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For the past 23 years, Central Oregonians have looked to us to share with them the “good stuff” coming out of our community. In addition to maintaining the most robust and comprehensive events calendar in the region, our newsroom is proud to bring locals deeper dives into the issues that mean the most—from housing to […]
You guys, wasn’t this latest Republican walkout THE BEST? I mean, we’ve been waiting a long time to do away with that pesky thing we call democracy, haven’t we? We may routinely tell minorities in society that they should just buck up and assimilate… that they should just adhere to the melting-pot theory and lie […]
Maybe it’s our Wild West mentality. Maybe it’s our sense of individuality and our can-do attitudes. Or maybe we’re just stuck in a system that has most of us on the hamster wheel, working to pay for housing that is more expensive than the wages our region currently supports. But whatever its origins, now is […]
The area just east of Bend’s downtown, dubbed the Bend Central District, has long been heralded as the area holding the most promise for redevelopment, and for adding more housing and commercial space close to the center of town. But in the few years since the City of Bend adopted special development standards for that […]
Big problems require big moves. We have no doubt that legislative action to help curb Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions is the right thing to do—and that the time is now to take action. But as the Oregon Legislative Assembly slides into its third week in a short session that lasts just five weeks, we have […]
For the past several years, officials from the Deschutes and Willamette National Forests have been engaged in a process aimed at managing overuse in the Mt. Jefferson, Mt. Washington, and Three Sisters wilderness areas. We’ve known since last year that a day-use permit system, with a cap in the number of users per day, was […]
Central Oregonians have been painfully aware of the extent of the housing crisis for years. As the community began to emerge from the Great Recession, locals began to understand that the flip side of “bust” is “boom”—and that “boom,” for a lot of people, translated into a housing affordability problem and a growing population of […]
Right now, the search is underway for the next superintendent for Bend-La Pine Schools. With roughly 18,700 students in three towns in a region that continues to see astronomical population growth, there’s no doubt that the next head of our local public schools system should be a dynamic leader, ready to tackle growth, building schools, […]
For the first time in over two decades, voters in the 2nd Congressional District of Oregon can be sure they will elect a new person to represent them in the U.S. House, following Rep. Greg Walden’s announcement that he would not seek re-election. Walden, who first won the seat in 1998, has been the target […]
Last week, the Bend City Council initially voted in favor of putting the smaller of two proposed transportation bond packages before voters during the May election, aiming to tackle some of the most pressing and overdue transportation-related problems in Bend. While the Council still has another vote before them before voters would see that bond […]
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