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As the delta variant continues to sweep through the U.S., officials are reimposing mask mand… Read more
The Bulletin recently ran a guest column from a Central Oregon farmer asserting that the End… Read more
Dr. James Bradburne, the director of Pinacoteca di Brera in Milan, has stated that the value… Read more
Question of the week
Should Bend-LaPine students wear masks in school?
Oregon has left it up to local district administrations and school boards to decide how to implement guidance from federal and state authorities, and the Bend-La Pine Schools is working with public health officials to finalize its recommendations, which it plans to present to the board in August.
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While I was beginning my day on June 28 in my air-conditioned bedroom, almost 1,000 people —… Read more
The official pandemic toll is 4,140,700 deaths, but the dreadful cost is most certainly high… Read more
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Anyone who works the land should be wary of proposed legislation that applies federal Wild &… Read more
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I am a fourth-generation farmer from Crook County, and my family has been farming in Central… Read more
The Bulletin has had a number of letters and guest columns that advocate the Green New Deal … Read more
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The tragic deaths of Joe and Lonnie, two unhoused Bend citizens, during the recent heat wave… Read more
Around the 10th of each month, The Bulletin runs a guest column from Rich Belzer …month-in, … Read more
Our Bend City Council is considering turning Minnesota Avenue into a pedestrian promenade wi… Read more
The West Coast had a homelessness crisis even before the pandemic. Now it’s worse. Fortunate… Read more
With wildfires in Central Oregon already prompting evacuations, I’m glad Oregon policymakers… Read more
I really thought I was done with Facebook, and for all the right reasons, large and small. Read more
Since Brooks Resources Corporation was founded more than fifty years ago, we have focused ou… Read more
What started as first a practical problem then turned into a moral panic for the Oregon Stat… Read more
One of the Bend City Council’s goals is to build trust with the community, but a recent coun… Read more
Our community has some of the highest home prices and rents in the state. Over the past year… Read more
Public health officials are schooled in understanding the risks posed by viruses and the act… Read more
“Wash your hands!” “Oh, don’t touch that!” “Don’t drink from your friend’s water bottle!” Pa… Read more
Bend proposes the adoption of a new development code that will radically affect the livabili… Read more
The Oregon State Bar alternative bar examination proposals serve to reduce minimum competenc… Read more
On July 23rd, 2019, I lost my son Blake to an overdose. To me, Blake will be forever 28 year… Read more
“If there is a single hallmark of the Oregon character, it must be citizen initiative. We in… Read more
As a Christian, if I had to select a Facebook status to describe my relationship with the 4t… Read more
True patriotism, especially of the American variety, comes from questioning the history you … Read more
Over a six-year period (2014-20) Deschutes Public Library staff, consultants and architects … Read more
By my count, the print edition of the June 30 Bulletin featured six stories that addressed v… Read more
Editor’s note: This is the final in a series of four columns on climate change and potential… Read more
For the past six years I have been studying and writing about the proposed Klamath River dam… Read more
I am writing concerning the city’s plan to purchase the Value Inn on NE Division Street so i… Read more
A recent piece on the editorial page of The Bulletin may have misled readers into thinking t… Read more
I am writing in opposition to the proposal to convert a portion of Minnesota Avenue in downt… Read more
A school year unlike any other is coming to a close, but one thing remains the same: We’re s… Read more
A month ago, in one of the most terrifying moments of my life, I was deliberately exposed to… Read more
Journalism has never been the most admired of professions, and in recent years, the rap on i… Read more
It is sometimes called “Conquest’s Second Law of Politics”: “Any organization not explicitly… Read more
The Bulletin recently covered the plight of some farmers with junior water rights getting on… Read more
Today, more than ever we need to practice critical thinking and the principles of critical t… Read more
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As the president of the Hunnell United Neighbors , I’ve dealt with transportations issues in… Read more
When I was a child, the strongest presence I felt in our house in Brooklyn was my father’s a… Read more
On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected, in California v. Texas, a challenge to the Affordab… Read more
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In 2016, Oregon made history by creating Automatic Voter Registration at DMV offices, automa… Read more
In the city of Bend there are 13 neighborhood associations (NA) officially recognized by the… Read more
Editor’s note: This is the third in a series of four columns over the next two months on cli… Read more
As small business owners in Sisters, we are often asked by our loyal customers just what the… Read more
Those of us who’ve dreamed of extraterrestrial life since sci-fi-drenched childhoods are awa… Read more
An open letter to the Deschutes Public Library system board: Read more
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Pilot Butte’s unmistakable profile can be seen from great distances in our region. It is vie… Read more
The city of Bend needs to provide better public notice of developments of potential communit… Read more
As one who’s property has been directly impacted negatively by the homeless situation in Ben… Read more
Recognizing that unrestricted contributions degrade the integrity of our democratic electora… Read more
One option President Biden has mentioned for funding his infrastructure proposal is raising … Read more
With jeans, a black T-shirt and a floppy hat resting on her head, she sat in the chair and r… Read more
In the 2019 legislative year, there were 236 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives,… Read more
There is a proposal, apparently already in the works, to turn Minnesota Avenue in downtown B… Read more
Oregon’s public schools are more diverse now than at any other time in our history, but the … Read more
