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The Point on KPOV — 335 episodes

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Bend City Update with City Councilors, Mike Riley and Ariel Mendez

2

A conversation with Deschutes County Commissioner Phil Chang

3

The Redmond Community Concerts Association celebrates their 43rd season with five fall and winter concerts.

4

Destination Rehab - Helping patients with neurological challenges to reclaim an active life in the great outdoors.

5

The Redmond Food Project: Fighting Hunger One Green Bag at a Time

6

Sunriver Music Festival - Celebrates its 49th summer season and 250 years of American music.

7

Camp Fire Central Oregon - 110 years supporting the high desert needs community support now.

8

Healing from the Wounds of Slavery and Racism - A Conversation

9

Ballot Initiative to use Ranked-Choice Voting for County Comissioner Election

10

Moving into stable housing without furniture? Furnish Hope can help with that!

11

Deschutes County Dept of Solid Waste - Modernized Recycling with Jackie Wilson

12

Board House Society with Caitlin and Trygve Bjornstad

13

Secret Central Oregon: NASA Training with Vanessa Ivey

14

ONDA - Protecting Biodiverse Wildlands in Central and Eastern Oregon

15

Erin Heyl - South County Collective Action in La Pine

16

J Bar J Youth Services and the 2026 Oregon High Desert Classics Hunter-Jumper Horse Show

17

Climate Fee and Automated Traffic with Bend City Councilors Mike Riley and Ariel Mendez

18

A Chat with Rick Russell, Deschutes County Commissioner-Elect

19

Seed to Table - Talking about the POP Club (Power of Produce)

20

Rosie The Riveter, The Musical, A Conversation with Marilyn Magness, Writer, Director, Choreographer

21

Oregon Origins Project VIII: Echoes of Eruption with Matthew Packwood and Daniele McKay

22

ClearPath Healthcare formerly Hospice of Redmond

23

Discover Your Northwest - What makes the Deschutes National Forest a great place to visit.

24

Palestine Speaks Part 3

25

We Are Remembering, Not Just a Number

26

Visit Central Oregon's Role in High Desert Tourism

27

Neurodiversity - What We Are Learning

28

Bend's Racially Restrictive Deeds with Riccardo Waites from We Black Radio's The Good Deeds Project

29

The Rainbow Bridge: Coping with Pet Loss

30

Think Wild - Nesting Season and It's Time for a Wildlife Baby Shower

31

Not Crazy, Just Afraid: Destigmatizing Schizophrenia

32

Rubbish Renewed Eco Fashion Show with Designers Nora and Astrid

33

Devin Lewis, Redmond Police Chief

34

C4C: Getting Together is Community Building

35

Rags to Rescues Animal Sanctuary in Sisters, OR

36

Bend City Update with Mike Riley and Ariel Mendez - April 2026

37

Wildfire Prevention and Education with Regional Fire Specialist Ariel Cowan on the OSU Extension Connection

38

New Programs at Around the Bend Farms

39

Swapping our Cognitive Distortions for Healthy Thinking Habits

40

Deschutes Trails Coalition Projects 2026

41

Coffee Talk with Lauri Dahl of Tite Knot in Redmond

42

Secret Central Oregon with Kelly Cannon-Miller and Joshua Savage

43

Wine With Your Gyn / Viva La Vulva Part Deux

44

Palestine Speaks Part 2

45

We Are Home Film Festival: Celebrating Stories from Native & Indigenous Communities

46

Race, History, Education - A Conversation

47

Indivisible Redmond

48

Women Build Week 2026 at Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity

49

Palestine Speaks Part 1

50

Kids Center's Healing Hearts Luncheon

51

Why Hospice of Redmond is now called ClearPath Healthcare

52

Deschutes County's Intellectual Developmental Disabilities Program

53

Alok Vaid Menon on The Intersection of Comedy and Activism

54

Surviving PTSD: What Is It, Who Experiences It, and How We Can Heal

55

Black History Musings with Clifford Evelyn

56

Oregon Adaptive Sports - From First-Time Skiers to 2026 Alpine Paralympians

57

Bend City Update with Mike Riley and Ariel Mendez

58

REDdress + WHITEdress: Threads of Silenced Nations with Mila Shelehoff and Jaime Black

59

COCC Black History Month Celebration Dinner with Shekinah McLean and Aizza Perez

60

The Deschutes Land Trust - Restoring Natural Habitats after the 2025 Cram and Flat Fires

61

Making First-Generation Homeownership Possible with Dulce Pelayo and Tess Spellacy from RootedHomes

62

Breaking Up Is Hard To Do with Julian Pijuan

63

Jen Laverdure with Redmond Indivisible

64

The Oregon Community Foundation - At Work Building Community Capacity in Oregon

65

Gavin Alston on Racism in Redmond Schools

66

Conflict Resolution Services with Kyra Coke Duffy from Community Solutions

67

1.25% for Wildlife with Sally Compton from Think Wild

68

St. Charles Foundation Programs and Plans with Bill Kuhn and Jenny O'Brien

69

The 2026 Sisters Historical Society's Fireside Speaker Series

70

"We can do anything you can do...we all need to dream big": Local College Student on Living With Down Syndrome

71

Updates on Redmond with City Manager Keith Witcosky

72

NeighborImpact Weatherization Program with Director, Jessica Taylor

73

Integrating our Trauma with Somatic Therapy

74

Conversations with U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden

75

Desert Protection with Ryan Houston from the Oregon Natural Desert Association

76

Black History Month with Marcus LeGrand, COCC Afrocentric Program Coordinator

77

Camp Fire Central Oregon with Kecia Kubota

78

COCC Season for Nonviolence with Charlotte Gilbride from the COCC Foundation

79

Coping with a Grieving Loved One

80

COCC's Scholarship Program and Madras Expansion with Zak Boone

81

Launching of the Regional Business Alliance in Central Oregon

82

The Central Oregon Health Council's role in providing improved healthcare outcomes - and opportunities for public input

83

Selin Sevinc on her film Homesounds

84

PetsForward and the Story of Pumpkin

85

A Conversation with NeighborImpact Food Bank Director Carly Auten

86

Shepherd's House Services and Budget Cuts with Curt Floski and John Lodise

87

Substitutes Needed in Central Oregon with AnnMarie Anderson from the High Desert Education Service District

88

Bend City Update with Ariel Mendez

89

Life Ain't Always Wonderful: How to Survive the Holiday Blues

90

Redmond School District implements the Science of Reading

91

Conversation with Mary Murphy, Deputy Director of the Latino Community Association

92

The Civics Learning Project of Oregon with Amy Sabbadini

93

Supporting Families Through Local Schools with Julie Lyche from the Family Access Network

94

No Hazmat Suit Needed: How to Survive Toxic Positivity

95

Central Oregon Disabilities Support Network with Dianna Hansen

96

The Next Generation of Community Leaders with Michael Baker from the Boys and Girls Club of Bend

97

Cascade Culinary Institute with Brian Kerr

98

The Central Oregon Health Council's Regional Health Improvement Plan

99

Getting Creative With Bend's Open Arts Center

100

Council on Aging - Serving Seniors in Central Oregon

101

Fill All Pantries with Kristin Points from High Desert Food & Farm Alliance

102

Stephen A. Forrester on "Richard Neuberger: Oregon Politics and the Making of a US Senator"

103

Conversation with Executive Director of the Deschutes Children Foundation, Cassie MacQueen

104

Creative Wellness with HUE's Dr. Maya Heck and Nicola Carpinelli

105

Bend Burlesque Company with Ivy Devine

106

Visibility is Civic Duty with Mila Shelehoff, Yuliia Hryhorenko, Olena Vasylenko, and Anna Donoghue

107

Around the Bend Farms Programs with Ben Marsh and Josh Lesco

108

Serenity Lane - Levels of Care using a medical model for alcohol and substance use disorders

109

Dusty and Stacia --- Not'cho Grandma's Bingo and the YouNI Movement

110

Transportation and Parking with Bend City Councilor Mike Riley

111

New Deschutes County Sheriff Ty Rupert

112

Camp Fire Central Oregon - The Autumn Faire - Celebrating Youth and Families

113

The Central Oregon Tool Library with John Heylin

114

Think Wild 2025 - A year of Newsworthy Events

115

Partners In Care - Light Up A Life and A Year To Live

116

How to Experience Gratitude When Life Feels Bad

117

COCC Community Education - Serving Central Oregon

118

Big Brothers Big Sisters - 28th Annual Comedy For Kids' Sake

119

Healing Reins - Diamonds and Dust

120

Welcoming Week's Culture Jam

121

COPY - Central Oregon Project for Youth

122

CASA of Central Oregon - 20 years of Court Appointed Special Advocates

123

Stirrup Purpose Equine-Driven Healing

124

The 2025 Great Drake Park Duck Race

125

Saving Grace Development Director Stephanie Miller

126

OSU Extension Service - Canning Tips and Trends

127

Oregrown in Redmond

128

Seed to Table (Sisters) Central Oregon Vegetable Farming in August

129

Bend City Update with Mike Riley: Road Safety and Road Construction Projects

130

Dark Sky Oregon with Chris Hill

131

Every Kid Sports partners with Disney Jr. for the Let's Play campaign

132

Pollinator Pathway Bend with Gwen Bartonek

133

Mosaic Community Health - Looking Back and Looking Forward

134

Central Oregon's High Desert Music Collective

135

Noemi Arellano Summer from Central Oregon News Guild

136

Endless Summer Nights - Heart of Oregon Corps

137

Food Insecurity with Pat Nadon from SAGE and Linda Orcelletto from City Club of Central Oregon

138

Airport Expansion and Traffic Improvements with Redmond City Manager Keith Witcosky

139

Birdies 4 Babies - Mt. Star Family Relief Nursery

140

Exploring Our Local Caves with Neil Marchington

141

SCORE Mentoring -- Flex Health Consulting and Time and Place Historical Research

142

Radio Tour of the High Desert Museum with Heidi Hagemeier

143

Coming To The Table with Mark Montgomery

144

Redmond City Councilor and Deschutes County Commission Candidate John Nielsen

145

Kids Center's Annual Cork & Barrel Fundraiser

146

The Art Detectives Club for Kids with Bob Newhart and Wyndee King

147

The Silent Bully: Escaping the Grip of Abusive Brain Chatter with Jacquie Elliott

148

J Bar J Youth Services - Seven Unique Programs

149

Aaron Switzer, Founder and Publisher of The Source Weekly

150

Nourish Your Neighbor with Isabel Kiefert and Russell Simpson from Around the Bend Farms

151

Bend City Update with Mike Riley: Fire Safety

152

The Council on Aging of Central Oregon Turns 50

153

Summer Food Safety and Staying Hydrated with Katie Ahern and Stephanie Russell on The OSU Extension Connection

154

The High Desert Horticultural Center's First Annual Native Plant Garden Tour

155

High Desert Food and Farm Alliance - Feeding the Central Oregon Community

156

Steven Koski from First Presbyterian Church on Christian Nationalism

157

The 2025 Sunriver Music Festival

158

City Club's Conversation on Food Insecurity with Alayne Fardella

159

Volunteers in Medicine - Medical Care for Uninsured Working Adults

160

A Conversation About Addiction (Part Four of a Four-Part Mental Health Series)

161

Sandra Lindsay on Be and Belong, An Open Meeting for Suicide Prevention and Support

162

Save A Warrior Program and Warrior Impact Program

163

Nonprofit Vegetable Farming in Central Oregon's High Desert

164

A Conversation About ADHD (Part Three of a Four-Part Mental Health Series)

165

Caring for Drought-Stressed Trees with Jenna Deibel on The OSU Extension Connection

166

Rick Russell from Mountain View Community Development

167

Oregon Wildland Protections vs Presidential Executive Orders

168

The Wisdom of First Foods with Dr. Drew Collins

169

A Conversation About Anxiety (Part Two of a Four-Part Mental Health Series)

170

We Are Remembering, Not Just a Number

171

Mental Health Awareness Month with NAMI Central Oregon

172

Coping With Depression (Part One of a Four-Part Mental Health Series)

173

James Knox on the Cascades Chorale Performance "Sing The Pops, A Celebration of Music & Community"

174

Think Wild - Bald Eagle Rehabilitation and Wildlife Baby Shower

175

High Desert Food & Farm Alliance with Sharon Maier-Kennelly

176

CAMP - The Companion Animal Medical Project with Johanna Johnson-Weinberg

177

Bend Moonlight Market with Kiki Castro

178

Heart of Oregon Corps with Leanna Williams

179

Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project with Jacob Fritz

180

Wine With Your Gyn with Dr. Erin LeGrand and Dr. Sarah Hellmann

181

April Bend City Update with Mike Riley

182

"Road Diet" Effect on Cascades Theatrical Company

183

Disaster Preparedness Resources from OSU Extension with Glenda Hyde

184

Stand-in RJ (Stand In Restorative Justice)

185

Homegrown Music Festival with Scottie McClelland

186

Latino Community Association with Mary Murphy

187

Melissa Williams from Every Child Central Oregon

188

Deschutes Trails Coalition - West Bend Project, Cultus Lake, and Paulina Lake

189

P.E.O. Women's Group April Spring Faire

190

Antony Sparrow and Donovan Kelly from Sunriver Stars

191

Kai Myers from Family Access Network

192

Thrive Central Oregon - We Are Home Film Festival

193

Fair Housing Council of Oregon with Emily Hammond

194

Deschutes County IDD Services Program

195

COCC Season of Nonviolence with Marcus LeGrand

196

Senior Advocates for Generational Equity (SAGE) with Pat De Vol Nadon

197

Central Oregon Veterans Ranch with Heather Martin

198

Around the Bend Farms

199

Humane Society of Central Oregon

200

Kids Center - Providing Critical Child Abuse Services in Central Oregon

201

Cascade Chorale Spring Concert with James Knox

202

SCORE and Blade Rehab

203

Oregon Adaptive Sports - Recreational opportunites for anyone with a disability

204

Bend City Update with Mike Riley: Federal Budget February 2025

205

Deschutes Land Trust - Conservation and Monarch Butterfly Habitat

206

White Women Get Ready...A Conversation with Author Amanda K Gross

207

Jon Jones, Food Influencer

208

Roundhouse Foundation - Spring Grant Applications

209

Black History Month at COCC with Marcus LeGrand, Afrocentric Program Coordinator

210

Catalina Sanchez Frank and Patricia Pizarro from The Latino Community Association

211

Think Wild - Winter Events and Spring Habitat Restoration

212

Heather Dion with CASA of Bend

213

2024 Gains and Setbacks: Protecting the Owyhee Canyonlands

214

Jericho Road of Redmond with Don Senecal

215

COCC Advocacy for the On-Campus 2SLGBTQIA+ Community

216

Alzheimer's Association Volunteer of the Year Deb McCune

217

Documentary Film - No Place to Grow Old: The Rise of Senior Homlessness

218

Bend Language Institute

219

COCC's 2025 Season of Nonviolence

220

Betsy Warriner, Connect Central Oregon, Volunteer Opportunities on the MLK Day of Service

221

Breanne Barrett from at:project on Trafficking in Central Oregon

222

Big Brothers Big Sisters - The State of Mentorship in 2025

223

Owner of Organized and Really Living Julie Fagan offers ideas for organizing your home and life

224

KPOV Past, Present, Future and New Year Wants

225

The Hunger Prevention Coalition - Funding nonprofits that provide nutritious food to neighbors in need.

226

Shepherd's House Ministries - Grace Changes Everything

227

Comedian Anthony Poponi

228

Bridge Meadows - Multi-generational Housing That Builds Community Connection

229

Handling Grief During the Holidays with Sarah Peterson from Clear Mourning

230

Electrification with Neil Baunsgard from The Environmental Center

231

Jingle Store and Santa's Plate - Outreach Programs of The Giving Plate

232

Latino Community Association Offers Services to Immigrants and Empowers Families

233

The Transition Out of Safe Parking

234

Bethlehem Inn - Transforming lives for 25 years

235

J Bar J Ranch - Improving the Lives of Runaway and Homeless Youth

236

High Desert Food and Farm Alliance - Supporting Local Farmers and Ranchers

237

Family Access Network - Advocates in Schools

238

The Future of Mt. Bachelor - City Club of Central Oregon December 2024 Forum

239

Recycling with Kavi Chokshi from The Environmental Center

240

Every Kid Sports - Born in Bend

241

Think Wild - Conversation with Molly Honea, Development and Communications Coordinator

242

Camp Fire Afterschool in South County

243

Bend City Update October 2024

244

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

245

21 Years of BendFilm

246

Oregon Housing and Community Services

247

Diane Hodiak from 350 Deschutes

248

HumanHub with huong tran from Embrace Bend and Matt Muchna from Envision Bend

249

Improving BIPOC homeownership rates in Central Oregon

250

Welcoming Week with Priscilla Calleros from The Environmental Center

251

Welcoming Week 2024 comes to the City of Bend

252

Inside Redmond's New Library

253

Healing Reins Equine Assisted (Therapy) Services

254

Confidence Documentary with Bola Gbadebo

255

Mark Ransom on the 2024 Bend Roots Revival

256

Plumcots and Microclimates with Tumalo Farmstand

257

Oregon Desert Land Trust Update

258

SCORE, Assistance to Businesses for Success

259

75 Years of the Redmond Senior Center with James Morris

260

Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) - Nonprofit support for small business in the High Desert

261

One Man Funk Band with Aaron Elston

262

Seed to Table in Sisters Oregon, reviews the farm's 2024 activities

263

NAMI Central Oregon - Supporting Individuals and Families Facing the Challenges of Mental Illness

264

Redmond Tourism, Economy, and Childless Cat Owners with Keith Witcosky

265

Discussing Obesity and Weight Loss Treatments with Family Nurse Practitioner, Leah Sullivan

266

What Having 50 Jobs in All 50 States Has Taught Daniel Seddiqui

267

History of the Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture

268

Think Wild - River Otter Rescue and Aquatic Enclosure Project

269

The Giving Plate's New Reed Plaza Store

270

From Father and Daughter to Father and Son

271

ECCO - Every Child Central Oregon's support role in foster care placement

272

Lace Thornberg from Central Oregon Landwatch

273

Battling Pipelines with 350 Deschutes

274

Closing Central Oregon's Racial Gap in Homeownership

275

HUE - Hearts Unknown Education

276

Switchblade, Central Oregon's Flying Car

277

Healing the Scars of Colonization with WeX Community Outreach

278

Deschutes Children's Foundation

279

Central Oregon for Socialism

280

Every Kid Sports Pays for Recreational Sports Fees so All Kids Can Play

281

High Desert Food and Farm Alliance (HDFFA)

282

The Environmental Center's Community Innovation Fund and Climate Movement Challenge with Kavi Chokshi and Al Kolenda

283

Stacy Koff from 4 Peaks Music Festival

284

Central Oregon for a Free Palestine

285

People with diverse abilities prosper at work, at home, and at leisure in Central Oregon with Diversability Inc.

286

Protecting the Owyhee Canyonlands as a National Monument

287

Sisters Farmers Market Opens for the 2024 season

288

Think Wild - Wildlife Hospital and Habitat Restoration

289

SCORE Assistance and Business Owners of SENDR

290

Food Hero and More with Katie Ahern on the OSU Extension Connection

291

La Pine 2045 - Building a Comprehensive Plan

292

Conversation with Mary and Randy Travis: Life After a Stroke

293

Mediated Dispute Resolution with Community Solutions of Central Oregon

294

"Gaining Ground: The Fight for Black Land" with Marcus LeGrand and Sharon Maier-Kennelly

295

Lena Berry and Stephanie Hunter from Redmond Collective Action

296

Who Gets to Live Here? The Search for Local Housing Affordability

297

Roundhouse Foundation and Pine Meadow Ranch Center for Arts and Agriculture

298

Gardening with Amy Jo Dettweiler on the OSU Extension Connection

299

Other-abled Adults Are Living Happy Lives of inclusion in Central Oregon

300

Seed to Table in Sisters, Oregon

301

Earth Day 2024 with The Environmental Center

302

Redmond City Update with Councilor Clifford Evelyn

303

Preview of We Are Home - Thrive Central Oregon's Spring Film Festival

304

MountainStar Family Relief Nursery

305

OHSU Survey: How Welcoming Is the Central Oregon Community

306

Heart of Oregon Corps

307

Cultivate Bend

308

Fire Prevention and Fire-wise Landscaping with Ariel Cowan on The OSU Extension Connection

309

CAMP - Companion Animal Medical Project

310

The Kids Center Services Upcoming Events

311

Part 2: Zee Clarke, Author of Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide to Racial Healing

312

Mental Health Resources in Central Oregon

313

Laura Flood on Maintaining a Healthy Pelvic Floor Through Yoga and Treatment

314

Building Community Through Civil and Respectful Discourse

315

Part 1: Zee Clarke, Author Of Black People Breathe: A Mindfulness Guide To Racial Healing

316

Volunteer Expo at Deschutes Public Library

317

Bend City Tree Code with City Councilor Mike Riley and Senior Planner Pauline Hardee

318

Community Grief Ceremony

319

Central Oregon Forage with Gordon Jones on the OSU Extension Connection

320

Kids Center - Let's End Child Abuse

321

Season of Nonviolence and Black History Month at COCC

322

Thrive Central Oregon

323

Cheri Redgrave on Toastmaster Clubs

324

Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity

325

Executive Function 101 - Be the boss of your own brain.

326

Bend City Update: Winter Road Maintenance

327

Earthquake Preparedness with Glenda Hyde on the OSU Extension Connection

328

Bend's Collective Vision with City Councilor Mike Riley and Mayor Pro Tem Megan Perkins

329

What's New with Mountain View Community Development Now That Safe Parking is Off the Ground

330

Addressing Houselessness with Bend City Councilor Mike Riley

331

Jeanette Small from Lucid Cradle Psilocybin Treatment Services

332

Bend City Manager Eric King on the Transportation Fee

333

Part 2: Bend City Councilor Mike Riley and Housing Director Lynne McConnell on Affordable Housing

334

Community Innovation Fund Recipient Worthy Environmental

335

Legislative Session Update with State Representative Emerson Levy