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Commentary: Oregon's wildlife areas: Managed for livestock?
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (488+ words) Published 9: 27 am Tuesday, June 9, 2026 Every time an Oregon hunter buys a license, pays for a tag or purchases a box of ammunition, a small portion of that money goes into the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Fund. Since its inception in 1937, the…...
Raptors are dying near First Street Rapids. Residents are seeking answers
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (1284+ words) Published 12: 30 pm Friday, June 5, 2026 The dead owl in his garden seemed like an unusual but isolated event. When Jim Winkle stepped outside his Bend home one day in December, he found a great horned owl lying motionless in the garden…...
Letters to the editor: Bend climate ordinance
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (250+ words) Published 7: 29 am Friday, June 5, 2026 Bend climate ordinance misses the mark Earlier this week, the Bend City Council approved an ordinance that will impose fees on natural gas appliances in new homes beginning in 2027. While I appreciate the city's commitment to…...
Data centers are driving demand for gas from Northwest utilities, reports find
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1111+ words) Published 2: 38 pm Thursday, June 4, 2026 Electric utilities in Washington and Oregon are turning to gas to meet rapid and growing energy demand from data centers, according to recent reports. Two analyses from the Hood River-based conservation organization Columbia Riverkeeper and the…...
Bend city council moves forward with climate pollution fee
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (550+ words) Published 11: 58 am Thursday, June 4, 2026 After a years-long debate that stretched into a final public comment period, Bend City Council on Wednesday moved forward with a controversial fee on natural gas appliances in new home construction. The first reading of the…...
Scientists lose critical climate record as observatory off Oregon will go dark
6+ day, 16+ min ago (39+ words) bendbulletin. com Scientists lose critical climate record as observatory off Oregon will go dark Published 11: 02 am Wednesday, June 3, 2026 By Annika Hammerschlag/ Associated Press...
$3. 5 M sage grouse project set to start juniper removal in Central Oregon
1+ week, 14+ min ago (911+ words) Published 10: 57 am Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Chainsaw crews could begin fanning out across thousands of acres of Central Oregon sagebrush country as early as this fall, cutting everything from mature juniper trees to seedlings barely a foot tall in an effort to…...
Editorial cartoon for 6/3
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (53+ words) bendbulletin. com Editorial cartoon for 6/3 Published 8: 03 am Tuesday, June 2, 2026 Guest column: Natural gas is not a fossil fuel to be simply phased out Guest column: Pass Bend's climate fee Editorial: Bend climate fee may be transformative Editorial cartoon for 6/2...
Guest column: Natural gas is not a fossil fuel to be simply phased out
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (627+ words) bendbulletin. com Guest column: Natural gas is not a fossil fuel to be simply phased out Published 7: 56 am Tuesday, June 2, 2026 The city of Bend is moving forward with a 20% "climate impact fee" on new homes built with natural gas equipment....
Guest column: Pass Bend's climate fee
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (343+ words) Published 7: 46 am Tuesday, June 2, 2026 After an environmental disaster, communities face a simple but daunting decision: pay now to clean things up right, or kick the can down the road and pay much more later " after the contamination spreads and families…...