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Listen: Ascending Together – Twin Sisters Fiona and Isabel Max on Running Through COVID 🎧

The Max sisters talk about expanding their talents beyond athletics, dealing with running injuries and their freshman year at Princeton
Avatar photo by Laurel Brauns and Aaron Switzer

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we spoke with Isabel and Fiona Max. These fraternal twins are record-breaking runners from Bend who started their Freshman year at Princeton University this fall… remotely. They often finish within seconds or split seconds of each other in races, though Isabel is known for wins in shorter sprints, […]

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In a Child Care Desert, More Spots Dry Up ▶ [With Video]

Central Oregon had a big shortage of child care before the pandemic. Now, with far fewer slots, local groups are collaborating to ease the burden.
by Ashley Moreno

As part of its economic vitality goals for 2019-2021, the Bend City Council sought to increase available child care slots by 20% as compared to September 2019. Due in part to challenges related to COVID-19, the Council has fallen behind its goal to increase child care availability in the area. Like much of Oregon, Bend […]

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Listen: The Story Behind Central Oregon Gives 🎧

Aaron Switzer of Central Oregon Gives and Rys Fairbrother of What If We Could joined forces last year to create an online giving program that raised hundreds of thousands for local nonprofits
Avatar photo Laurel Brauns and Aaron Switzer

For this week’s episode of “Bend Don’t Break” we spoke with Rys Fairbrother of What If We Could, and Aaron Switzer, the Source Weekly’s publisher and founder of Central Oregon Gives. Both Switzer and Fairbrother have been working to help nonprofits for years through sponsorships, marketing and storytelling. The Central Oregon Gives program combines all […]

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Bend Gets Its First Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine ▶ [with video]

St. Charles celebrates, saying “the eagle has landed”
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

It’s the moment that many have been waiting for all year: Vaccines designed to safeguard against the COVID-19 virus have arrived in Central Oregon. St. Charles Health System received its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine Thursday, which arrived in the state earlier this week. WATCH: St. Charles released a video Thursday of the arrival […]

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Bend Chamber Releases Series Sharing Local Business Resilience ▶ [with video]

First episode of “Stories of Resilience” video series debuts
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

With unemployment high and many places forced to close or reduce service due to ongoing pandemic shutdowns, most—if not all—businesses in Central Oregon have been affected by COVID-19 in some way. With Gov. Kate Brown extending Oregon’s state of emergency Thursday for an additional 60 days, calling it “the darkest days of this pandemic,” now’s […]

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Listen: Source Weekly Update Podcast 12/17 🎧

A timeline for getting the coronavirus vaccine in Bend, in this week’s podcast
The Source Staff

The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are headed to Bend, and details on the upcoming session of the Oregon legislature, aimed at helping renters and businesses affected by the shutdowns, along with wildfire victims, all in this week’s podcast. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon · Source Weekly Update 12/17

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Listen: Anthony Broadman on Getting Kids Back in the Classroom 🎧

Bend City Councilor-Elect Anthony Broadman is part of a bipartisan group in Bend putting pressure on Gov. Kate Brown to support in-person classes regardless of COVID statistics
Avatar photo Laurel Brauns and Aaron Switzer

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we spoke with City Councilor-Elect, Anthony Broadman who also works as an indigenous rights attorney. Broadman has already developed a reputation for leadership in Bend: He helped spearhead a plan to expand outdoor seating for restaurants throughout the City and introduced a proposal to provide childcare for community […]

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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
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

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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