What’s in your junk drawer of outdated gadgets? Mine holds a digital camera, two iPod nanos and a shuffle, a broken portable DVD player and dozens of chargers. Piles of electronic waste keep growing, even as devices get smaller and faster. But the movement to manage e-waste is growing, too. The worry about e-waste Producing […]
Phase one of a project aimed at making some streets safer for Bend pedestrians and cyclists will start this month. At its March 20 meeting, the Bend City Council voted unanimously to authorize Big Schatz Construction to build phase one of the Neighborhood Greenways project—a four-phase project that addresses the 2017 Council’s Goal Number 2: […]
New charitable pharmacy ensures diabetes patients get their insulin With over 30 years in the pharmacy industry, Julie Dewsnup wanted to do more to help people living with diabetes. After opening a diabetes education care center and nonprofit pharmacy nine months ago, Dewsnup wanted to continue to make it easier for patients to receive their […]
Gov. Kate Brown kicked off preparations for the 2020 Census in Oregon Monday, proclaiming April 1, 2020 as Census Day. Census counters will begin knocking on doors and sending letters to U.S. homes as early as January next year. Counting people in Central Oregon will likely reveal what many already know: The area has experienced […]
Bev Clarno of Redmond will be Oregon’s new Secretary of State. Governor Kate Brown’s office announced the appointment today, following the death of Dennis Richardson Feb. 26. Richardson had suffered from brain cancer. During her career, Clarno, a Republican, has served as a state legislator representing Redmond, working as both Speaker of the House as […]
Housing Bill Gets a Slight Remodel Cities remain wary of a legislative proposal that would require many of them to open the way for townhouses and small apartment buildings in neighborhoods filled with single-family homes, even after changes meant to ease them into it. Gov. Kate Brown and House Speaker Tina Kotek have promised to […]
At its March 20 meeting, the Bend City Council approved its two-year goal package for the City. The 2019-2021 goals fall into four categories: Economic Vitality: Including housing, jobs and managing growth. The City’s strategies in this goal seek to increase opportunities for additional housing and housing types like affordable housing and land for employment […]
As a one-time partner at a law firm representing cannabis and hemp entrepreneurs, I faced many of the same challenges as my clients. In other law firms, you bill a client monthly, draw from that client’s trust account to cover your expenses and send an invoice to your client. Not so when you’re representing weed […]
Spring is officially here, and many are eager for warmer temps and melting snow. Along with the anticipation of seeing green grass again, the change of seasons commences the time for cleaning and home maintenance or improvements. If you’re prepping your house to get it ready to be sold—or simply doing some necessary maintenance or […]
On March 12, President Trump signed the public lands bill— formally known as S. 47, or the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, into law. The Act, formerly known as the National Resources Management Act—includes the Oregon Wildlands Act. Included in this large piece of legislation was a new wilderness designation for […]
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