The millennial generation is defined as individuals born between 1981 and 1996. This group has represented the largest share of the homebuying market for the past five years in a row, with the 2018 share at 36%, according to Anna DeSimone, housing advocate and author of “Housing Finance 2020.” Even though millennials make up a […]
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A Push for a Warming Shelter in Bend
Local leaders work on solutions for the unhoused population, still left out in the cold
Temperatures dropped below freezing the night of October 29—while people without homes braved the life-threatening temperatures out of doors, huddling in their vehicles or cuddling with their animals for warmth, many hidden from sight on Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service land on the outskirts of town. That morning, city and county officials, […]
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From Alt Rock to Jesus Talk
Local radio station, KURT 93.7, under new ownership
KURT 93.7, marketed as “Central Oregon’s Alternative” broadcasting station, is officially under new ownership. Previously owned by Rubin Broadcasting, a California-based company, the station—launched on April 1, 2018—was dubbed on its Facebook page, “The New Home for Radio Weirdos.” It featured an eclectic mix of alternative music. Though still in its beginning stages, KURT had […]
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The Car Camping Dilemma
Irate neighbors, new parking restrictions lend to increased tensions for people experiencing homelessness
Like any college student, Colin P. has his share of stresses—balancing difficult homework assignments, passing midterms, all the while working a part time minimum-wage job and squeezing in the odd social activity. “It’s been an adjustment period for sure,” says the 29-year-old Army vet, who moved to Bend just a few months ago. “It’s been […]
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Cattle Mutilations and a Satanic Cult?
Experts weigh in on the disturbing, ongoing mutilations of livestock in Central Oregon
Over the course of the past three decades, over 10,000 animals across the U.S. have been systematically and inexplicably mutilated. In 1975, Kansas ranchers Stanley and Carol Post discovered one of their cows dead—a hematoma on its head, its genitalia and udders surgically removed. Around the same time, they found a calf with its eye […]
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Wasted in Bend: Automobiles
An exhaustive look at emissions and solid waste from cars
Transportation is on the mind of many Bendites this fall, as the City of Bend works through a new 20-year Transportation System Plan to keep people moving safely and efficiently over roads, bus routes and pathways. An estimated 40,000 people have moved to Bend since the previous plan was written, and most brought cars with […]
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LUBA Fires First Shots Across Deschutes County Bow
Will it be the first of many?
For the first time since marijuana production has been legal in Deschutes County, the Board of County Commissioners received some feedback from the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals about how their interpretations of marijuana land-use rules square with state law. The feedback was pretty simple: Try again. In a unanimous opinion filed Oct. 17, […]
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Truth in Real Estate
To tell or not to tell?
Every property has idiosyncrasies, and certainly, every home is not perfect. It’s highly likely at some point during homeownership something has occurred that will need to be disclosed when selling the property. As a broker, I have yet to meet a seller who hasn’t expressed apprehension about disclosing potential and past problems that could influence […]
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Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/31/19
Cattle mutilations, an 82-year-old half marathoner and a LUBA kerfuffle for the Deschutes County Commission
Mysterious cattle mutilations, an 82-year-old half-marathoner and a slap on the wrist from the state to the Deschutes County Commission in this week’s podcast.
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Buehler Considers Run for U.S. House
Tuesday tweet indicates Bend surgeon is considering running
Knute Buehler may be throwing his hat into the ring in the race to replace Rep. Greg Walden. Walden (R-OR2) announced yesterday that after more than 20 years in his current office, he would not seek re-election in 2020. Naturally, that left many in the state positing who would be the GOP candidate to run. […]
