News

10/14/12 - The Bulletin: Mistake was made

10/10/12 - The Bulletin: Bend defending water project; Opponents ask federal judge to bar work

10/5/12 - The Bulletin: Bridge Creek injunction sought; Central Oregon LandWatch takes case to federal court

10/5/12 - KTVZ: Disputed Bend water project to wait for ruling

10/3/12 - Candidates weigh in on water; Where Bend council hopefuls stand on Bridge Creek project

10/3/12 - The Source: Risky Business?: Just how big a gamble is the city taking in starting construction on its surface water project?

9/27/12 - The Bulletin Editorial: Lack of notice in Tumalo Falls Road closure

9/26/12 - The Bulletin: Tumalo Falls Road closes today; Equipment moving in for Bridge Creek pipeline project

9/25/12 - The Source Blog: Forest Service To Close Tumalo Falls Area Immediately: Agency says city needs room to stage its surface water project

9/21/12 - The Bulletin: Bend gets OK to start water project

8/29/12 - The Bulletin Editorial: Let voters have the final say on water project

8/28/12 - The Bulletin: LandWatch appeals Bend permit; Forest Service erred on water project on several fronts, group claims

8/27/12 - The Source Blog: City Going to Get Hammered Over SWIP Release

8/27/12 - KTVZ: Two Bend water appeals sink, one floats on

8/24/12 - The Bulletin: New candidate for Bend City Council; Businessman Wade Fagen seeks Tom Greene’s council seat

8/22/12 - The Source: Cuddling Up to Turdblossom

8/21/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Surface water project is not good investment

8/16/12 - The Source Best of Awards: Best Democracy in Action: SWIP

7/28/12 - The Bulletin: Anti-water project PAC raises funds; Group will wait to interview all City Council candidates before using money

7/20/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Good news about water project

7/12/12 - Cascade Business News: Forest Service Approves Bend’s Water Project; Critics, Disappointed in Decision, Considering Appeal and Looking to November

7/12/12 - The Bulletin: Water project gets OK; Forest Service issues special use permit

7/5/12 - KTVZ: Bend Water, Sewer Rates Increase Again

7/3/12 - The Bulletin: Bend may get more time on water; Lawmakers ask the EPA to expand the deadline

The Bulletin: Change to Bend water plant costs

7/2/12 - KTVZ: House panel to EPA: Go easy on Bend water rules

6/22/12 - The Source Blog: City Council Election Heating Up (And It's Only June!)

6/14/12 - The Bulletin: Swede Ridge Shelter offers views

6/12/12 - The Source Picks: Our Picks for 6/6 - 6/10

6/8/12 - The Bulletin: Fish runs lower than expected; No one knows why activity is low in lower stretches of Deschutes

6/8/12 - The Bulletin: Six adult salmon find their way; Ceremony greets first fish in more than 40 years

6/2/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Groundwater could be a better answer for Bend

6/2/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Overqualified for Bend

6/2/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Stop electing candidates who can’t handle money

6/1/12 - KTVZ: Seven Bend Council Candidates So Far

6/1/12 - Our City Newsletter: Our City Newsletter: June

5/31/12 - The Bulletin: Eckman to run for re-election; Bend councilor said decision based on continuity

5/26/12 - The Bulletin: Clinton will seek a third term; The Bend city councilor was first elected in 2004

5/25/12 - The Bulletin: Council candidate owed back taxes; McCoy, seeking seat Bend mayor will vacate, is paying $18,000 debt to state

5/24/12 - The Bulletin: Edward McCoy enters city council race

5/15/12 - The Bulletin: Why pay for public relations?

5/5/12 - The Bulletin Editorial: Get Bend out of the spin zone

5/4/12 - The Bulletin: Bend spends to ‘sell’ city projects; City pays $48,000 to a public relations firm to market infrastructure works

4/30/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Incorrect sequence on property

4/27/12 - Daily Journal of Commerce: Bend surface water project moves forward despite controversy

4/23/12 - OPB: Conservation Group Challenges Bend's Water Plans

4/21/12 - The Bulletin: Bend’s water project to be appealed; Central Oregon Landwatch says Bridge Creek project came before plan

4/21/12 - KTVZ: Smoldering Burn Pile Sparks Shevlin Park Wildfire

4/18/12 - KBND: Bend Council Votes to Move Forward with Portion of SWIP

4/18/12 - KTVZ: Bend Council Approves $19 Million for Water Project

4/17/12 - The Bulletin: Bend to OK water project contract; $19 million deal would pay for intake, pipe burial

4/15/12 - The Bulletin: Commission candidates similar; Deschutes commission hopefuls Greene, Henderson mostly agree

4/11/12 - The Bulletin: Dual water supply would be safer, more reliable for Bend residents

4/6/12 - The Bulletin: Commissioner joins council race; Local developer Doug Knight unhappy with water project

4/5/12 - The Bulletin In My View: City Misleading Citizens on Bridge Creek Water Project

4/4/12 - The Bulletin Letters: Hydro Claims Are False

3/22/12 - Cascade Business News: Fact-Checking the Bend City Engineer on the Controversial Surface Water Improvement Project (SWIP)

3/21/12 - The Source: This Is No Drop in the Beer Barrel

3/20/12 - The Bulletin: Analyzing Bend City Council votes; With few hot-button issues, 2011 saw little contentiousness on the council

3/19/12 - The Bulletin In My View: Bend needs to truly evaluate water project, hold public forum

3/18/12 - The Bulletin: Brewery returns the water; Deschutes to lease water rights for its river namesake

3/17/12 - The Bulletin: Breaking down the voting record; A closer look at Bend councilors’ records

3/14/12 - The Bulletin: Bridge Creek close to getting permit; Forest Service says project not likely to have huge impact

3/14/12 - KTVZ: Forest Service Releases Bend Water Plan Study

3/10/12 - The Bulletin: Bend Council candidate announces; Ed Barbeau will seek Jeff Eager's seat

3/9/12 - The Bulletin: Bend mayor will not run again; Jeff Eager will serve out first and only term

3/8/12 - Cascade Business News: Responses to Bend Engineer Tom Hickmann’s Critique of Alan Bruckner’s Cascade Business News Article on Surface Water Improvement Project

3/8/12 - Cascade Business News: Bend May Change Course on City Water Project

3/8/12 - The Bulletin: Council passes revised water plan; Bend City Council hopes new plan will defer half the $70 million project costs

3/7/12 - KTVZ: Bend Councilors Scale Back Disputed Water Plans

3/3/12 - The Bulletin Editorial: A better plan for Bridge Creek

3/3/12 - The Bulletin: Bend's tough financial outlook; City will struggle to pay for basic services

3/2/12 - The Bulletin: Bend water project cost may shrink; City seeks to cut $30 million from Bridge Creek project, critics skeptical

3/1/12 - KTVZ: Bend Eyes Cost-Cutting Delay in Disputed Water Project

3/1/12 - The Bulletin: New candidate for Bend council seat; Volunteer active on budget, safety commissions running against Rondo

2/29/12 - KTVZ: Chudowsky Announces Bend Council Bid

2/28/12 - Cascade Business News: City of Bend Engineer Responds to Surface Water Improvement Project Commentary by Alan Bruckner

2/17/12 - The Bulletin In My View: Bend's water-cost conundrum

2/17/12 - The Bulletin: Senators lobby EPA on crypto; More time needed to meet mandatory upgrades

2/15/12 - The Bulletin In My View: Bend councilman should recuse himself on water project

1/23/12 - The Bulletin: Bend hires lobbyist to help with EPA; City hopes asking for extension on surface water rule

1/22/12 - The Bulletin: Deadline set for water decision Deadline set for water decision

1/21/12 - The Bulletin: Walden backs Bend delay

1/18/12 - KTVZ: Bend Council Revisits, Rewinds on Mayor, Water

1/06/12 - The Bulletin In My View: Support not linked to HDR

1/06/12 - The Bulletin: Bend looks for Bridge Creek relief; City asks for extension on treatment plant

1/05/12 - The Bulletin In My View: Put Bend’s Bridge Creek surface water project to a vote

1/05/12 - The Bulletin In My View: Surface and groundwater sources a boon for Bend

1/04/12 - The Source: In reply to: Don’t surrender Our Surface Water (The Mailbox, 12-21)

1/02/12 - The Bulletin: Tumalo Creek fish story; Federally protected bull trout reportedly found in 1988 — and later thrown out

12/30/11 - The Bulletin My Nickel's Worth: Capell should stop

12/28/11 - The Source: Top Ten Local News Stories of 2011: Flare ups, flameouts, throw downs, touchdowns and so much more!

12/21/11 - The Source: Don’t Surrender Our Surface Water

12/19/11 - The Bulletin In My View: Losing sleep over city of Bend’s misguided surface water project

12/19/11 - The Bulletin: EPA to review water treatment rule; Regulation, which applies to Bend’s Bridge Creek, will still be enforced

12/16/11 - The Bulletin Editorial: Councilors should support a water do-over

12/16/11 - The Bulletin: Bend open to new water study; Would weigh Bridge Creek water project against well alternative

12/14/11 - Trout Unlimited: Bend water project based on outdated information

12/10/11 - The Bulletin In My View: Bend must address residents’ water project concerns

12/09/11 - The Bulletin My Nickel's Worth: Rethink surface water

12/8/11 - The Bulletin Editorial: Water dispute spawns new political alliance

12/8/11 - Cascade Business News: Portland Receives Break on Same EPA Requirements Bend Faces

12/8/11 - KTVZ: Bend Councilors Wrestle with Hot Water Issues

12/7/11 - OPB News: Bend Water Project Opponents Turn To Politics

12/1/11 - The Bulletin: Bend water project based on outdated information

11/30/11 - The Source: No Crypto, No Prob: Bend may get water system break

11/30/11 - The Bulletin: Decision could cut Bend costs; Need for water treatment facility now in question

11/29/11 - The Bulletin Well Shot!: FIELD TRIP Tumalo Falls

11/29/11 - The Bulletin My Nickel's Worth: Let’s keep surface water

11/22/11 - The Buleetin Well, Shoot!: Well, shoot! Field Trip; Tumalo Falls offers endless photographic opportunities

11/18/11 - The Bulletin Editorial: Councilor Capell should follow the spirit of law

11/17/11 - The Bulletin: Capell recuses self from vote; Bend councilor’s brother works for firm hired by city

11/16/11 - The Source: Foes Rally as Meter Runs on City Water Project

11/15/11 - KBND: Planning Commission Approves Controversial Bend Water Project

11/15/11 - Cascade Business News: Citizens Opposed to Tumalo Creek Water Project Pack the House at Bend Planning Commission Hearing

11/15/11 - The Bulletin: Water plan gets OK, but it’s tepid

11/15/11 - KTVZ: Split Bend Planning Panel Backs Water Plan

11/14/11 - The Source: Surface Water Project: Voice your opposition today at public hearing

11/11/11 - The Bulletin: Ex-mayors join forces with foes of Bend water project

11/10/11 - The Source Blog: Stop the Water Project: Former Mayors and concerned citizens drop 1,000 signatures on City Hall

11/10/11 - MyCentralOregon.com: ‘Stop The Drain’ To Deliver Signatures To Bend City Hall Thursday

11/10/11 - The Bulletin: Bridge Creek project gets grant; Funds go toward reconstruction of Bend water system _ _ The Bulletin

11/09/11 - KTVZ: Foes of Bend Water Project Press Issue

11/09/11 - The Bulletin Editorial: Rethink Bend’s water project

11/09/11 - OPB News: Bend Residents Petition Against Surface Water Project

11/08/11 - KBND: Surface Water Petitions to Go to City Council

11/07/11 - The Source: Former Mayors Join Surface Water Opposition

11/03/11 - The Bulletin My Nickel's Worth: Cut losses on water plan

2011-10-19 Down the Drain || The Source-Marlowe.pdf

11/02/11 - The Source: Time for a Second Look at Surface Water Project

2011-10-19 Bend Moves Forward With Controversial Water Upgrades || OPB News.pdf

10/17/11 - Press Release: Coordinator Hired for Campaign Against City Water Project

9/28/11 - The Bulletin Editorial: Bend’s lobbyist for infrastructure

2011-09-28 More controversy over Bridge Creek.pdf

2011-09-27 Bend circulated support letter.pdf

9/26/11 - The Bulletin Editorial: Bend is scared of questions on Bridge Creek

2011-09-25 Did Bend mislead on Bridge Creek.pdf

2011-09-22 KTVZ Critics Fighting Big Bend Water Pipe Project

2011-09-22 Bend approves steel purchase.pdf

2011-09-18 Bend to decide on steel purchase.pdf

2011-09-16 Construction cuts Tumalo flow.pdf

9/12/11 - The Source: With Water Gone, Fish Perish In Tumalo Creek

2011-08-23 Water project foes hit Brewfest.pdf

8/15/11 - The Source: City's Water Project is a Drain

2011-08-04 Hydropower addition approved.pdf

2011-07-30 end council eyes hydropower project.pdf

2011-07-01 Costs rise on Bend water project.pdf

2011-06-09 Water project group goes to USFS.pdf

2011-06-03 Bend spends $6.7M on water project.pdf

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