Aug. 11. When responders arrived, the fire was about ¼ acre in the brush just east of the onramp. With assistance from the Forest Service and Oregon Department of Forestry […]
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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, […]
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Bend Power Customers Experience Outages Nearly 5,000 Pacific Power customers in Bend experienced power outages on Aug. 6 at about 9am. According to the Pacific Power operations team, the power outage occurred after a squirrel got into its substation serving the Bend area and caused some damage, resulting in a blown fuse. Power was restored […]
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A Land Swap 20 Years in the Making Could Result in Another Managed Camp. It’s a Good Plan — If It Can Be Done
It would be a shame to see the holdup here be a lack of someone to actually do the work on the ground
Right now, a land swap deal between the Oregon Department of State Lands and Deschutes County, underway for 20 years, is nearing completion. The deal will swap some 137 acres of county land near East Antler Avenue in Redmond for 140 acres of state lands south of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, which […]
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Mt. Bachelor Open New Mixed-Use Trail A new mixed-use trail at Mt. Bachelor, Evergreen, opens Aug. 1. Mt. Bachelor plans to hold a grand opening of the trail at 11:30am, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, giveaways, free drink tokens and guided hikes at the top of the trail. The new trail marks the first designated easy […]
