With the increase in home prices reported in last week’s article, I have been asked by many people if we are staged for a correction or whether we are in a housing bubble. While recessions are inevitable in our economy, whether there will be one in the housing market is highly debated. Most real estate […]
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Opening Soon
Curated shopping mall welcomes new local businesses
If you’ve spent any time near the Mill Quarter over the past several months, you’ve probably noticed the construction happening at The Box Factory. The 100-year-old former box and crate factory has been rejuvenated with a plethora of local businesses, each hand-selected by Portland-based real estate developer Killian Pacific. For those who haven’t stopped by […]
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Prepping for the Big One
The Cascadia subduction earthquake isn’t expected to hit Bend hard—but seismic retrofits and planning are still recommended
Friday the 13th is supposed to be spooky, so maybe it was fate that on that day, the Oregon Office of Emergency Management held two training sessions for homeowners, builders and other professionals to learn about seismic retrofitting for detached, single-family, wood-framed dwellings—better known as houses—in case the Big One hits. But let’s back up. […]
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A Lucky House
Greg Amanti, the local artist who painted the new mural on the My Lucky House building on Third Street, between Norton and Lafayette Avenues, said he landed on Greek pottery for inspiration after looking for iconic images that would read at a glance. Amanti said the mural took two full weekends and a couple of […]
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Weed Replacing Wine
When living in Northern California, I spent many weekends doing the most Northern California thing possible, (aside from practicing nude goat yoga and crafting small-batch organic, free range chia kombucha), which was visiting wineries. Some of my favorite memories involve downing bottles of delicious, jammy Napa reds. Some of my least favorite memories were the […]
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Lawmakers React to Trump-Putin Summit
Merkley, Wyden and Republican colleagues blast the president’s remarks in Finland
After Monday’s meeting between leaders of two of the world’s superpowers, in which President Trump condemned the Justice Department and accepted the explanation of a hostile foreign leader over the findings of his own intelligence agencies, reactions from Oregon’s two senators were unflattering. “President Trump is repeatedly siding with a dictator over his own government […]
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Trump Pardons Hammonds
The two Oregon ranchers’ sentences were the catalyst for the armed Malheur takeover
On July 10, the president signed Executive Grants of Clemency for Dwight Lincoln Hammond Jr. and son Steven Hammond, previously given five-year prison sentences for starting fires in eastern Oregon on Bureau of Land Management land in 2012. The Hammonds’ 2015 sentencing led to the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in January […]
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New Rooms at the Inn
Bethlehem Inn moves into its new building and even joins the Tour of Homes to show off its new spaces for displaced people
With a housing shortage, high rents and hundreds of people moving to Bend each month, it’s inevitable that some will be left out. According to the Portland State University Population Research Center, there were 3,265 new residents to the city in 2017, an increase of 3.8 percent in a single year. The Bethlehem Inn is […]
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Bend Median Home Price Makes Large Hike in June
According to MLS data as of July 5, the median home sales price in Bend jumped from $420,000 in May to $449,900 in June. Sales volume was also up over May, with 225 sales reported for May and 259 for June 2018. This is a substantial price jump over a one-month period, representing about a […]
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The Eviction Mill
Lessons learned from a day spent in Deschutes County eviction court
At first, the falling snow brought joy. Stephanie Williams’ kids gleefully scampered outside, throwing snowballs in front of their southeast Bend duplex. “It was so great to see them so happy,” says Williams, “But then I thought, if they cancel school how will I pay for daycare? I knew I couldn’t afford for them to […]