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A 90-foot crane pulled a 20,000-pound generating unit at the Newport Avenue Dam on Mirror Pond last week. Data from the Energy Infrastructure Council show power output at the dam reached its lowest point in decades in 2020, producing just 315 megawatt hours compared to an average of 2,390 MWh over the past 20 years. “The […]
In this week’s update, we are covering the controversy of the Mirror Pond dredging. Is it worth it to dredge a pond that is historically known to refill with sediments? Also, real estate prices in bend are skyrocketing and it begs the question: are increased prices a sign of a stabilized local economy or just […]
NEWS—To dredge or not to dredge? Plans to move forward with Mirror Pond stalls out again, though some progress is made towards establishing a fish ladder.
In this week’s podcast: Is the City of Bend getting all the taxes it’s due from short-term rental properties? Plus, the never-ending saga around dredging Mirror Pond…
As 2020 approaches, people have plenty of predictions about the next decade, and inclinations about what’s ahead. The Senate impeachment trial looms. An interesting presidential election will follow, with health care, trade and immigration only some of the topics of debate. Here in Bend, we have more locally focused ideas about what will emerge as […]
At the most recent Bend Park and Recreation District board meeting, local leaders discussed the outline of the proposed Memorandum of Understanding that will shape the future of Mirror Pond.
After what may have felt like an eternity, local officials have made some movement on the dredging of Mirror Pond—and for what the future might hold for one of Bend’s more recognizable landmarks. Mirror Pond—part of the Deschutes River in downtown Bend—has been building up sediment since it was last dredged in 1984. The issue […]
Planet Earth PLANET EARTH where everything and everyone throughout time and space has been in MIGRANT MODE. What is the justification for the hate, fear, discrimination and violence targeting people of color immigrating from Central and South America, since migration is a natural phenomenon? Why do Latinx people, compelled to leave their homes at great […]
The Source Weekly Update podcast! Tune in to hear about the Cascade Cycling Classic, Mirror Pond updates and what the fuss is with Phylos Bioscience. From our May 23, 2019 edition. WHERE TO SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Jpo2nd Stitcher: https://bit.ly/2HykqvR Tunein: https://bit.ly/2JmkRww Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/2LRpX6c Google Play: https://bit.ly/2EHk31v
Mirror Pond I am a simple man who likes to find the simplest solution to a problem by identifying the root issue of the problem and addressing it in the simplest manner, Mirror Pond. Every flowing stream has silt in it that is suspended in the water and flows with it until the water is […]
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