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Listen: Oregon’s Amazing Vote-By-Mail Elections with Nancy Blankenship ๐ŸŽง

Deschutes County Clerk Nancy Blankenship traces the history of Oregon’s “motor voter” law and mail-in ballot system, and makes some recommendations to help voters make sure their ballot is counted in this year’s historic election

For this weekโ€™s episode of โ€œBend Donโ€™t Breakโ€ we talk with Nancy Blankenship, who has been serving as the Deschutes County Clerk since 2003. Many of us know her name, but we wanted to find out more about the person behind the ballots in Deschutes County. Blankenship is a third-generation Oregonian who has lived in […]

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The Source Weekly Update Oct 8

In this week’s Update, the debate on Mirror Pond is gaining heat and real estate prices are skyrocketing

In this week’s update, we are covering the controversy of the Mirror Pond dredging. Is it worth it to dredge a pond that is historically known to refill with sediments? Also, real estate prices in bend are skyrocketing and it begs the question: are increased prices a sign of a stabilized local economy or just […]

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Listen: Bend’s Arts and Culture Scene with Cate O’Hagan ๐ŸŽง

Cate O’Hagan is best known for serving as executive director of Arts Central for more than two decades. She shares insights on state and local arts funding and the tensions between authenticity and appealing to tourists.

For this weekโ€™s โ€œBend Donโ€™t Breakโ€ podcast we talk with Cate Oโ€™Hagan, a longtime champion of the arts in Central Oregon and the chair of the Deschutes Cultural Coalition. Oโ€™Hagan and her board helped decide how to allocate nearly $1 million that recently flowed into the county to support the arts from a fund the […]

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The Source Weekly Update Sep. 30

In this week’s update, we are talking about school lunches and home evictions.

In this week’s update, we are talking about school lunches and home evictions. Families who previously received free school lunches can qualify for additional EBT benefits. Also, Governor Brown announced an eviction ban through the end of the year for those affected by the wildfires and or the pandemic. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ยท […]

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Listen: Protecting Bend From Megafires with County Forester Ed Keith ๐ŸŽง

In the aftermath of last weekโ€™s mass destruction, we take a deep dive into the history of wildfire and forest management in Central Oregon, with local forestry expert Ed Keith.

For this weekโ€™s โ€œBend Donโ€™t Breakโ€ podcast we talk with Ed Keith, who has worked as the county forester for Deschutes County since 2012. Keith traces the history of forest management in Central Oregon, including the impact of grazing and timber harvest, and describes how decades of fire suppression in Oregonโ€™s forests disrupted the natural […]

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Source Weekly Update Sep 16

This week on The Source Update we are discussing the prevailing Oregon wildfires

On this week’s Source Update, we are discussing the raging Oregon wildfires. How were they originated? How can we prevent them? What will happen to the locals? Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ยท Source Weekly Update Podcast Aug 26

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Listen: Criminal Justice Reform with John Hummel ๐ŸŽง

The Deschutes County District Attorney discusses innovative ways his office lowered the rate of recidivism for drug offenses

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we talk with John Hummel, who has been serving as the Deschutes County District Attorney since he was first elected in 2014. Before that, he served on the Bend City Council for six years, and then resigned in 2007 to earn his Masters in Public Policy from Johns […]

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