Letters to the Editor

Gas Pumps and Pot 1. I would like to start a movement that gas pumps are not parking spots. Please be kind and thoughtful of others and once you have filled your tank, move to a parking spot to get food, restroom etc., so the next person can fill and go. Just because no one […]

RE: Big Screen Kenergy. Screen, 3/14 Regarding Jared Rasic’s “Big Screen Kenergy” (3/14), he mentioned director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar acceptance speech as the “best speech.” Rasic called it a “gut punch.” It certainly was. It was a gut punch to the memory of six million Jews who perished during the Holocaust and to the Jews, […]

Comments from a recent Ukraine rally It has been two years since viewing my mother’s village being bombed on a hotel jumbo screen on my Hawaiian vacation. In the middle of paradise, hell broke loose in front of me. Russia was invading Ukraine everywhere. I was watching Lviv, right on the border with Poland as […]

Jamie McLeod Skinner for CD-5 I have known Jamie McLeod Skinner since 2020 when I was the full-time (volunteer) Bend office manager for her Congressional District 2 campaign. That was a great vantage point for seeing how she interacted with staff and other volunteers, chatting with her, and learning about her experience and values. I […]

Correction: Last week’s story, “Over Bend’s Dead Bodies” was incorrectly labeled as News. It should have been labeled as Commentary. We regret the error. Guest Opinion: Ongoing Concentration of Poverty in Bend We are a group of concerned neighbors trying to shine a light on the issue of Economic Segregation in Bend. City of Bend […]

Guest Opinion: End the Suffering in Gaza The Bend Mayor Melanie Kebler and City Council’s letter regarding the humanitarian tragedy in Gaza was a courageous move. The letter urged Oregon’s lawmakers and President Biden, to intervene to ease the dire situation in Gaza. We, Central Oregon for a Free Palestine, are dedicated to a ceasefire […]

Misinformation To justify imposing the “Transportation Utility Fee” on all Bend residents and businesses, the City of Bend has consistently stated that “gas tax revenue is declining.” This is the Oregon Highway Fund that supplies about a third of Bend’s Street Operations budget. BUT the 10/2023 ODOT “City and County Apportionment forecast” CLEARLY shows that […]

Guest Opinion: Expanding Commissioners Years ago, while working as a reporter in Oregon, I was tasked with covering the county commissioners. At the time, I had very little understanding of who the county commissioners were or what their jobs entailed. Like a lot of voters, I trusted that these public servants were doing their best […]

Guest Opinion: Why aren’t we making our streets safer and more affordable? The logic is simple: wide roads encourage speeding, and fast streets are unsafe for people in and outside of vehicles. Higher speeds give drivers less time to react, require more time for the vehicles to slow down or stop and increase risk of […]

Corrections: In the Jan. 25 story, “Winter Wonders: Caring for Winter Hummingbirds,” the author recommended a 4:1 sugar-to-water ratio for hummingbird food; that was incorrect. It’s “water to sugar.” In the Jan. 25 story, “Dinner at the Hook & Plow,” the author mentioned eating swordfish. It was sturgeon. We regret the errors. Guest Opinion: Telling […]