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Letters to the editor: Embrace one another; Run for office; Fight cervical cancer
We are not an island Yes, not as a universe, as a country, as a community, or as ...
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Editorial: Law enforcement drones may get new authority to watch you
Let’s start with a Bend police drone. On May 30, Bend police went to investigate a report that ...
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Letters to the editor: Health care access; Act on wildfires; Stop rodeos
Change may reduce health care access I am writing to express my concern about an alarming change ...
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Guest column: Our rural future is at risk in Deschutes County
For over 50 years, Oregonians have relied on our visionary land use system to protect what we love ...
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Editorial: Should Bend require worker pay information for construction projects?
A city goal Bend City Councilors considered – and put on hold for now – would have the ...
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Editorial: Fund the student health and recreation center at OSU-Cascades
If you are a booster of Oregon State University-Cascades in Bend, the Legislature will soon be making a ...
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Opinion: The bottle bill, an Oregon gem
Oregon’s bottle bill, established in 1971 as the first in the U.S and the second worldwide, leads the ...
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Guest column: Land-sale silver bullets won’t tame the West’s wicked twins
There is a common, shrug-of-the-shoulders saying in the Intermountain West: If members of Congress were forced to spend ...
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Editorial: Oregon needs to take on wildfire and needs money to do it
Senate Bill 83 is a harsh goodbye to the state’s wildfire hazard map. It’s a gift of ...
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Editorial: New fees for driving a car in Oregon are coming
If you drive a car, expect to pay more courtesy of the Oregon Legislature and the need for ...
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