Bend’s rules for trees are so lax most big trees can be removed for development. Bend’s rules for trees are inconsistent. Bend’s rules for trees are not clear. Bend’s rules for trees have incentives ...

Two spruce trees and a large sugar maple that had much of their southern halves razed stand along St. Vincent Street in South Bend's Harter Heights neighborhood. Neighbors say a leafy canopy was ...

Nearly one year after Bend passed an ordinance to preserve the city’s tree canopy from development, the policy is at work. The result: nearly 1,500 trees will be torn down to make room for a large ...

SOUTH BEND — South Bend residents can put their Christmas trees out by the curb throughout January, and the city will recycle them into mulch and compost. The city announced that residents within ...