The People to Whitey Bulger: Can you hear me now? Today, relatives of victims killed by Whitey Bulger will face the mob boss in a Boston federal court. Don’t do it! The White House has warned Congress that slapping new sanctions on Iran could ruin any hope of nuclear negotiations and launch the U.S. into […]
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I Can’t Even Check the Weather! Thanks Government Shutdown!
Wondering if there’s rain in today’s forecast? Don’t expect NOAA, the federal weather agency, to give you any tips. Their website is down (see below), and serves as yet another reminder of the enormous reach of the current government shutdown—the first in 17 years. Dang. Nearly 800,000 government employees are now sitting at home or […]
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City Council Revisits Downtown Building Heights, Approves Limited Variance for First Reading
The lot adjacent to bend Brewing Company remains empty due to lack of developer interest. Property owners say a height variance would give them more options. Source Weekly file photo. “Oregonians hate two things,” Councilor Victor Chudowsky said, referencing a quote from former Metro Executive Officer Mike Burton that appeared in National Geographic magazine. “They […]
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Riverside/Galveston/Tumalo Closure Sparks Safety, Business Concerns
Residents says drivers aren’t following the intended detour. Image via City of Bend. The intersection at Northwest Riverside Boulevard, Galveston Avenue, and Northwest Tumalo Avenue is only two days into a two month construction closure, but area residents and business owners are already over it. At the Sept. 4 Bend City Council meeting, the visitor’s […]
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Oh, Safeway!
I love your selection of yogurts (thank you, Safeway for carrying big tubs of the Tillamook vanilla bean) and, truly, you-all have a pretty decent florist, but . . . you’ve been polluting on us? Oh no. The EPA announced today what they called a settlement of “the largest number of facilities ever under the […]
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Community Bill of Rights
We’re not sure whether this is grab the pitchforks-and-torches meeting, or a more pleasant let’s-help-each-other-out-with-their-vegetable-beds, this evening is intriguing “Community Bill of Rights Workshop.” Paul Cienfuegos identifies himself as “the West Coast’s leading community rights activist” (although his website doesn’t do much to explain that claim; er, 1000Fires.com) and says he will explain how local […]
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Oregonian Cuts Home Delivery To Four Days a Week
Stop the presses! The Oregonian, Oregon’s oldest and largest daily newspaper is cutting circulation. A press release this morning announced that the paper would still have a daily edition available on newsstands, but that home delivery will be cut from seven, to four days a week: Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with a Saturday edition “bonus” […]
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Flowers? For me!
I don’t know that I’ve ever been brought flowers before. Usually when I hear someone enter the building and ask for the Editor, I hide. In the past it has been spitting mad readers or upset musicians. But this morning, Michael Ludeman Earth’s Art simply wanted to introduce himself and his Earth’s Art, a gardening […]
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More Salt in Wound for Tourism Feud
HERE’S THE SITUATION: A lot of hotel owners, like Wayne Purcell of the Riverhouse and others who own properties on Third Street, are pretty ticked at the city tonight. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED FIRST: Last February, Visit Bend and a group of other hoteliers came to the city asking to take a measure to the ballot […]
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Police Chief Proposes Bold Mass Shooting Prevention Plan
In the last few years, police officers have heard terrible threats from students in Bend schools, which, if carried out, would cause the devastating havoc seen around the nation in mass shooting incidents. One child hearing voices telling him to steal an officer’s gun then shoot children. Another teenager saying he is the next Sandy […]