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Bend City Council Announces Appointee Process

The Council seeks to fill newly elected mayor Sally Russell’s remaining two years as a councilor
Chris Miller

After Sally Russell takes her newly elected position as Bend’s mayor, it will leave the City Council absent one councilor. That spot will soon be filled by a Council appointee.  According to the City of Bend, the city charter requires that a vacancy on the Council be filled within 30 days of declaring the vacancy […]

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Election 2018

Waves of Red and Blue… and White? Before you vote this election, think beyond party lines
The Source Staff

**LOOKING FOR ELECTION RESULTS? GO HERE. ** Talk to any candidate about their confidence in any given race, and chances are—even in the races that seem the surest wins—they’ll tell you they’re not holding their breath about winning. Party-line politics might play big in other parts of the state, but here in Central Oregon, a […]

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City Council Votes to Censure Boddie

Five members vote on reprimand for controversial councilor and House 54 candidate
Chris Miller

The Bend City Council has made a move to publicly reprimand one of its own. During Wednesday’s City Council meeting, Councilor Barb Campbell read a motion to censure Councilor Nathan Boddie, whose term ends in January and is running for Oregon House District 54. Councilors voted 5 to zero to censure Boddie. (Mayor Casey Roats was […]

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OSU-Cascades Gets State Bond

The university beat its goal of raising $10 million from private donors
Chris Miller

Oregon State University-Cascades will be growing. The university announced June 28 it received over $10 million in private gifts, exceeding the philanthropic match required for state bond money for the next academic building on the Bend campus. These gifts—including private donations from the Tykeson Family Foundation, Charles McGrath and anonymous sources—combined with the $39 million […]

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Urban Renewal for Central Bend?

A movement toward tax increment financing and an urban renewal area to help grow the city’s central district
Chris Miller

According to Portland State University’s Population Resource Center, Bend’s population is predicted to be over 130,000 by 2035, and nearly 200,000 by the year 2065. In a town that’s roughly 33 square miles, the challenge is already apparent these days: where to house all the people? Expanding the Urban Growth Boundary—approved by the Oregon Department […]

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New Year, New Ideas.

A guide to what’s on the docket for 2018, #inBend.
Avatar photo Magdalena Bokowa

When sorting through the various projects, initiatives and ideas for the upcoming year, a common theme emerges: out with glamourous investments (waterpark, anyone?) and back to basics—the critical systems that make a city run. You know, the not-so-sexy stuff, like roads. With an estimated six people moving to Bend each day, an increase of 6,000 […]

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