Bend Don't Break

On this Weeks Update, The Bend City Council moves forward with an ordinance to create a restricted parking district in a small section of the Old Bend neighborhood. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s Bend Don’t Break podcast we talk with Stefanie Garber, the superintendent and elementary school principal for the Culver School District. Garber recently wrote a letter to Gov. Kate Brown arguing that local communities and school boards should decide when to open schools in their own communities. She asked that the state eliminate the “one size fits all” mandates for schools. Send...

In this week's Source Weekly update we're discussing what this semesters online learning will look like. Learning pods rise as a refined method of focused Education. Bend Parks and Recreation district as well as the Boys and Girls Club offer programs for families struggling with online schooling. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s Bend Don’t Break podcast we speak with Tammy Baney, the executive director of the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council. COIC is a group of representatives from each city and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs who work together on economic development, housing, job training and. Most notably, COIC oversees Cascades East Transit, the regional public transit provider for all...

A recap of the anger and frustration at Bend's City Council meeting; and moving forward on a transportation bond in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In this week's Source Weekly update: A new OSU-Cascades diversity lab, three protestors arrested in Prineville, and a drive for supplies for the tribes at Warm Springs. All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with to Former Bend Police Chief Jim Porter. After 20 years with the BPD and six years as the head of the agency, Porter retired a few weeks ago. His successor has big shoes to fill. We cover a lot of ground in this episode: Beginning with Porter’s program to improve officer wellness, we move on to discuss the challenges of answering mental healt...

In this week's Source Weekly update: A man dies at Bend's new high school, a local Fred Meyer employee charged with harassment after allegedly shoving trump supporter, and two Bend first responders test positive for COVID. All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend, the destination marketing organization for the City. Dugan worked in the fly fishing industry before coming on as the group sales manager for the agency 10 years ago. He was then promoted to President, taking over for Doug LaPlaca. Dugan discusses the challenging position Visit Bend is in right now: It is man...

In this week's Source Weekly update were focusing on the pandemic and race related crimes: five more people in Central Oregon have died from COVID. Bend man charged in alleged racial bias incident. Alleged "rolling coals" incident leads to charges. All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Cameron Clark is the founder and owner of C3 Events, which produces Munch and Music and the NorthWest Crossing Saturday Farmers Market, among many other beloved events in Central Oregon. COVID-19 has obviously had a huge impact on his business, but instead of focusing on the economics, this conversation explores the topic of social health and the way that the pandemic lockdowns have had a devastat...

In this week's Source Weekly update were focusing on the pandemic: nine restaurants and bars in Deschutes County that have been reported for violating COVID-19 prevention measures. Additionally, new mask laws, Bend's first death, Bend's nursing home outbreak, and record-breaking case counts. All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Todd Montgomery, a business and hospitality professor at Oregon State University – Cascades. His research focuses on automation and technology in the tourism industry from both the perspective of workers and customers. He’s the co-host and co-producer of “Tech Trek,” a TV show highlighting innovative automation technology from around the wor...

In this weeks Source Weekly update were focusing on water: the Jefferson County drought, and the importance of the North American Beaver to our water system. Finally well finish with a summery of the best movies, shows and books of 2020 (so far). All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Ben Gordon, the head of Central Oregon LandWatch, a local environmental watchdog nonprofit. COLW has been working behind the scenes for decades to mitigate the effects of urban development and wasteful water use. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In this week's Source Weekly Update were focusing on the grey area connected to wearing masks in public. Later, we’ll talk about Bend's tourism and the role it has been playing during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as the economic impacts the city of Bend is facing due to the pandemic. All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week's "Bend Don't Break" podcast, we talk with Jeff Eager who is a Bend business attorney and former mayor of Bend. He talks with the Source to share his perspectives on the coronavirus lockdowns, the protests against police brutality and the need for competent leadership in the wake of a worldwide pandemic. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

In this week's Source Weekly update were focusing on water: we explore the struggles of farmers in Jefferson County during a drought year and importance of the North American Beaver to our water system. Finally we'll finish with a summery of the best movies, shows and books of 2020 (so far). All in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast our guest is Holly Harris, the crisis services manager for Deschutes County. She’s worked in the behavioral health field for 17 years with a primary focus on the intersection of criminal justice and mental health. Right now she’s working to get the Deschutes County Stabilization Center up and running, which just opened last week and serves people in the c...

Local runners adjust their training with no Olympic Trials, Juniper Ridge campers move on, and the story behind the "Rock Box," the party bus that rolls around Bend, all in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Liliana Bernabe was featured in the 2018 Source Women's Issue, sharing her story of living in the U.S., after coming to the country from Mexico as a young child. The Source checked back in with Bernabe following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration's effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which offered protection from deportation for p...

This week our guest is Josh Lehner, an Oregon state economist whose work has been published in the New York Times, NPR and the Washington Post. With a particular focus on the outlook for Central Oregon, Josh talks about the region’s strong professional services sector and how these types of jobs will play an insulating factor in the local economy, despite tourism’s devastating decline. Send us Fan...

Central Oregon Pride goes virtual, Deschutes County Sheriffs investigating knee-on-neck incident and zero cases found in the OSU COVID TRACES study. Send us Fan Mail Support the show

Check out the latest episode of the Source's Weekly's "Bend Don't Break" podcast hosted by our publisher Aaron Switzer. This week our guest is Ben Hemson, the City of Bend Business Advocate. Ben hasn't gotten much sleep since the pandemic began. He's been doing everything from helping local businesses with their loans from the federal government to managing a new...

Body cams for Bend Police, but budget cuts for other departments within the City of Bend, and an update on what researchers are finding by studying Bend's sewers for evidence of COVID-19, all in this week's Source Weekly Update. Send us Fan Mail Support the show