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Listen: School boards and public input with Supt. Steve Cook and Board Chair Melissa Barnes Dholakia 🎧

Managing public concerns and more with leadership in Bend-La Pine Schools
by The Source Staff

School boards across the country have faced increasingly hostile public input this year over the purported inclusion of Critical Race Theory in K-12 schools, indoor masking and a host of other topics—and the school board in Bend and La Pine has definitely seen more than its usual share of this type of input. In this […]

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Source Weekly Update 10/21/21

New food carts; health care workers out of a job in this week’s podcast
by The Source Staff

New food carts for Bend and Sisters, and health workers out of a job after the vaccine mandate, all found in this week’s Source Weekly Update podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/21/21

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Listen: Jeff Eager of the Bend Humanity Coalition 🎧

Talking issues and solutions with houseless individuals
by The Source Staff

The Bend Don’t Break podcast returns with a chat with Jeff Eager of the Bend Humanity Coalition, a new organization that describes itself as “a group of caring Bend citizens working to make our city safe and humane for the unhoused and housed Bendites.” The organization advocates for more enforcement of laws around accumulating trash […]

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/14/21 🎧

An outcry over Mt. Bachelor’s “Fast Tracks,” plus openings and closings in the restaurant scene
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

An outcry over the new “Fast Tracks” program at Mt. Bachelor, the closure of a beloved Mediterranean restaurant and a new beginning for the old Sparrow Bakery location, all in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update Podcast 10/14/21

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Source Weekly Update podcast 9/29/21

Recounting experiences of racism at the memorial for Barry Washington, Jr., and a TV appearance for local restaurants
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Local reaction to the shooting death of Barry Washington, Jr., and Bend restaurants appear on Guy Fieri’s show, all in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update podcast 9/29/21

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Source Weekly Update 9/23/21

The death of Barry Washington and an effort to make Bend’s streets safer
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The death of a young man on the streets of Bend after a bar fight, and a push to make Bend’s streets safer through a survey and upcoming conference… all in this week’s Source Weekly Update. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 9/23/21

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A Different Kind of Extracurricular ▶ [with video]

Trap shooting team aims high for this year’s competition
by Damian Fagan

High school students have many extracurricular activities to choose from in Central Oregon. There are traditional sports such as football and volleyball—but here’s one that might surprise you: trap shooting. Mountain View High School hosts a team that competes in the Oregon State High School Clay Target League. The MVHS team includes students in grades […]

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Escaping the North Tower ▶ [with video]

On September 11, 2001, now-Bendite Chuck Allen had to scramble down more than 80 stories and run from plumes of smoke before the nightmare was over
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Graphic warning: This story contains some graphic details of the carnage of the September 11 attacks. When Chuck Allen arrived for work on September 11, 2001, he made the arduous trip to his office in the North Tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. It usually took about 10 minutes to get to his […]

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