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Thought Tree Codes are Tough? Wait Till Home Hardening Codes Happen.

When and where that happens, it might just make simple tree codes look like a day in the shade
by The Source Editorial Board

Take a quick glance at Bend’s new tree code and you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s a bit confusing. You can cut this number of trees at this diameter – or cut a certain percentage at a certain breast height… or just pay to cut down what you want. The ifs, ands or buts that […]

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Letters to the Editor 08/15/2024

by The Source Staff

Guest Opinion: Building Financial Resilience in Bend’s Changing Economy Over the past few decades, Bend has transformed from a hidden gem into a vibrant hub of culture, cuisine and concerts. With this growth, our community has also seen rising costs and real estate prices (3.6% in the last year alone) for those who call Bend […]

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Town Halls Offer a Chance at Humanity, Common Ground

Making a go of a place as divergent as Oregon’s 5th Congressional District was never going to be easy
by The Source Editorial Board

Here we go again: Another round of “empty chair town halls” that highlight our lack of representation by the person who represents us in Congress. Just like they did last year — and also reminiscent of the complaints of her predecessor Greg Walden — activists from the Indivisible network are calling for Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, […]

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Fire and Water are the Troubles of Our Time. Local Governments are Seeing the Clock Tick.

Local entities are beginning to see that there’s a role for them in righting the ship
by The Source Staff

Several years ago, the Source Weekly began an effort to uncover and publish the largest users of water in our communities. Our effort was focused on individual users, and ultimately, a local judge ruled that some users in the city did not have to disclose their usage to the public. We lost that fight, but […]

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Letters to the Editor 08/01/2024

by The Source Staff

Dysfunctional Democracy Kamala Harris has the credentials, the temperament and the vision to lead our country in the right direction if elected president, but regardless of her fitness for the presidency, the method of her ascent should cause concern for the integrity of our democracy. I do not fault Kamala Harris for following the rules […]

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A Land Swap 20 Years in the Making Could Result in Another Managed Camp. It’s a Good Plan — If It Can Be Done

It would be a shame to see the holdup here be a lack of someone to actually do the work on the ground
by The Source Editorial Board

Right now, a land swap deal between the Oregon Department of State Lands and Deschutes County, underway for 20 years, is nearing completion. The deal will swap some 137 acres of county land near East Antler Avenue in Redmond for 140 acres of state lands south of the Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, which […]

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The Ongoing Circus of the Traveling Library

Try to keep up as we outline what users of the Deschutes Public Library are going to experience in the coming years
by The Source Editorial Board

Try to keep up as we outline what users of the Deschutes Public Library are going to experience in the coming years. As we outlined in a news story last week, DPL is in the midst of building its big new “Central Library” on the far-east side of Bend – a location selected secondarily, after […]

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Letters to the Editor 07/18/24

by The Source Staff

RE: On E-Bikes In The Forest, Data Brings Clarity Opinion, 7/11 Based on articles like this, I’d say that there isn’t much hope for the future of humanity! It doesn’t take much brain-power to see that an e-bike allows one to travel much farther than one can on a regular mountain bike, which already allows […]

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