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Lawmakers React to Trump-Putin Summit

Merkley, Wyden and Republican colleagues blast the president’s remarks in Finland
Chris Miller

After Monday’s meeting between leaders of two of the world’s superpowers, in which President Trump condemned the Justice Department and accepted the explanation of a hostile foreign leader over the findings of his own intelligence agencies, reactions from Oregon’s two senators were unflattering. “President Trump is repeatedly siding with a dictator over his own government […]

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The Eviction Mill

Lessons learned from a day spent in Deschutes County eviction court
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

At first, the falling snow brought joy. Stephanie Williams’ kids gleefully scampered outside, throwing snowballs in front of their southeast Bend duplex. “It was so great to see them so happy,” says Williams, “But then I thought, if they cancel school how will I pay for daycare? I knew I couldn’t afford for them to […]

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Cannabis Sales Languish in Tax-ifornia

Josh Jardine

California activated its recreational Adult Use cannabis program on Jan. 1, and as the nation’s most populous and prosperous state, expectations were “high.” (Get it? Like when you use cannabis, is the joke. #thisisgonnabeagreatcolumn.) The state would prosper greatly, raising abundant tax revenue, and the fact that ‘it’s gonna be great, so great you guys!’ […]

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Local Electeds Call for Boddie to Step Down

Accusations against City Councilor and House 54 candidate prompt community leaders to speak out
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Accusations against City Councilor and House 54 candidate, Dr. Nathan Boddie, are prompting at least one of his fellow city councilors—and others—to call for him to step down. Oregon Public Broadcasting released a story July 6 in which Moey Newbold, a local woman who works for Central Oregon LandWatch, said Boddie groped her at a bar […]

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Trump Pardons Hammonds

The two Oregon ranchers’ sentences were the catalyst for the armed Malheur takeover
Chris Miller

On July 10, the president signed Executive Grants of Clemency for Dwight Lincoln Hammond Jr. and son Steven Hammond, previously given five-year prison sentences for starting fires in eastern Oregon on Bureau of Land Management land in 2012. The Hammonds’ 2015 sentencing led to the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January […]

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New Rooms at the Inn

Bethlehem Inn moves into its new building and even joins the Tour of Homes to show off its new spaces for displaced people
Jaclyn Brandt

With a housing shortage, high rents and hundreds of people moving to Bend each month, it’s inevitable that some will be left out. According to the Portland State University Population Research Center, there were 3,265 new residents to the city in 2017, an increase of 3.8 percent in a single year. The Bethlehem Inn is […]

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Sanctuary?

An initiative that may head to the November ballot would reverse current immigration law
Chris Miller

On July 9, over 20 people holding signs that read “Oregonians united against profiling” gathered near the steps of the Deschutes County Courthouse to speak out against efforts to get rid of Oregon’s “sanctuary law.” Deschutes District Attorney John Hummel, Noah Goldberg-Jaffe of the Oregon AFL-CIO, Bend Lutheran minister Erika Spaet and Rural Organizing Project […]

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Sunriver Police Looking for Missing Man

Raul Rodriguez’ family is concerned about his welfare
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Sunriver Police say a local man has not been seen since July 3, and they’re asking people to be on the lookout. Cops say Raul Arturo Rodriguez was last seen July 3. They believe he left home on July 4, driving his 1990 Nissan pickup. Rodriguez’ family hasn’t heard from him since, and they’re worried […]

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Starbucks is Ditching the Plastic Straw

The company says new recyclable lids will replace single use plastic straws by 2020
Chris Miller

Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks announced on July 9 it will phase out plastic straws from its worldwide stores by 2020, a decision Starbucks says will eliminate over 1 billion single-use straws per year. Starbucks said the replacement is a recyclable lid designed by Emily Alexander, an engineer in Global Research and Development at the coffee […]

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