Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: The pace at which life is changing for each and every one of us is astounding. For me, this entire experience feels like a tsunami. My imaginative brain can even hear its roar. The message I’d like to share this week echoes the ones found on our Letters page, where we’ve made space […]

Editor’s note: Gov. Brown wasn’t kidding when she said that right now, “Days feel like weeks.” Just hours after we put our last issue on stands, we got the news no one in Central Oregon wanted to hear: COVID-19 is here in our community. It seems like weeks have passed since that announcement, and in […]

Editor’s note: Beer. And coronavirus. And the Republican walkouts. And beer. This might be a small sampling of what goes through my mind as we’re planning a special issue—like the Beer Issue—in the midst of some big news stories happening in our state. Our special issues let us shine a light on things our community […]

Editor’s note: Late last year, the folks at the Bend Chamber, along with myself and our publisher, Aaron Switzer, sat down for a meeting of the minds. We both had Women of the Year awards—so we wanted to explore merging our efforts into one. The Chamber has the backing and the name recognition in the […]

Editor’s note: Several months ago, a press release came across my desk, alerting us to a stat regarding the Bend/Sunriver area being the nation’s fourth-highest area per capita for short-term rentals. That was interesting enough—and it was reported elsewhere—but the release didn’t paint the full picture. With an audit forthcoming and Airbnb guarded about its […]

Editor’s note: It’s no secret that the word “growth” has been, and continues to be, the word that defines Central Oregon most succinctly. It plays out in our coverage this week in a few ways; in Laurel Brauns’ feature story that checks in on progress within Bend’s Central District and Core Area, for one. It’s […]

Editor’s note: Some of you might have heard of the term “solutions journalism.” The Ground Truth Project, which has a mission of serving “under-covered corners” of the U.S., defines solutions journalism as “focusing on what works, and how it’s done.” Other definitions of solutions journalism include shining a light on the ideas and actions intended […]