OSU-Cascades students face Bend’s tight housing market

Jackson Carpenter knows he got lucky: a two-bedroom duplex for $1,000 a five-minute drive from the new OSU-Cascades campus on the west side of Bend.The 20-year-old college junior moved from Portland late last month. He’d lived in a dorm before and didn’t want to go ...MORE

Bend sees unauthorized marijuana bartering online

When Krista Ledbetter put some furniture for sale on Craigslist last month, the inquiries that started coming in from would-be buyers were puzzling. “One of the first, all he said was to ask if I was ‘OMMP friendly’ for a trade,” Ledbetter said. “I didn’t ...MORE

TEE TO GREEN

Central Oregon’s toughest par 4: No. 17 at Juniper Golf Course

It was not quite as clear-cut when it came to the toughest par 4 in Central Oregon. But that’s understandable, with so many great par 4s in the region.In The Bulletin’s recent survey asking readers what Central Oregon golf holes they find the most difficult ...MORE

COMMUNITY SPORTS

Outrunning addiction, all the way to nationals

REDMOND — Greg Seaton will happily tell you he is magnet for unlikely events.Seaton, now 62, and his twin brother share a birthday with their sister, who was born exactly two years earlier. He has survived a bite from a baby rattlesnake and a rare ...MORE

Researchers or lobbyists? Think tanks blur the line

WASHINGTON — As Lennar Corp., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, pushed ahead with an $8 billion plan to revitalize a barren swath of San Francisco, it found a trusted voice to vouch for its work: the Brookings Institution, the most prestigious think tank in ...MORE

Editor’s choice

Iranian’s spy saga ends with execution

When Shahram Amiri emerged from the shadows into the spotlight six years ago, he was a young Iranian scientist who suddenly appeared on YouTube from a safe house, telling a bizarre story of having been kidnapped by the CIA.Then, in another video that quickly followed, his story changed: He had come to the United States voluntarily to study but desperately missed his son back in ...MORE

Grower gets Bend’s first recreational pot license

Deschutes County expects a wave of marijuana businesses will apply for licenses from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission to grow, process and sell recreational marijuana, once the county ban on marijuana businesses is lifted Sept. 1.“My best ballpark guess is 25 to 50 applications over ...MORE

Why the FICO score still rules

For decades, the FICO score has been the dominant metric for deciding whether a borrower is creditworthy. When a borrower applies for a mortgage, a car loan or a credit card, chances are a FICO score is one of the first things a lender looks ...MORE

A cure for hepatitis C, if not for the cost

Within the past three years, new drugs with cure rates surpassing 90 percent have come on the market that have dramatically changed the conversation for hepatitis C patients. But the drugs’ exorbitant prices keep them out of reach for lots of people. ...MORE

Memory care under the microscope in Oregon

Memory care, the fastest-growing segment of long-term care in the state and nationwide, accounts for most of the substantiated abuse and neglect complaints from Oregon‘s 282 residential-care facilities. ...MORE

Editorial: Climate change burrows into the core

One troublesome issue with Bend’s climate action ordinance has been how it will affect city spending on core functions — police and fire protection, roads or even water and sewer.Two solutions proposed at Wednesday’s council meeting to protect that core spending are doomed to founder.The ...MORE

Editorial: The interruption epidemic at City Hall

The debates among the Bend City councilors can get spirited, but usually retain the decorum required by council rules. Those rules say: “Council members may not delay or interrupt the orderly proceedings of the Council, disturb any member while speaking, or refuse to obey the ...MORE

TV spotlight“Mariah’s World” Premieres Dec. 4 on E!

‘Mariah’s World’: a peek behind the persona

By the end of the panel for Mariah Carey’s upcoming docuseries “Mariah’s World” at the Television Critics Association Press Tour in Beverly Hills, California, last week, attendees were entertained, if not informed.From start to finish, Carey’s panel was a performance: from her bedazzled microphone and ...MORE

Clinton, Kaine to release book

NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, are releasing a policy book two months before the election.Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press on Wednesday the 256-page book being released Sept. 6 will be called “Stronger Together” and will present a ...MORE