About Us

We’re Mason and Paige. A couple of locals (and parents) who spend way too much time wandering around Bend, chasing the next great food truck, local trail, or community event that makes this place feel like home.

The Bend Banner started as a way to keep track of everything happening here. The hikes worth waking up early for, the breweries that still feel local, the new businesses quietly doing something cool. It’s a once-weekly dispatch read by people who actually live here. Not just the ones visiting for the weekend.

We write like we talk: curious, a little sarcastic, and always with love for this weird, wonderful mountain town.

Every week, you’ll get:

• The best local eats, hikes, and hidden gems

• Small business stories and startup news

• Events worth leaving the house for

• A couple of adoptable pets you’ll immediately fall in love with

It’s Bend, told by the people who live it — not the ones writing listicles from three states away.