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Sign the Petition to Make the Deschutes County Commission Non-Partisan

While the commission ultimately voted against putting the idea on the ballot because of the costs involved, a group of citizens is picking up where they left off

by The Source Staff June 2, 2021January 9, 2024

Right now, a group of locals is spearheading an effort to try to move the races for the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners from partisan to non-partisan. This has been a topic of conversation since at least last year, when then-Democratic candidate Phil Chang—now a county commissioner—said he was in favor of the switch. While […]

Opinion

My View: Phil Chang, Deschutes County Commission Democratic candidate ▶ [with video]

Local political candidates share their views on the issues

The Source StaffSeptember 22, 2020January 17, 2023

Phil Chang, Democratic candidate for Deschutes County Commission, joins Editor Nicole Vulcan of the Source Weekly for “My View,” a video series inviting local candidates to share their views on a host of topics ahead of the 2020 election, while sitting in front of a view they enjoy. Chang chose to meet at Bend’s Pilot […]

News

LUBA Fires First Shots Across Deschutes County Bow

Will it be the first of many?

Jeremy DickmanOctober 30, 2019November 1, 2024

For the first time since marijuana production has been legal in Deschutes County, the Board of County Commissioners received some feedback from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals about how their interpretations of marijuana land-use rules square with state law. The feedback was pretty simple: Try again. In a unanimous opinion filed Oct. 17, […]

News

Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/31/19

Cattle mutilations, an 82-year-old half marathoner and a LUBA kerfuffle for the Deschutes County Commission

Nicole VulcanOctober 30, 2019January 4, 2023

Mysterious cattle mutilations, an 82-year-old half-marathoner and a slap on the wrist from the state to the Deschutes County Commission in this week’s podcast.

Opinion

Cannabis: The Good, the Bad, the Uncertain

The Source StaffJune 12, 2019January 3, 2025

Since Oregon voters approved recreational marijuana and it became legal in 2015, the industry has seen a lot of changes. What started as a grassroots, largely local industry has begun its corporatization. Oversupply—due at least in part to the fact that Oregon businesses can’t export their product out of state, like other businesses can—prompted a […]

News

New County Commission Chooses Leadership

Henderson becomes chair; Adair vice chair

Chris MillerJanuary 7, 2019July 21, 2024

Recently elected Commissioner Patti Adair and re-elected Commissioner Tony DeBone started the new year off by taking their seats on the Deschutes County Commission. Commissioners chose their new chair and vice-chair during the work session Monday. Adair wasted no time getting her feet wet, nominating past vice-chair Phil Henderson to become the new chair. Past […]

Opinion

Don’t Start Naming Councilors Names Yet

The Source StaffNovember 28, 2018March 18, 2023

As 2018 fades from view, we see 2019 approaching with a host of new leadership. A new Deschutes County Commissioner will join the ranks. An avowed advocate for schools—in the form of a current Bend-La Pine Schools board member—moves to the Oregon House, representing District 54. In District 53, a younger, moderate politician replaces longtime […]

Opinion

Letters to the Editor

The Source StaffOctober 31, 2018March 18, 2023

Amy Lowes For Deschutes County Amy Lowes — who is running for Deschutes Country Commissioner, Chair 1 —came here 22 years ago for the same reasons I did on my Harley from Connecticut in 1951, and many of you did earlier and later: the imagnificient beauty, wildlife and recreation recources our county offers. Farmers, ranchers, […]

News

Whatcha Doing, Candidate?

Tony DeBone sees Bend as a brand ambassador for county’s entrepreneurial climate

Erin RookJuly 23, 2014April 25, 2024

With a background in high-tech industries, Deschutes County Commissioner Tony DeBone thinks of himself as the “tech guy commissioner.” To that end, he hopes to use his experience and connections to bring technology jobs of all sorts to the county—bio tech, high tech renewables, large-scale manufacturing, you name it. When he’s not busy with his […]

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