Editorial

In a city where a burger without fries is around $18 and costs seem to be rising for residents every day, it’s tough to go whole-hog on the notion of a transportation fee being tacked on to Bend residents’ water and sewer bills, to the tune of around $180 per year. The City of Bend […]

In July, the Cannabis Industry Alliance of Oregon and other individual farmers set out to end a new rule that was causing concern in the industry. An Oregon Health Authority rule that began in March required testing of the marijuana flower for aspergillus, a common fungus — and to either toss that flower out or […]

For some Republicans (and one Independent) in the Oregon State Senate, the writing is on the wall: Voters wanted them at work. When they didn’t show up 10 times this past legislative session, they were deemed ineligible to run again. There’s a good chance if current legislation holds, they’re out of a job. For legislators […]

In the City of Bend, leaders recognize that in order to offer sound governance, you’re going to have to lay down some cash. City Manager Eric King earns a healthy salary that’s well over $200,000 a year. Many other city jobs pay at least six figures. These are the salaries that allow Bend to attract, […]

This week’s issue delves into artificial intelligence in a way that so far, this newspaper has not yet explored. Indeed, perhaps we’re late to the party, but here we are. We created this week’s cover — a portion of the paper that encourages people to pick it up off the stands and read a while […]

After the years of Black Lives Matter protests and a focus on police accountability that we’ve experienced recently, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office has faced what we could characterize as less than its fair share of scrutiny. Perhaps that’s because its reputation of corruption and unfair retaliation has been largely targeted toward employees, rather than […]

Plenty of people outside of Oregon assume our fair state is as blue as the Pacific Ocean – but those who live here know better. The gradient of blue starts to mellow as you go east, until you reach the Idaho border, where the hues tend to go bright red. Here in Central Oregon, sorta […]