Guest Opinion: The Real Triple Crown of Economic, FireFighting, and Environmental Benefits By Dominick A. DellaSala and Rick Martinson Senator Ron Wyden’s (D-OR) recently introduced “Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act” claims to “build[s] much-needed federal support for that triple crown of economic, firefighting, and environmental goals.” We find it ill-advised to promote logging […]
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A Citizen Initiative, Doomed Before it Started
In November 2020, a citizen initiative in Oregon got the whole country talking
In November 2020, a citizen initiative in Oregon got the whole country talking. Oregon voters, determined to champion a more compassionate version of addressing the drug crisis, voted in favor of Measure 110, the landmark drug decriminalization and treatment bill. It passed with 58% of the vote. What followed could be described as nothing short […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/19/2023
A letter to the Bend-La Pine School Board The unions affiliated with the Central Oregon Labor Chapter represent several thousand workers in both the private sector and public sector, including members of Chapter #6 of the Oregon School Employees Association. While the Bend Education Association is not in the AFL-CIO, their members are our allies […]
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Heaven Help the Agency That Eschews Winter Plowing
Damned if you do tax and damned if you don’t
Take to social media to get your news and you’re sure to find any number of inane or oddball views of any situation in Central Oregon. This week, after the Oregon Department of Transportation announced that it would operate on a reduced snow-plowing schedule this winter due to budget shortfalls, the internet erupted in a […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/12/2023
Cranes, Planes and AutoBikes “Look up in the sky and on the roads, it’s…the end of Bend as we knew it!” Most Central Oregon Bendocratsplants (yes, make it official) have seen cranes before, and surely a big jet airliner lumbering along for a landing. E-bikes, well, aside from the teens hogging the river trail, are […]
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In Redmond, Action on Managed Camps. In Bend, More Meetings
Redmond is getting it done; let’s hope Bend can, too
It’s not uncommon for people to balk at the notion of siting services for the unhoused near their homes. If anything is going to bring out the NIMBYs in a community, it’s the prospect of having shelters, RV sites or other services for a city’s most vulnerable placed in the vicinity of someone’s dwelling, office, […]
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Letters to the Editor 10/05/2023
RE: New Park Projects Aim to Improve River Access News, 9/21 Bend parks design team, We appreciate efforts to maintain our riverbanks in the face of increased summer use here in town and enjoy the water park and recent river improvements. The small concrete rock style protection and recent access additions near Farewell Bend park […]
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School Sports and the Altruism of Advertising
After the district’s decision to maintain the status quo for the time being, a sign promoting the company will once again go up on the scoreboard of the school’s stadium
Last month, several community members reached out to the Source Weekly and to representatives of the Bend-La Pine Schools district to share concerns around a local ammunition manufacturer’s very visible sponsorship of the football and soccer programs at Mountain View High School. After the district’s decision to maintain the status quo for the time being, […]
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Woeful Waters: Federal Leaders Shed Light on What Oregon Already Knows
While it’s encouraging to see that someone is sounding the alarm, it strikes us how late we are to the game
Earlier this year, a report from the Oregon Secretary of State’s office highlighted the fact that Oregonians around the state are dealing with water insecurity – described as the inability to “reliably and routinely access adequate, safe, and clean water to meet their needs.” The report detailed how state and local agencies and water regulators […]
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Letters to the Editor 09/28/2023
RE: BEND-LA PINE SCHOOLS REVIEWS POLICY AFTER SPORT SPONSORSHIP BACKLASH. NEWS, 9/21 From a quick glance at the Nosler product website, you can order the “Nosler 22” cartridge for your converted AR 15. (Then you can click on over to the AR-STONER website and order a 25 round capacity magazine for your Nosler 22’s.) The […]
