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Bend October Sales Show Increased Median Price and Sales Volume Over Prior Month

Price and sales volume increase after summer cool-off
Avatar photo Nick Nayne, Principal Broker

Following an unexpected cooling-off period this summer, our local real estate market took an unexpected swing in the opposite direction for October. According to October 2018 Central Oregon MLS statistics for Bend single family residences (excluding condos and manufactured homes) on one acre or less, the market heated up again, with the median price increasing […]

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California’s Still Battling Its Worst Wildfire Ever. Here’s How to Help

Oregon fire crews now working on the blaze near Chico
Chris Miller

At last estimate, the three wildfires burning in California had killed 42 people, with 200 still missing. Fires have burned nearly 200,000 acres and displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Paradise, Calif. and Chico, and also around Malibu. Last Sunday, the Oregon Department of Forestry deployed two strike teams to help battle the Camp […]

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Riverbend Brewing Closing its Brewpub

Health concerns force closure of pub, but brewery will remain open
Chris Miller

Bend’s Riverbend Brewing is closing its original brewpub this month. Its leaders say they’re closing due to personal health concerns, but say they’ll continue to brew beer for distribution as they look for another location. “It comes as sad news that, as of November 19, 2018, our original brew pub will be closing its doors […]

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At OSU-Cascades, an Increasing Rate of Diversity

Among transfer and first-year students, a rate of 23 percent students of color
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Oregon State University-Cascades just released its enrollment numbers for the start of the 2018-2019 school year. One of the most striking stats: A higher rate of enrollment for students of color. Among its first-year enrollees, OSU-Cascades is reporting a rate of close to 23 percent—or 22.9 percent—students of color. That stat comes from a relatively […]

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McLeod-Skinner’s Feat in Deschutes County

Greg Walden lost Deschutes County for the first time. A political science expert theorizes why.
Chris Miller

Although Jamie McLeod-Skinner didn’t win the election in Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, she did accomplish something that no Democrat has ever done before—getting more votes than Greg Walden in Deschutes County. According to unofficial county elections results from the Deschutes County Elections, Democrat McLeod-Skinner garnered 45,020 votes in Deschutes County, to Republican Walden’s 44,392. To […]

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What’s Next for the Council?

A new, directly elected mayor, and a council appointee bring changes to Bend’s City Council
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

Bend City Councilor Sally Russell won the election Tuesday to become Bend’s first directly elected mayor. It was a crowded race, with six candidates in the running. According to the latest unofficial results released by the Deschutes County Clerk, Russell took 50.18 percent of the vote—amounting to 21,666 votes as of Wednesday morning. Next in […]

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School Start Time Changes: The Domino Effect

Another component of changing school start and end times: Changing times for before and after school programs
Jaclyn Brandt

Bend-La Pine Schools announced new school start times last month—a change the district’s been considering for years. The new times have less to do with convenience, and more to do with studies showing that adolescents learn better when they start their days later. The process of changing school start times took the district two years […]

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A Love of Space and Music

Drummer and astronaut Jim Wetherbee shares his love of music for a local fundraiser
Jaclyn Brandt

Bend is home to actors, musicians, artists, entrepreneurs and plenty of other talented people from all over the world. Jim Wetherbee is one of them, having moved to Bend after retiring. He has an especially unique story, even for Bend. Wetherbee spent more than 31 years at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, as an […]

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Beyond Buds is Beyond Badass

Josh Jardine

There’s no shortage of books about cannabis out there. The groaning, overstuffed top shelf of an ancient Ikea bookshelf in my front room speaks to that in… volumes. There are grow guides, “history of cannabis” reference sources, cookbooks, cannabis spa guides and “how to roll joints” handbooks. When the Great Cascadia Earthquake hits, I may […]

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