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2019 Green Tour of Homes

Your chance to see how it all works

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” โ€” C.S. Lewis Humans have progressed through the years and the construction of dwellings has evolved and adapted through identifying a problem and finding new, innovative solutions. With an increasing population, diminishing global resources and the […]

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Shining Bright

Bend has a lot of solar power in its future, but not everyone is happy about it

Ron Rupprecht isn’t thrilled at what he sees 250 feet from his house in east Bend. His property borders a major development with nearly 150 acres of solar panels, now beginning to produce electricity and send power to a Pacific Power substation. Tucked just off Neff Road, Rupprecht purchased his small acreage in 2000 as […]

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