The real estate market in 2025 didn’t hand out many freebies. Gone were the days of instant multiple offers and forgiving buyers willing to overlook flaws. Instead, the year rewarded preparation, realism and adaptability. For buyers, sellers and professionals alike, 2025 offered some valuable reminders about how the market really works. Pricing Correctly Still Solves […]
The Year the Market Got Honest
Posted inFilm
Aliens, Odysseys and a Dunesday
I keep waiting to become more cynical about movies as a film critic. Every week I read one think piece after the next about how cinema is dying and no good movies are made anymore, but 2025 was packed to the rafters with One Masterpiece After Another. In a year with movies like “Train Dreams,” […]
Posted inBusiness News
Redmond Municipal Airport Hosting Open House for Interested Vendors
The Redmond Municipal Airport (RDM) invites interested businesses to attend an open house for the Airport’s current Request for Proposals (RFP) for Non-Exclusive Food, Beverage, Retail, and Vending Concessions. This is an opportunity for local businesses to learn how they can be a part of concessions at RDM, which serves 1.3 million passenger trips annually. […]
Posted inBusiness News
Mother Forced to Dig Up Son’s Burial Vault
A long-running dispute over a West Hills burial plot reached a dramatic conclusion over the holidays. On Dec. 12, a Multnomah County circuit judge ruled that although Skyline Memorial Gardens in Northwest Portland had erroneously sold the same burial plot twice, the first purchasers, Martin and Jane Reser, were entitled to sole possession of the […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor, Week of Jan. 8
Re: Habitat for Humanity Purchases Surplus School District Land (12/24/25) Kudos to Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity for planning 18 townhomes for teachers (maybe). Not sure how much their mortgage payments will be, but sorry to say that it’s not going to move the needle much for affordability for most of the district’s employees. I have another […]
Posted inSound Stories & Interviews
YAGÓDY Brings Ukrainian Culture and History to Central Oregon
A Ukrainian musical group will engage and inform Central Oregonians about its country’s culture and customs when it performs ancient Ukrainian folk songs and original compositions on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at the Tower Theatre in Bend. YAGÓDY, a seven-member musical ensemble that formed in Lviv, Ukraine, is the first offering in a new three-concert series […]
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Deschutes County Sheriff Continues Town Halls
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office invites citizens to the next Town Hall meeting with Sheriff Ty Rupert on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Three Rivers School in Sunriver. It will be held in the cafeteria. These Town Halls provide an opportunity for citizens to connect directly with the Sheriff’s […]
Posted inMusic
‘Stop Making Sense’ is Landing at the Tower Theatre
The opening of the Talking Heads 1984 concert film “Stop Making Sense” — a new and improved version of which is currently touring theaters and making a stop at the Tower Theatre on Jan. 14, along with a live Q&A with cofounder Jerry Harrison — finds David Byrne on a bare stage performing “Psycho Killer” […]
Posted inChow
Roots at Heart: A Recipe for Success
With the holidays behind us, many are feeling the effects of overindulgence and looking to the new year to get back on track. Starting a new diet can be intimidating and the amount of information coming at us about nutrition can be overwhelming, but Bend’s Mayra Molina Santana and Oscar Molina of Roots at Heart […]
Posted inCulture
Free Will Astrology, Week of Jan. 1
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He helped ensure its core technologies were released to the world without patents or royalties. Universal, open access mattered more to him than personal profit. That single decision was a profound gift to the world. Billions benefited. In his generous spirit, dear […]