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Local Electeds Call for Boddie to Step Down

Accusations against City Councilor and House 54 candidate prompt community leaders to speak out
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Accusations against City Councilor and House 54 candidate, Dr. Nathan Boddie, are prompting at least one of his fellow city councilors—and others—to call for him to step down. Oregon Public Broadcasting released a story July 6 in which Moey Newbold, a local woman who works for Central Oregon LandWatch, said Boddie groped her at a bar […]

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Source Spotlight: Paul Dewey

The “kid from Kansas” continues his tireless quest to preserve the local environment
LeeAnn Kriegh

On the night of the presidential election, Paul Dewey admits he was deeply saddened and concerned about how the results would affect the world. The next morning, he responded the same way he has for more than 30 years — by going to work to protect the local environment. Dewey is the executive director of […]

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The Slipper 11/4-11/11

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The Promise of Growing Pains The process of revising Bend’s Urban Growth Boundary expansion proposal has been slow, but as the saying goes, good things come to those who wait. And it is starting to look like that will be the case. While there’s no way around the fact that planning for future growth is […]

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Captain Planet

Central Oregon LandWatch celebrates 30 years of fighting on the planet’s side
Corinne Boyer

In 1985, while Paul Dewey was taking care of horses on a ranch in Sisters, he caught wind of a proposal for a hydroelectric energy project that would eventually lead him to found the nonprofit he still runs today. The proposal called for the installation of pipes in nearby Whychus Creek, and foreseeing the potential […]

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Pipe Dreams

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For the past few years, the City of Bend has been trying to push forward a plan to replace the two pipelines that draw water from Bridge Creek and carry it 10 miles to a treatment center before entering into the pipes in town. One of the pipes was installed in the 1920s and the […]

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Farewell to Skyline Forest?

After a decade of conservation efforts, the forest’s sale casts doubt on future
Avatar photo Erin Rook

It’s a view that keeps building heights low and spirits high—the majestic, snow-capped Cascades, skirted by ponderosa forests. But the future of that view may be in jeopardy. That’s because the 33,000-acre swath of forestland west of Bend known as Skyline Forest—where Bendites mountain bike, hike, and ride horseback on user-created trails—doesn’t belong to the […]

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Fidelity Sells Skyline Forest to Singapore-Based Company, Future of Conservation Efforts Unknown

Avatar photo Erin Rook

Skyline Forest, the 33,000 square-acre swath of forest land northwest of Skyliners Road, has a new owner. Singapore-based company Whitefish Cascade Forest Resources, LLC, purchased the forest as part of an acquisition of 197,000 square acres of forest lands in Deschutes and Klamath counties previously owned by Fidelity Financial’s Cascade Timberlands. The sale is controversial because […]

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Side Notes 2/4-2/11

Avatar photo Erin Rook

Foster Fell v. City of Bend/City Attorney/City Recorder Local activist Foster Fell, represented by attorney and former representative Charlie Ringo, has re-filed his lawsuit challenging the election—and now certification—of City Councilor Casey Roats. Worth noting: Roats is no longer listed as a defendant, as he was in last year’s dismissed version of the lawsuit alleging […]

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Let it Flow

Federal judge pulls the plug on Bridge Creek pipeline lawsuit
Avatar photo Erin Rook

For the past year and a half, the now $30-$34 million Bridge Creek pipeline project has lain in wait, its completion stalled by persistent legal challenges. But last Friday, a federal judge turned the tap back on, permitting the project to move forward. “I was pleased but not surprised,” says Councilor Victor Chudowsky. “The most […]

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Take Me to the River

If the city is working toward water conservation, why are environmentalists so upset?
Avatar photo James Williams

During a special meeting on Friday, the Bend City Council, ostensibly, voted in favor of the environment when they pledged to limit drains on Bridge Creek, the city’s main water supply source. The small Tumalo Creek tributary remains at the center of a discussion about how to improve flows in the watershed, particularly in the […]

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