To start a newspaper in Bend, a printing press and other publishing equipment items were brought overland from the railhead at Shaniko by freight wagon.He also championed the establishment of numerous state parks as well as leading the effort to preserve key portions of the John Day Fossil Beds.[13] Western Communications filed documents in U..S. Bankruptcy Court in Portland in June 2019 indicating that it planned to sell The Bulletin and Redmond Spokesman to Rhode Island Suburban Newspapers for just over $2 million.Their bid of $3.65 million for The Bulletin and the Redmond Spokesman included investment and loans from civic and business leaders in Bend.[15] In October 2019, the paper's landmark northwest lodge-style office and printing press building, built on just under 10 acres in 2000, was sold for $13.25 million to Next Development Group.[17] The newspaper relocated to leased offices in the Old Mill District[18] and the Prineville press shop owned by Pamplin Media Group began printing The Bulletin.[22] In June 2024, EO Media Group announced The Bulletin will cease it's Sunday print edition and reduce the number of e-editions per week from seven to five.[25] That same month, the union filed a federal labor complaint against Carpenter Media Group arguing the owners were surface bargaining.Putnam and Sawyer were inducted in 1980, shortly after the Hall of Fame was created by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.In 1964, Brogan wrote East of the Cascades, an important source of information on the geology, geography, and history of Central Oregon.[32] Gerry O'Brien, formerly of the Klamath Falls Herald and News and several newspapers in Montana, was the editor of The Bulletin from September 2019 to February 2024.