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A Data Center Hopes to Move into La Pine and Use 15X the Power the Town Currently Uses

In about a year’s time, sentiment around data centers has soured both locally and nationally. La Pine residents seem to be connecting the dots.
by The Source Editorial Board

It’s too soon to tell the fate of the proposed data center in an industrial park in La Pine, but if local action and national sentiment are any indication, approval of the project looks iffy. According to Source reporting, a company called Boxminer, which “mines” bitcoin, is seeking to build a data center on a […]

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Three Fires

The Grandview, Darlene and Swamp Wells Trail Fires have burned thousands of acres during the early fire season
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Grandview Fire The fire 10 miles north of Sisters torched 6,032 acres, just under 10 square miles, since it was first reported on July 11. The Grandview Fire fed on timber, juniper sage and grass and grew with the help of high heat, low humidity and active winds. It threatened 421 homes, but none were […]

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High Risk Returns

Just a few days after being moved to Extreme Risk, Deschutes, Crook and 13 other counties will move back to high risk.
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

The Bend-La Pine Schools district will move to a modified schedule as cases among young people rise, even as Deschutes County is lowered from Extreme Risk to High Risk in the governor’s risk-protection framework. In the High-Risk category, people will be able to eat at restaurants, exercise at gyms and go to indoor entertainment establishments […]

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New School Boundaries Released Today

Bend-La Pine Schools announces attendance areas for the fall of 2021 school year
Laurel Brauns

Today the Bend-La Pine Schools’ Attendance Area Review Committee revealed its recommendations for where kids in different areas of Bend will attend middle and high school, once Bend’s new high school is operational. The committee was tasked with taking input from the community, who had three boundary options to choose from, and then make a […]

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Fire Season off to an Early Start

The Bridge Drive Fire in La Pine burned nearly 12 acres due in part to unseasonably dry and warm conditions
Chris Miller

About 3:30pm on May 8, the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office gave people in the Lazy River subdivision north of La Pine a Level 3 (go now) evacuation notice, due to a quick-moving brush fire that started from a backyard debris burn. The fire burned about 12 acres and destroyed one home, but no people were […]

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A New Place to Call Home

A donation from Deschutes County will add 19 more affordable homes to the community
Jaclyn Brandt

The high costs of land and construction labor are some of the factors making housing so expensive in Central Oregon and elsewhere. But recently, Deschutes County stepped in to help. The County just donated 1.85 acres to Habitat for Humanity in La Pine, soon be home to 19 multifamily townhomes—a new type of home for […]

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Breaking: La Pine Student Arrested After Alleged School Threat

15 year old in custody after alleged threats involving a firearm
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s office says they’ve arrested a La Pine High School student today after an alleged threat to the “safety of students at the school.” According to a release issued this afternoon, a student at the school approached the School Resource Officer this morning to tell the officer about the alleged threat. Cops […]

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