From the second story porch of their home on Tumalo Reservoir Road, Veronica and Les Hudson watched as the fire in the forested area on the other side of Bull Flat raged, jumping from hill top to hill top, burning through ponderosa pines like they were match sticks. As firefighters set up a base camp […]
City of Bend
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Deschutes County’s Top 10 Future News Stories
This morning, representatives from Deschutes County, the City of Bend, Bend La Pine School District and Bend Park and Recreation offered their perspectives on local issues at the Bend Chamber of Commerce State of the Community Address. While the event focused on victories won and challenges faced by the various government bodies (the Urban Growth […]
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Election Results District Attorney: John Hummel
Fire Levies, Measure 9-97, and Measure 9-98: YES, and YES!
Although election officials said that there had been a big day at the ballot boxes, and that trucks were still bringing in voters’ responses from the outlaying districts, by 8 pm results were posted—and all of the races seemed to show clear cut winners; no hanging chads, no nail-biters. Jodie Barram cleaned up 98 percent […]
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Giving Away Jobs
With little fanfare, on May 7, Bend’s City Council unanimously approved a $1.1 million contract with Angelo Planning Group. That contact is Phase I of a three phase review of the Urban Growth Boundary review. It is encouraging that City Council is taking seriously the challenges and questions relating to the city’s UGB. We agree […]
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Bend’s New Water Wonk
Water conservation manager to help residents waste less, conserve more
Yes, Bend’s water table greatly benefits from the feet of snow that each season fall and melt in the Cascades, but that doesn’t mean Central Oregon has water to waste. In the city’s ongoing quest to protect and preserve one of the area’s most tremendous resources, it has created and hired for a new position—Water […]
