John McLeod is leaving his post as President/GM at Mt. Bachelor. Learn more here.

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — John McLeod, president and general manager of Mt. Bachelor for nearly seven years, is leaving the ski and snowboard resort “to pursue other opportunities,” parent Powder Corp. announced Friday.

Here’s the full statement provided to NewsChannel 21 by Stacey Hutchinson, vice president of communications and government affairs for the Park City, Utah company. She confirmed that McLeod, who took the GM position in May 2016, is leaving Powdr.

“John McLeod is leaving Mt. Bachelor to pursue other opportunities and will no longer serve as President and General Manager. We thank John for his contributions to Mt. Bachelor and the Central Oregon…

Central Oregon is seeing a “more balanced real estate market.” Learn more here.

Central Oregon sellers may find that they’re not getting multiple offers within days of listing their homes for sale, but that doesn’t mean the market is turning in favor of buyers.

It does indicate, however, that a transition is building from a seller’s market to a more balanced real estate market for Central Oregon, said Donnie Montagner, owner of Beacon Appraisal Group in Redmond. Real estate professionals say that more homes are up for sale and taking longer to sell. When those two home-sales components change, it creates a more balanced market for buyers and sellers, Montagner said.

Prior to the pandemic, in 2020, a single-family home…