Bend firefighters responded to a fire in the Broken Top neighborhood this afternoon. The blaze, which was climbing up the side of the duplex at 61701 Bridge Creek Rd., damaged the exterior of the unit, according to Battalion Chief David Howe. The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation “The Bend Fire Department […]
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Bend 2030 and COBA ask City Council to broaden gas tax discussion
In a joint letter sent to Bend City Council earlier today, community visioning group Bend 2030 and the Central Oregon Builders’ Association ask Council to consider street funding options beyond a gas tax. At the August 5 Council meeting, four City Councilors voted in support of putting a gas tax on the March ballot and […]
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Downtown Bend Business Association welcomes Albany’s Rod Porsche as new director
Last May, we talked to Chuck Arnold about his tenure as executive director of the Downtown Bend Business Association and his plans for the future. Today, the DBBA has officially announced Arnold’s replacement: former director of the Albany Downtown Association, Rod Porsche. “I’m incredibly excited to be joining the Downtown Bend Business Association and look […]
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Bend-La Pine Schools to hold public meeting about future of Troy Field
In order to move forward with its sale of Troy Field to a developer, Bend-La Pine Schools will first have to apply for a zoning change. The 0.8-acre property currently has a Public Facilities designation. The district is hoping to have that changed to Commercial Limited. The next step in that process is a public […]
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Legal weed coming to a dispensary near you October 1
It’s official. Legal weed limbo will end on October 1, when the medical marijuana dispensaries will be permitted to sell some cannabis products. Gov. Kate Brown quietly signed the bill into law on Monday, according to the Oregon Legislative record. Her office has not yet released a statement about the signing. Currently, it is legal […]
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Are you our new editor?
When I graduated from college more than 20 years ago, I made a beeline from Vermont to San Francisco with a dream of becoming a writer. I was an English major, with a head full of Chaucer, Milton, and Shakespeare (chocolate milkshake, we called it), but very little sense about what working for a newspaper or […]
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OPINION: Bulletin editorial ignores the facts about transgender youth
Editor’s note: Earlier this week, the Bulletin published an editorial urging the Oregon Health Evidence Review Commission or the state legislature to change the age of medical consent for treatments related to gender transition. Jenn Burleton, executive director of Portland-based TransActive Gender Center (which provides advocacy and support for families with transgender and gender non-conforming children), says that […]
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Interview: Bend Police Chief Jim Porter on the expansion of the civil exclusion zone
The Bend City Council recently approved an ordinance expanding the civil exclusion zone to cover downtown. We talked to Bend Police Chief Jim Porter to get the inside scoop on how the ordinance came about and how police plan to execute it. Source Weekly: Where and how did the conversation about expanding the civil exclusion […]
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Bend-La Pine Schools accepts $1.9 million offer on Troy Field
The Bend-La Pine School Board has accepted a $1.9 million offer on its Troy Field property in downtown Bend. The 0.8 acre patch of grass on NW Bond’s sale to Portland-based Brownstone Development is contingent on the removal of the public facilities designation, according to Brian Fratzke of Fratzke Commercial, who brokered the sale. The school […]
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OSU-Cascades plans to break ground on 10-acre campus by month’s end
OSU-Cascades announced today that it plans to begin construction on the contested 10-acre westside campus once it receives the necessary permits from the City. Officials say they anticipate getting permits for construction activities such as excavation and tree removal during the last week of June. Though citizen-led opposition group Truth in Site has indicated it plans […]