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County Reneges on Planned Managed Camp

Commissioners Adair and DeBone backed out of a collaboration with the City that would’ve established a managed camp for displaced Hunnell Road residents
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

The Deschutes County Commissioners backed out of a plan to hire a contractor to manage a safe parking campsite on a 1-acre parcel of land on Murphy Road in south Bend after a two-to-one vote. At a meeting on March 8, Commissioners Tony DeBone and Patti Adair said complaints from neighbors, proximity to unmanaged camps […]

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Enterprise Zones Redrawn

Will Bend keep one of its key tools in attracting new businesses?
Avatar photo Jack Harvel

Deschutes County Commissioners approved redrawn boundaries to the Bend Enterprise Zone at their meeting on Wed., April 14, moving one step closer towards final approval from the state. Enterprise Zones are touted as one of the key benefits for businesses in Oregon, and Bend’s hosts 54 companies that have created over 1,400 jobs and invested $256 […]

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Oregon is Ready to Get the Nation High

Some progress at the state and federal level; locally, however, another denial
Jeremy Dickman

Oregon’s weed industry has many enemies. From the Drug Enforcement Agency, to the U.S. Justice Department, to local-government hostiles who perpetuate reefer-madness myths, to an endless parade of complicated regulations and taxes; it’s a scary world out there for pot proprietors. But the biggest enemy may be a result of the sticky icky itself: Oversupply. […]

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What’s Happening in the World of Weed

Oversupply, a moratorium on growing licenses and an anti-pot Commissioner
Chris Miller

As anyone who follows marijuana laws knows, things change often. To keep you up to date, here’s a rundown of recent events. An effort against drug testing During the 2019 Oregon Legislative session, the Senate Interim Committee on Judiciary—chaired by Sen. Floyd Prozanski (D-Eugene)—proposed Legislative Concept 2151, which would make it against the law to […]

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Deschutes County Farm Bureau Appeals New Pot Rules

Will right-to-farm rules apply to marijuana after next legislative session?
Chris Miller

After the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners used an “emergency” clause Oct. 24 to quickly change some of its rules for growing recreational marijuana in the County, the Deschutes County Farm Bureau filed a motion to have the changes appealed. Matt Cyrus from the Deschutes County Farm Bureau says the agriculture advocacy group on Nov. […]

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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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Tokin’ Times

The latest in cannabis news
Jeremy Dickman

The overproduction myth What do Iowa corn, Idaho potatoes and Kentucky tobacco have in common with Oregon marijuana? All are home-grown natural resources that the residents of the states from which the crops originate could not possibly consume all by their lonesome. Yet, here in Oregon, where our crop arguably has as much or more […]

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