In the Media

The Bend Park & Recreation District should replace Mirror Pond dam, not attempt to rehabilitate it, according to a majority of officials at a meeting about the dam on Wednesday.

Ryan Brennecke quickly stepped off the trail onto some boulders and cast his fly to the river under an overhanging tree.

The Bend Park & Recreation District hopes to start construction of the Colorado Avenue dam “safe passage” project in July, according to documents filed with city planners Thursday.

A Deschutes County planning board late Thursday voted against a Central Oregon Irrigation District proposal that would let the district bypass a long permitting process and convert open canal to closed pipe in a northeast Bend neighborhood.

Oregon’s rivers and streams hold more than 4 gigawatts of potential renewable energy, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Ray Sessler sized up the prospects Tuesday for the summer and the seven fields where he cultivates hay to feed his 800 head of cattle in winter.

A legal challenge to Bend’s $24 million water supply project appears to be headed to trial, after months of settlement talks between the city, U.S. Forest Service and opponents of the project failed to produce a deal.

John Garrison has wandered the waters of Central Oregon for the last 30 years as a fishing guide. So, naturally, he has some stories to tell.

Bend Park & Recreation District officials say they will let the utility company that owns Mirror Pond dam decide whether the public gets to see a taxpayer-funded inspection report on the structure .