SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WSBT) — If your Christmas tree is beginning to look a little past its expiration date, South Bend is offering free tree recycling starting Monday. Trees will be collected on the same ...

Bend’s tree preservation ordinance should save trees without seriously hurting the ability to meet housing needs. That may not be its precise purpose, but it’s our view of what its purpose should be.

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 affordable ...