In the Media

PacifiCorp plans to decommission the Mirror Pond dam or transfer ownership of it to another entity.

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., will reintroduce legislation today that authorizes the release of unallocated water behind Bowman Dam into the Crooked River, helping Prineville ease its water woes.

An estimate of the realistic lifespan of the Newport Avenue Dam should be available in early- to mid-December, a spokesman for PacifiCorp said Friday.

It’s time for the folks deciding the future of Bend’s Mirror Pond to break from their weakness and their secrecy. Put the pond’s future on the ballot.

Three citizen members were appointed to the Mirror Pond Ad Hoc Committee on Wednesday, bringing the committee that will seek a final plan for the future of the pond to a full nine members.

Bend is on the verge of breaking ground on an overhaul of the city’s surface water system.

Logs, rocks, and woody debris jammed into the creekbed are a carefully engineered part of a big plan to bring sockeye salmon back to spawn at Suttle Lake.

Local officials are researching options to maintain the Newport Avenue dam if the utility that owns the dam decides it no longer makes financial sense to generate hydropower at the site.

Who needs the water more? The debate in Central Oregon has been going on for decades. Now one issue in Prineville is before the U.S. Congress for the second time.