So here we are: When investors aren’t worried about inflation, they’re worrying about recess… Read more

Adjustable-rate mortgages are beginning to look good again. As the cost of owning a home con… Read more

In 2017, my wife gave birth to twins. Watching them grow has been the greatest joy of my lif… Read more

A silver lining to the inconvenience of a mild COVID-19 infection is that for most people it… Read more

Deschutes County is not the only mountain destination community in the western U.S. that str… Read more

May 14 is World Migratory Bird Day. As an avid birder, I am thinking about the millions of b… Read more

It’s primary season where candidates must “primary hard left, or right, veer to center for g… Read more

After the winter firestorm near Boulder, Colorado, that destroyed hundreds of homes, it is c… Read more

One important thing Congress should do before the likely return of divided government next y… Read more

The masks are coming off. Restaurants are filling up. International travel is resuming. But … Read more

For years, we have been told that natural gas is a clean energy source. Now, as we face the … Read more

It’s a matter of trust. Read more

As I gaze out my Central Oregon window, robins return, buds burst, and critters emerge from … Read more

We are a group of pretty normal Bendites: moms, dads, grandmas, small-business owners, Democ… Read more

Like others in Central Oregon, I participate in various DEI groups. DEI stands for diversity… Read more

At the March 16 meeting of Bend’s City Council, the majority of council members delayed the … Read more

Thank you to the editors of The Bulletin for your continued coverage of the war in Ukraine. … Read more

As arid conditions persist for the third consecutive year, Central Oregon is now firmly in t… Read more

Central Oregon has long suffered from an acute shortage of child care services. The situatio… Read more

My husband and I lived and worked in Clackamas County for 18 years, he as the president of C… Read more

Imagine living in a neighborhood where you’re a 15-minute walk or bike ride from all your da… Read more

Worrell Wayside should be preserved as a park. Read more

Even the most horrifying war photographs may leave you with the odd sense of being an unwant… Read more

It should come as no surprise when Russian troops, during their retreat from Bucha, Ukraine,… Read more

On a recent visit to my son’s home outside Washington, D.C., I experienced a piece of art th… Read more

On March 31, probably about 200 local folks attended a lecture by Dr. Michael Mann on climat… Read more

MORE THAN “JUST HOPE” FOR THE FARMERIn February, The Bulletin printed a column titled “Hope … Read more

For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable messag… Read more

I learned a very important lesson in humility recently and am still shaken by the experience… Read more

Recently, the Oregon Legislature passed a bill (HB 4035) that will provide a so-called “brid… Read more

What are we to make of the disarray created by Bend City Council’s refusal to allow the Desc… Read more

As a Bend resident and local business owner, I was disturbed to learn that the Deschutes Nat… Read more

Oregon has been mismanaging water for decades. Our lakes, reservoirs, rivers, and streams as… Read more

I would like to respond to Frank Barnes’ glowing letter on President Biden on Sunday, March … Read more

Cliff Bentz is not a friend of veterans. In the last nine months, he voted three times again… Read more

Bend is still lagging on cleaning up homeless camps. Read more

We are frittering away our democracy while Ukrainians die for theirs. Read more

It was another beautiful Central Oregon Saturday afternoon, the kind of day that makes me th… Read more

Isn’t it nice to see adults in charge again? Read more

Monday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began hearings on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Bro… Read more

In a state founded on the premise of a white utopia, it is little wonder overt and covert ra… Read more

The on-the-ground reporting from Ukraine over the past three weeks has been stunning. It’s a… Read more

This week, Americans returned to what has become an annual tradition: setting our clocks for… Read more

There are so many things going on in our world, it seems the last thing we citizens need to … Read more

In 2021, a pre-application was submitted by KJD Architecture on behalf of Colvin Oil/GP Ener… Read more

In 2010, Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) remanded Bend’s fir… Read more

After the December of 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, multiple independent countries were … Read more

Last week Oregon Wild chose to formally withdraw from the Ochoco Forest Restoration Collabor… Read more

Last week, I tuned in to President Biden’s State of the Union speech roughly 90 miles outsid… Read more

It's time, as they say on Twitter, to #locktheclock. We need to put an end to the century of… Read more

As a CASA volunteer, I have spent the last year getting to know kids in a family here in Cen… Read more