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Listen: Source Weekly Update – Dec 10 🎧

When will the vaccine hit Deschutes County? And how do we get out of the “extreme” risk category? This and more in this week’s Source Weekly Update podcast
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In this week’s Source Weekly Update, plans for COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Bend and Central Oregon and assessing Gov. Kate Brown’s new framework, in which Deschutes County and 24 other counties are in the “extreme” risk category. How do we move out of “extreme?” We suss out the details. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · […]

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Listen: Ryan Houston of the Oregon Natural Desert Association 🎧

The federal government controls millions of acres of public lands in Oregon, but who benefits? The executive director of ONDA describes the work of keeping the Bureau of Land Management accountable and preserving high desert wilderness.
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with Ryan Houston, who has been serving as executive director of the Oregon Natural Desert Association since 2018. Growing up in California, Houston developed an early interest the desert environment and eventually earned a master’s in ecology from the University of Arizona. He has a […]

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Listen: Working Across the Aisle with Former Oregon House Rep. Judy Stiegler 🎧

Stiegler offers wisdom about how to collaborate with the other side during an era of heightened polarization
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we spoke with Judy Stiegler who served in the Oregon State Legislature for House District 54 from 2009-2011 and is now an instructor of political science at OSU – Cascades. (This district covers the City of Bend and was won by Deputy District Attorney Jason Kropf in […]

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Listen: The Source Weekly Update Nov 19 🎧

In this week’s update, we’re introducing a new warming shelter and discussing the guidelines for the two week shutdown
The Source Staff

In this week’s update, we’re discussing the new, temporary warming shelter that has opened in response to the tragic death of a Bend citizen. Also, we are taking a look into the guidelines of the two week statewide shut down. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · The Source Weekly Update Nov 19

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Listen: The Politics Behind the Local Real Estate Industry with Tyler Neese 🎧

The government affairs director of the Central Oregon Association of Realtors (COARS) weighs in on local and state real estate policy
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we spoke with Tyler Neese, the government affairs director for the Central Oregon Association of Realtors, also known as COAR. After the recent election we wanted to catch up with some local PACs that had an impact on the political process and COAR was one of the […]

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Listen: Bend’s Community Political Action Committee With Luann Abrams 🎧

Central Oregon’s newest PAC saw a lot of success on Election Day. We chatted with one of its representatives about the process.
Laurel Brauns

For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talked to Luann Abrams, treasurer of the Strengthening Central Oregon Political Action Committee, a new community PAC designed to support underrepresented candidates who will bring diversity, fresh perspectives and nonpartisan solutions to the issues facing the region. The PAC had a lot to celebrate on election […]

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