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Forty years ago, Lynn Jarvis and I joined a very small group of women attorneys in the Central Oregon area. The landscape of the legal profession has definitely changed over those four decades. Estimates are now that over 50 percent of law students are female. When I was in law school in the ’70s, it […]
Dennis Richardson, Oregon’s Secretary of State passed away Feb. 26 after a long battle with cancer. Many politicians remember him today.
SB 608 passed today with a 35-25 vote, giving Oregonians statewide renters protection.
People driving in downtown Bend nearly any time of the year have to face cars or trucks that don’t quite fit into the parking stall. When the snow comes down heavy—like it has this week—cars that don’t fit into the slots create a bigger hazard. The City of Bend encourages people to park in the […]
Monday’s storm closed the Redmond Municipal Airport when heavy snow damaged the Instrument Landing System, airport officials said. The airport will be closed until at least 9 am Wednesday, depending on the weather. The National Weather Service is predicting a 30 percent chance of snow at Redmond Airport after 10am Tuesday. Tuesday night there’s a […]
Heavy snow hit much of Oregon Sunday night and into Monday, closing schools and causing headaches on the roadways. The 12.5 inches that fell over the last 24-hour period set a new record in Bend. The prior record for February 25 was 4.0 inches, set in 1917, according to information from the National Weather Service. […]
On Feb. 22, Central Oregon Community College Board of Directors named Dr. Laurie Chesley at its top pick to replace outgoing president, Dr. Shirley Metcalf, who’s served as president since 2014. Currently, Chesley works as the provost and executive vice president for academic and student affairs at Grand Rapids Community College in Grand Rapids, Mich. […]
On Feb. 12, the Redmond City Council and the Deschutes County Commissioners took concurrent actions to pass ordinances to bring 949 acres inside the Redmond Urban Growth Boundary for future industrial zone development. Of the nearly 1,000 acres, 140 will be dedicated to expansion of the Deschutes County Fairgrounds and 20 acres will go to […]
Flint, Mich. might be considered the modern-day poster child for contaminated water; images of murky brown fluids, pouring out of taps like chocolate pudding, splattered all over the news. Then-President Barack Obama called a state of emergency over the city’s water supply. Children contracted mysterious illnesses. Lead, byproducts of disinfectants and a cancer-causing slurry of […]
The situation at the U.S.-Mexican border is something that most Americans are aware of, but seeing it in person brings the reality home in a whole new way. That’s what one Bend woman says after volunteering on the Mexican side of the border. Kathryn Olney works as a trial counsel for SAIF Corporation in Bend. […]
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