Columnists

Commentary: More trees won’t cancel out your SUV emissions

As far as climate buzzwords go, “Net Zero” has probably become the most weaponized term. It may also…

Editorials

Editorial: Sage grouse map could mean new restrictions on some county properties

Sage grouse find love in a lek. It’s the stage for sagebrush seduction. A new map for Deschutes…

Editorials

Editorial: Residents have to shovel sidewalks in Bend

A sidewalk adjacent to your property in Bend comes with an obligation, a built-in chore anytime it snows.…

Letters To Editor

Letters to the editor: Choice and no choice; growth limits and water; Value of Mary’s Place

A land of no choice It’s interesting to watch how some people like choice one way but not…

Columnists

Guest column: A response to criticism of forest thinning, prescribed fire and the Deschutes Forest Collaborative Project

Forest restoration treatments in the forests surrounding our communities help reduce the spread and severity of wildfires. The…

Editorials

Editorial: Finding common ground in Deschutes County on homelessness

What if residents in Deschutes County could do something extra special? What if they could take on youth…

Columnists

Guest column: Water sources for farmers are less reliable

Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink” is a line from Coleridge’s 1834 epic poem, the…

Columnists

Guest column: The intoxicating mirage of American greatness

We are no better than Don Quixote as he chased the demons he saw in windmills as we…

Editorials

Editorial: Which 100-acre exception to land use laws is the right project for Bend?

When the Legislature created a special 100-acre exception to the state’s land use laws for new housing, the…

Editorials

Editorial: Bend committee recommends city limit natural gas

For every green person, or not-so-green person or decidedly ungreen person wondering what the city of Bend might…

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