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Listen: Source Weekly Update 4/8 🎧

Expanding county eligibility, pushing for vaccination equity, and a state that’s behind in percentage vaccinated
by Ella Gann

While eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine is expanding in Deschutes County, the state itself is behind in percentage of the population that has received at least one shot. There has also been a push for equity in vaccinating Latino Oregonians. Find out more in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly […]

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Listen: Source Weekly Update 4/1 🎧

by Ella Gann

A local coffee shop has been fined $27,470 for violating COVID-19 standards, preregistration for the COVID vaccine is available via a new website, and Central Cascades Wilderness day use and overnight permits are allowed to be reserved beginning April 6th. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 4/1

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Listen: Last Centrist Standing with former Bend Mayor Bruce Abernethy 🎧

A veteran of Bend’s political scene shares his words of wisdom on Bend’s leftward lurch, the City’s rapid growth and his work to help people without homes.
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On this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with former Bend City Councilor Bruce Abernethy. He is well-known in the community for his service work: He’s served on the board of directors for more than a dozen organizations ranging from nonprofits to government entities to educational institutions. He sat on the City Council […]

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Listen: Source Weekly Update 3/18 🎧

Case counts for crimes against Indigenous peoples are up. Stats, details, and what is being done, in this week’s podcast.
by Ella Gann

The crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people is growing and has reached epidemic levels for women and girls. Here is what’s being done and what challenges advocates face. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 3/18

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Listen: A New Vision for Redmond with City Councilor Clifford Evelyn 🎧

Born and raised in New York City, Evelyn has lived and worked in predominantly white communities in the Pacific Northwest for most of his life. He’s not afraid to challenge small town paradigms.
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For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we talk with Redmond City Councilor Clifford Evelyn. Evelyn won an insurgent victory in 2020 through a campaign of connecting with local business owners and others in the community, despite the constraints of COVID-19. Evelyn talked about how his message resonated with people who want to see more […]

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Listen: Source Weekly Update 3/11 🎧

Stats and updates about recreational use in Central Oregon
by Ella Gann

What effects did 2020 events have on trails in Central Oregon? Learn how COVID-19, wildfires, and stay-at-home orders are affecting recreational use in 2021, and find out about implementation of an online, limited-entry permit system from the Forest Service. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 3/11

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Listen: Buddhism in an Age of Societal Decline with Michael Scott Stevens 🎧

The founder of the Natural Mind Dharma Center in Bend discusses how spiritual practices increase coping mechanisms and brain health
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For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we talk with Michael Scott Stevens, a Buddhism teacher and founder of the Natural Mind Dharma Center. When Stevens opened the center in 1996, Bend was a one-brewery ski town. Today, there’s a yoga studio on every corner and a growing community of spiritual seekers that regularly […]

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Listen: Source Weekly Update 3/4 🎧

March 4 St. Charles strike and body cam plans for the local sheriff’s office
by Ella Gann

In this week’s podcast, technical employees at St. Charles Medical Center plan to strike on March 4 in hopes of resolving a contract dispute with their employer, and deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office choose body cams to begin wearing in early May. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 3/4

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