Bend tree code debate unfurled before hearings officer. Published 8:14 am Friday, April 11, 2025 ...

"Trees are what makes Bend, Bend in so many ways," Bend Mayor Pro-Tem Megan Perkins said Wednesday. Bend's new tree advisory committee is made up of people from varying backgrounds.

Bend’s trees got a win on Friday. The city’s code meant to preserve them from development was upheld by a hearings officer after a challenge from an affordable housing developer who argued it ...

Thistle & Nest, an affordable housing provider in Bend, says the city’s new tree code isn’t flexible enough and is raising the cost of building new housing in Central Oregon. At one of the ...