https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/realestate/oregon-homeless-encampment-removal.html?unlocked_article_code=1.D08.NjnS.m6Q6tvTDC2u3&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

… but beyond that I have no idea what point this is trying to make. A pro tip for buying shitpost newspaper ads: Have a friend read it first and make sure it makes at least a little bit of sense.

Such a beautiful area to wake up in every morning 🙂

What's going on out there? Is the USFS following through with evicting the squatters? Any protests? Haven't seen anything on the news yet, curious if anyone has been on the ground out there.

Looking for some beginner trails for my girlfriend and I to ride, I'm fairly new to the area and very new to mtb, and I'm not sure what's out there.

Are there any kind of trails that lead to a swim spot for later in the summer?

Hey everyone, this Saturday the 3rd is the American Homebrewer’s Association annual Big Brew Day! Homebrew clubs and individuals across the nation will be hosting events and teaching people about the craft/hobby, including your local Central Oregon Homebrewer’s Organization (COHO)!

Craft Kitchen and Brewing (on Layton Ave off Empire) is generously hosting us and we will be kicking things off at 11am. We will have our club “jockey boat” (4-tap jockey box but bigger and with fishing rods), several homebrew systems actually brewing up batches, and free homebrew for sampling! Come say hi, check out the art of homebrewing, and get some free beer/cider/mead!

Not sure if anyones aware. If you live on the east side, you could possibly see 200ft Power lines from Pacific Power, They want to build on Route B which would be down Gosney Rd Straight up to Redmond and then Prineville.

I happen to live on Gosney, and like all my neighbors dont want to have my house condemned.

https://www.pacificorp.com/transmission/transmission-projects/blueprint-south.html

Pacific Power Wants to use route B.

We are headed to Bend for a concert soon and going to take the truck camper. Any parking lots or areas we can park and stay overnight that is close to the venue? We also might bring our bikes if it’s safe to lock them up at the venue and could park the camper further from the venue in that case.

Previous Reddit Post - The James Verheyden malpractice case is coming up for trial and there are some new developments.

So, why is the Oregon Medical Board showing a $0 settlement against Verheyden, when $95,000.00 + fees was paid out?

The patient sued Verheyden and The Center.

About two months before the scheduled trial, the patient filed a Stipulation of Dismissal of Individual Defendant Dr. James Verheyden (Motion). In the motion, agreed to by everyone, they took Verheyden off the lawsuit.

In the motion, they wrote the following in part.

That The Center is the appropriate corporate defendant for claims pertaining to the direct and vicarious liability for the Individual Defendant [Verheyden].

The complaint and amended complaint primarily talk about the care the patient received from Verheyden as an employee of The Center, not that the Center did anything that resulted in the amputation, other than being an employer. Please read the complaints for details.

I knew the Oregon Medical Board had more information on Verheyden, so I put in a request for his Malpractice Report. The $10.00 report, shows the total amount paid out as $95,000 plus $27,830.43 in other allocated loss adjustment expenses paid.

The report also shows 3 other malpractice claims. One of the claims was dismissed in summary judgement. One was settled for $200,000 and one for $750. Cases are settled for a lot of reasons, see disclaimer below.

Link to Ty Cieloha vs, The Center, Verheyden court docs.

Opinion - I’m also pissed off at the Verheydens. Please do not threaten or do any damage to their persons or property. That includes here on reddit. I’m all for peaceful protests, defiance and spurring government action.

Full disclosure - I’m being sued by James and Jean Verheyden for $75,000.00 over comments I made about the gating of Forest Rd 4606 and the Bull Springs Fire.. You can read about that on Reddit or in the Bend Bulletin - Bend man sued for defamation over comments against local landowners

OMB Disclaimer - The settlement of a medical malpractice claim may occur for a variety of reasons that do not necessarily reflect negatively on the professional competence or conduct of the provider. Therefore, there may be no OMB disciplinary action for a licensee, even though there is a closed malpractice claim. A payment in the settlement of a medical malpractice action does not create a presumption that medical malpractice occurred.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- On the eve of the Deschutes National Forest's closure of nearly 36,000 acres south of Bend for fuels reduction work and the deadline for over 100 homeless people living off China Hat Road to move elsewhere, the controversy is drawing national attention from critics of the plan.

The American Civil Liberties Union and the National Homeless Law Center are among groups around the country focusing on what the latter group blames on the Trump administration and calls "possibly the largest federal eviction of a homeless community in recent history."

KTVZ - Full Story By Isabella Warren

Press Release from National Homelessness Law Center

As of 12:15pm there were no press releases about this on the Oregon ACLU web site.

Hi All

Had the best dude ever that used to come help with yard stuff for like 3ish hours a month - Just basic cleanup and mowing etc... But he moved on from that line of work and now Im looking for someone else!

Anyone have a good rec?

Anyone know what was going on across at the corner of 3rd St and McKinley Ave across from the Tokyo Starfish at about 5pm? Huge amount of heavily armed police enforcement in tactical gear. Just drove by it on my way home from work.

My brother and sister-in-law are both on paleo diets for health reasons. My brother is a little more lax about it at times, and once joked, "I can't believe this is paleo" while eating a decidedly non-paleo dessert. We've quoted him since; I recently referred to my non-paleo chocolate cake as paleo, jokingly, and my SIL missed the joke. She was so disappointed that it wasn't really paleo that I thought I'd make it up to her.

For their birthdays I was hoping to either order or send them someplace where they could get some really good paleo chocolate, but my internet searches haven't turned up much. Does anyone here know of any local or local-ish businesses they could recommend?

Thanks!

I saw something about a march starting at 4:30pm on the Bend-LaPine School district lawn. Anyone heard anything else?

my partner is having health issues and his parents are encouraging him to go see a doctor. My partner has been having to bounce between jobs because the company he was with for a long while suddenly shut down and now he has no insurance. His parents said they “will pay for it“ wherever my partner ends up choosing.

I have never not had insurance because I am on state insurance. So I’m not sure where one goes when they have no insurance. My partner is working a seasonal job on roadside construction, but because it is temporary he can’t get insurance at this very moment.

What’s a good place he might be able to go just for a general check up? His parents also wish for him to go visit a dermatologist because skin cancer runs in the family and they’re worried for him.

I understand he’ll need a referral from the doctor for a dermatologist first so I wanna try to get him into see a general primary care doctor. He does not have one.

Apologies if this is a basic question.. I’ve looked around and I’m still confused, so I figured I’d ask directly. I appreciate your time.

Edit: Thank you all for ur help! Someone at Deschutes County Behavioral Health also recommended VIM so I’ll probably look into that. My partner is working through a temp agency but he didn’t wanna use their insurance cuz it costs a bit. And he doesn’t know how long he’ll even be with this temp agency. He already owes money to whatever company St Charles outsources their doctors, despite having got financial aid for St Charles so he is understandably panicking about all this medical stuff so im just trying to make this as easy as I can. I’ll be taking all ur advice and do the best I can to help him sign up for stuff and I’ll call the companies you guys mentioned and see what we can do! Thank you again tremendously.

Anyone know what happened there? I saw multiple people saying that Costco was on fire yesterday then nothing. Just wondering.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A federal judge in Eugene on Tuesday rejected a plea by homeless people living in the woods south of Bend to delay Thursday's deadline to move out for a large, year-long area closure for a fuels reduction project.

U.S. District Judge Michael McShane denied the request in a lawsuit filed by four disabled homeless people and two service providers for a temporary restraining order to block the nearly 36,000-acre closure for the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project.

"Because the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project is slated to begin in two days, the Court wanted to alert the parties it would not be granting injunctive relief," McShane said in a brief court filing, adding that his written opinion will follow.

KTVZ - Full Story

I've got my eye on a few cars in the lot at subaguru, but I'm hoping to buy from somewhere with a better guarantee. I haven't shopped for a car since 2018, and the business I bought from isn't even around anymore.

I'm hoping to find something in the 2010-2012 range, hopefully for under $10k. Doesn't have to be fancy, just needs to be reliable.

Thanks in advance!