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Editorial: Where should the new Deschutes commission districts go?

Deschutes County voters decided in 2024 they wanted a five-member county commission, instead of three. Now there’s a…

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Editorial: Minimizing the road construction disruption in Bend

Ah, summer. Vacations, school is out, and the air is perfumed by the smell of asphalt. The roads…

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Commentary: Texas floods show danger of ignoring history and common sense

Science and technology have made many hazards predictable in ways that were unthinkable 150 years ago. Tragedies, like…

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Commentary: At a Coldplay concert, personal privacy unravels

If only the couple caught canoodling Wednesday night on the Jumbotron at the Coldplay concert in Foxborough, Massachusetts,…

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Editorial cartoon for July 22

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Guest column: Setting the record straight on Oregon’s lodging tax

A recent guest column in the Bend Bulletin lamented the failure of House Bill 2977 to pass in…

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Editorial cartoon for July 20

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Commentary: Trump’s toothless threats against Putin will do little to end the war

LONDON — In case anyone believes President Donald Trump has revised his policy toward Vladimir Putin’s war on…

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Editorial: A good nonstory about the Reed Market bridge

The plotline for this season of the Trump presidency seems to be: What will be cut next? What…

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Editorial: How should Bend grow?

When Bendites complain about Bend, the monsters spotted or suspected range from the diabolical to the mild. Housing…

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