Guest Opinion The Canary and The Coal Mine I am deeply honored by the voters of Bend-La Pine for their confidence in me as a School Board Member. I look forward to the next four years, developing agency, belonging and equity in our schools. Rather than wait to be sworn in, I am starting that […]
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire
The Central Oregon wildfire season is off to a quick start
Summer in Bend often means putting up with smoke from wildfires that burn in Oregon—and this year is no different. On July 22 at about noon, fire spotters reported a fire 8 miles south of Bend. The Bessie Butte fire quickly exploded to 50 acres before crews halted its movement with a dozer line around […]
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Shooting, Dumping and Cleaning Up
Another purge effort for China Hat—and a push to change rules around shooting in the area
Brent Jenkins likens the national forest to a play area. “It’s our playground. I love being out in the forest and I love seeing it clean. I know people, myself included, never go out in the forest without bringing back some trash.” Jenkins works for the Deschutes National Forest, and often has his eye on […]
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Teen Crashes Truck on China Hat
Two teens sustain life-threatening injuries
About 3 pm on June 8, an unlicensed 16-year-old lost control of a 2001 Ford F350, according to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office. The 1-ton truck left the roadway and crashed head-on into a juniper tree, according to DCSO. Two of the passengers—one boy and one girl—sustained life-threatening injuries and were flown by air ambulance […]