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LISTEN: Jill Mahler of KPOV 🎧

The former station manager and executive director talks retirement and the future of the station
by The Source Staff

Jill Mahler recently stepped down from her role as station manager and executive director of KPOV, Bend’s local non-profit community radio station. Mahler started her KPOV career in 2008, as part-time office manager of the then-fledgling station, with a passion for community and no media experience. Over the years she aided KPOV in growing from […]

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Listen: Bend Don’t Break – Bend Central District Challenges & Opportunities with Chris Starling 🎧

A chat with a board member for the new Bend Central District Business Association
by The Source Staff

The Bend Central District is an area of opportunity for Bend to expand  and revitalize an urban core just outside the downtown area. But with its urban aspirations come urban issues, including growing numbers of people experiencing homelessness, increasing costs of development and more. In this Bend Don’t Break podcast, Chris Starling of the relatively […]

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Source Weekly Update podcast 12/2/21 🎧

Omicron variant, another delay for the ski season and a move for more renter support in this week’s podcast
by The Source Staff

The advent of a new COVID variant, more delays for the ski season and an upcoming legislative session to manage the flood of renters seeking to avoid eviction, all in this week’s Source Weekly Update podcast. (Editor’s note: This version of the story on the Omicron variant stated that the variant originated in South Africa—a fact […]

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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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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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