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REDMOND, Ore. (KTVZ) – U.S. Rep. Janelle Bynum stopped in Central Oregon this morning for a public town hall at Ridgeview High School, part of her ongoing “Give ’Em Hell Tour” across Oregon’s 5th Congressional District.

Community members filled the room to voice their concerns on key issues, including public lands, wildfire preparedness, and education. Bynum listened and took notes, closing the session with a promise to bring their concerns back to Washington.

The Redmond event marked the sixth of 10 planned town halls in her summer tour.

Bynum’s next stop will be a districtwide telephone town hall on July 16, aimed at connecting with residents from across Oregon, regardless of location.

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For the Week of June 30-July 6:

2025 Street Preservation – Street preservation continues with street resurfacing (grind & inlay). Various Streets will have this work occurring with various lane & street closures during its duration (expect delays). Work is to occur June 30 – August 3. Roads affected are listed below with anticipated dates of work. Work will occur during both daytime and nighttime hours. Daytime work hours are from 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Nighttime hours are from 7:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m.. Learn more at the Street Preservation webpage.

NE Daggett Lane between NE Wells Acres Road and NE Full Moon Drive, June 30 – July 3 (daytime work).

NE Full Moon Drive between NE Daggett Lane and NE Purcell Boulevard, June 30 – July 3 (daytime work).

SE Virginia Road between SE 15th Street and SE Cessna Street, July 2 – 7 (daytime work).

SE Riviera Drive between SE 15th Street and SE Cessna Street, July 2 – 7 (daytime work).

Fourth of July Pet Parade (special event)– Parade will have various road closures in and around downtown (listed below):

NW Wall Street between NW Newport Avenue and NW Franklin Ave.

NW Riverside Boulevard between NW Wall Street and NW Galveston Avenue.

NW Galveston Avenue between NW Tumalo Avenue and NW Harmon Boulevard.

NW Harmon Boulevard between NW Galveston Avenue and NW Newport Avenue.

NW Newport Avenue between NW Harmon Boulevard and NW Wall Street.

Knott Road between SE 15th Street and Raintree Court for road work, road closed to eastbound traffic with a detour in place, June 30 – August 25.

SW Roosevelt Avenue between SW Sisemore Street and SW Chamberlain Street for infrastructure installation, full road closure with local access only, July 3-10.

Hunnel Road between NW Henry Avenue and NW Robal Lane for service installations, single lane closure with flagging, June 23 – 26, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Criterion Race Series (special event) – This special event is a five-week race event occurring every Wednesday from June 25 – July 23. The event will close a few NW City streets (listed below). A detour will be in place for the event.

NW Sacagawea Lane between NW John Freemont Street and NW Meriwether Place.

NW John Freemont Street between NW Sacagawea Lane and NW High Lakes Loop.

NW High Lakes Loop between NW John Freemont Street and NW Meriwether Place.

NW Meriwether Place between NW Sacagawea Lane and NW High Lakes Loop.

Granite Drive between Poplar Street and Ponderosa Street, road closed with detour route, June 24 – August 8.

Staats Waterline Project– Replacement of aging water lines, upgraded hydrants and stormwater infrastructure, and pavement restoration along its entirety. Daytime closures of the roadway will occur during daytime hours (7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.), June 9 – End of August. Street closures listed below.

NW Staats Street between NW Georgia Avenue and NW Kansas Avenue.

NW Kansas Avenue between NW Bond Street and NW Lava Road.

Boyd Acres Road between Brinson Boulevard and Builders Street will have frontage improvements for a private development, lane closure with lane shift, June 9 – July 31.

Bear Creek and 27th Street Improvements Project – This project aims to improve safety and connectivity by creating safer bike and pedestrian routes and constructing a roundabout at a high-crash intersection. Work began June 2nd – Fall 2025.

Roundabout construction at the intersection of NE Bear Creek and NE Purcell Boulevard will begin the work, full closure with detour during its duration.

NW Crossing Farmers Market (special event) – special event occurring every Saturday May 31 – October 11. Multiple road closures related to event (listed below).

NW Crossing Drive between Mount Washington Drive and NW Crossing Drive (Circle).

NW John Freemont between NW Ordiway Avenue and NW Fort Clatsop Street.

NW Fort Clatsop Street between NW Ordway Avenue and NW John Freemont Street.

Olney Pedestrian & Bicycle Improvements – This project will install updated bicycle & pedestrian infrastructure along Olney Avenue and Portland Avenue between the Portland Avenue bridge and Second Street. Replacement sewer and water mains will also be installed with this project. The work began February 3 – Fall 2025. For more information, visit the Olney Pedestrian & Bicycle Improvements Project website. A full intersection closure (with detour) will occur to begin the project with the closed street sections listed below.

The intersection of NW Wall Street and NE Olney Avenue is now open to traffic.

Olney Avenue (east of NW Wall Street to NE Second Street) will remain closed through Fall 2025.

Midtown Crossing Project (Second Street work) – A multiphase project that will replace the water main from Greenwood Avenue to Franklin Avenue in preparation for the full reconstruction occurring next spring. Phase 2 – 4 occurs from October 21 – Spring 2025. Southbound lane closure with local access will occur in its entirety. Current road section work listed below. For more information, visit the Midtown Crossing Project website.

Second Street between NE Irving Avenue and NE Greeley Avenue.

Parkwood Court, Westview East and Newberry and Twin Lakes Sewer Project – the City of Bend Septic to Sewer Conversion Program will install public pressure and gravity sewer in these neighborhoods. Road closures will begin in June:

SE Westview Drive – road closed (local traffic only) between SE Admiral Way and SE Hill Ridge Road – June 16th through August 1st.

Twin Lakes Loop – road closed (local traffic only) from East Lake Drive to Newberry Drive – June 19th to June 27th.

Newberry Drive – road closed (local traffic only) from Twin Lakes Loop to East Lake Drive – June 19th to June 27th.

NW Harriman Street between NW Kearney Avenue and NW Greenwood Avenue for infrastructure work associated with the Deschutes County Courthouse, full road closure, began July 24, 2024.

Intersection of Deschutes Market Road and NE Yeoman Road for roundabout construction, full road closure with detour, April 14th – July 2025.

SE 27th Street between Stevens Road and Ferguson Road for sewer main and roundabout construction, full road closure with bypass road, Completion end of June 2025.

Shoulder work along SE 27th Street, north of SE Ferguson Road for asphalt taper installation.

NW Mt Washington Drive between NW Shevlin Park Road and NW Shields Drive for a waterline installation, daily road closure with detour, June 16 – 27, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Bear Creek Road between Skyline View Drive and NE Quail Run Place, lane shift for sewer connection, June 16-27.

Intersection of NW Skyline Ranch Road and Skyliners Road for roundabout construction, full road closure with detour, June 16 – September 2.

Future Road Closures:

Bend Summer Festival (special event) – Event taking place Saturday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13 at 5:00 p.m. Various Road closures in Downtown Bend:

Oregon Avenue and Minnesota Avenue between Wall Street and Lava Road.

Bond Street between Franklin Avenue and Greenwood Avenue.

Work schedules are dependent on weather conditions and other factors. Always exercise increased caution within construction zones. Drivers should use designated detour routes. Nearby residential streets are for local traffic only.

Any road closure not listed within this report, please submit a service request to notify the city of any potentially unpermitted work within City right of way. Please visit the Transportation and Mobility Department to submit.

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The City of Bend has released an informational video helping residents navigate the safety improvements at Wall Street and Olney Avenue near downtown.

The new protected intersection is similar to the one installed at Wilson Avenue and Third Street. Many cities have adopted these types of safety improvements to reduce speeding and improve safety.

Below is the full release from the City of Bend:

The intersection of NW Wall Street and NE Olney Avenue is now open to traffic from three directions. We’ve enjoyed witnessing the celebrations already! The adjacent Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvement Project on NW Portland Avenue project is also complete. The graphic below illustrates key features of the newly retrofit Olney and Wall intersection, highlighting innovative design elements that reduce collisions, improve visibility, and boost awareness and safety for all road users.

If the traffic light is red, cyclists should wait in the bike detection boxes for the signal to detect them. Cyclists can cross the intersection when the traffic light is green. Cyclists should cross in the same direction of travel as vehicles. Vehicles must yield to cyclists and pedestrians before turning right on green. To turn left, cyclists should make a two-stage left turn.

The corner island truck aprons are made to slow down traffic and increase visibility for cyclists and pedestrians. Cars should not drive over the top of the corner island truck aprons.

For more information on using intersections like this, please check out this video.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

Construction Phone Line: 541-322-9919

Project website: bendoregon.gov/olneypedbike

Project e-mail: olneypedbike@bendoregon.gov

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Oregon Capital Chronicle

BY ALEX BAUMHARDT, OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE

SALEM, Ore. (OREGON CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — A bipartisan proposal to raise a state hotel tax by 1.25 percentage points to fund wildlife conservation could be killed by two Oregon Senate Republicans.

House Bill 2977 would raise the transient lodging tax — currently 1.5% of the amount charged for occupying a hotel, short-term rentals like Airbnbs, and tent and RV camping sites — to 2.75%, to help pay for species and habitat conservation projects at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that currently get no consistent, dedicated funding.

Some money would also go to the Oregon Department of Justice for anti-poaching enforcement, some would go to the Oregon Department of Agriculture to stop and prevent invasive species and some to the state’s wolf predation fund.

The bill, which could raise an additional $42 million a year, already passed the Oregon House of Representatives on a 36-15 vote, with five Republicans voting with Democrats. It also cleared the Senate Committee on Rules, its last step before a vote on the Senate floor.

But a late amendment proposed Thursday in the form of a minority report from Senate Minority Leader Daniel Bonham, R-The Dalles, and Sen. Cedric Hayden, R-Fall Creek, could kill the bill.

A minority report, a sort of counterproposal to a bill a lawmaker opposes, has the effect of stalling the bill process, forcing at least one day to pass before the bill is read on the floor and, in the Senate, up to five days.

Most of the time, that delay doesn’t mean much. But because the legislative session must end by Sunday and lawmakers hope to leave earlier, any delays in the last days of session can doom a bill without a vote.

Money for horses, primates

Bonham’s and Hayden’s proposal scraps House Bill 2977 entirely and instead proposes sending $14 million from the state’s general fund to horse, primate and county animal rescues and the state’s wolf predation fund that pays ranchers who lose livestock to wolves.

 Sen. Cedric Hayden, R-Fall Creek, at the Oregon Legislature on Feb. 12, 2024. (Jordan Gale/Oregon Capital Chronicle)

“I am not interested in passing a tax increase on Oregon’s restaurants and lodging businesses to fund what should be a shared general fund effort,” Hayden said in an email. “There are no success metrics in the bill that I can see — just a plan to dump more tax dollars into an amorphous fund so legislators can say they did something to help animals.”

One of the bill’s early and chief sponsors, Rep. Ken Helm, D-Beaverton, said Hayden and Bonham should have submitted a bill to fund those causes earlier in the session, not in the last three days.

“It shows how unserious the amendment is,” Helm said.

False information

Helm said false information provided by the CEO of the Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association, and uncorrected by the association’s lobbyist Bill Perry, is further stymying the bill’s passage.

The association has opposed and lobbied against each of the six bills proposed this session to increase or redirect some of the transient lodging tax.

Restaurant & Lodging Association CEO Jason Brandt claimed in oral testimony June 24 that Helm had not tried to meet with him or members of the association. Helm refuted that, providing the committee with emails and summaries of meetings he and his team had with members and Perry and others between 2020 and 2025. Helm asked Perry, who was in the hearing where Brandt claimed Helm had not tried to meet with the group, to correct Brandt and set the record straight.

Helm also wrote to Perry Thursday to ask that he correct the record, he said, but did not hear back. Perry said in a text he forwarded Helm’s note to leaders at the Restaurant & Lodging Association.

State Rep. Cyrus Javadi, R-Tillamook, said he also took issue with an interaction he had with Perry in the current session over a bill related to the transient lodging tax, after Javadi sent out his constituent newsletter advocating for passage of House Bill 3556, a bill Javadi sponsored to redirect some hotel tax dollars to county emergency and public services. Javadi said Perry came to his office and said he’d been “sent to beat the s— out of me by his organization. And I told him that was unacceptable and to leave.”

Javadi said Perry apologized the next day, and the bill ultimately failed to pass out of committee in March. In a text Thursday evening Perry said the Capital Chronicle should direct inquiries to the Restaurant & Lodging Association. “I am not sure where the Javadi issue came from, 3556 was dealt with earlier in session,” he said.

The Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association contributed to 35 lawmakers in 2024, including Javadi, with a $5,000 contribution. They sent $2,000 to Hayden’s campaign in November — the first time in ten years, and more than $17,000 to Bonham’s campaigns since 2018. Of that, more than $12,600 of it was contributed between August and November 2024 — more than five times the average donation lawmakers got from the association in 2024. Helm has not taken money from the association.

Species at urgent risk

Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife currently has to ask the Legislature every two years to find money from the general fund for its comprehensive wildlife strategy and habitat division, both of which are outside of the activities the agency can fund with hunting and fishing license fees and federal funds. Federal funds and licensing fees make up about 90% of the agency’s budget.

House Bill 2977 would establish a separate fund to support annual payments to Fish and Wildlife’s habitat division and the state’s Wildlife Action Plan, or Oregon conservation strategy.

The plan targets more than 200 species in the state that face the most urgent risk of endangerment or extinction from climate change and human pressure. It identifies key issues affecting them, key habitats they depend on and tools to begin helping them.

In the next few years, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife expects to add 70 species to the list of greatest conservation need, pushing it over 300 species for the first time, Davia Palmeri, strategic adviser and federal policy director at the agency, told lawmakers at a hearing on the bill in February.

Everyone wants the lodging tax

The 2025 legislative session started with six proposals to raise or redirect a portion of the lodging tax, which brings in about $40 million a year.

House Bill 2977 is the only one remaining. The others, proposed by several Republican lawmakers representing Oregon Coast communities, including Javadi, would have changed the proportion of the transient lodging tax dollars counties can use for emergency and public services.

The lodging tax currently funds statewide and local programs administered by the nine-member, governor-appointed Oregon Tourism Commission, also known as Travel Oregon, which promotes tourism across the state. At least 65% of the revenue by law must go to marketing and to statewide programs.

The Oregon Restaurant & Lodging Association also opposed those measures.

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Jillian Fortner

(update: adding comments from Mt. Bachelor, Visit Bend, and visitors)

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Although the ski season has come to end, visitors are driving up to Mt. Bachelor for its summer attractions.

The resort reopened Thursday, offering mountain biking, zip lining, and scenic chairlift rides throughout the season.

“We closed for about a month to do snow removal, to do maintenance on our lifts, to onboard summer employees. And we’re really excited to kick things off,” said Presley Quon, Mt. Bachelor’s Communications & Community Relations Manager.

Visitors were eager to return to the mountain.

“I just love being out here. I couldn’t wait for the season start,” said mountain biker, Carlos Abascal.

Visit Bend took a look at the numbers regarding summer visitation at the resort. They can estimate that visitation up there grew from 82,229 “visitor days” in 2018 to 170,937 “visitor days” in 2024, a 108 percent leap. 

“We estimate that the increase is most likely due to population growth and/or a growing popularity among locals. If it were tourism related, our overnight lodging data would likely capture that but that is not the case,” said Tim Neville from Visit Bend.

Visit Bend says the numbers show that Mt. Bachelor is a solid summertime destination that’s getting more and more popular. That’s a big reason why the tourism group redirected $245,000 of lodging taxes in 2022 to help them expand their summer trail system.

It added 11 miles of mixed-use trails (hiking and biking).

“The grant from Bend’s Sustainability Fund did not go to Powdr, but to Discover Your Forest, a non-profit for the Deschutes and Ochoco National Forests,” Neville added.

Mountain biking and zip tours are the resort’s most popular summer attractions. Rider Katie Tomala, visiting from Minnesota, said she was ready to get out on the zipline for the first time.

“I’m feeling pretty good. I’m really excited,” said Katie Tomala. “The short one is a little bit jerky, but they said once you get up, it’s going to be really pretty view. And it’s going to be really nice and fast.

As temperatures rise, so does fire danger. That’s why Mt. Bachelor teams check weather conditions daily to keep guests safe.

“We have protocols for fire, for smoke, for lightning, and we kind of just have to take every day as it comes because the weather can change really quickly,” Quon said.

It’s a slower pace at the resort in the summer with reduced staff. The shift creates opportunities for seasonal workers to stay on year-round by moving from winter roles to summer positions.

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BEND, Ore. — National eyewear retailer Warby Parker is officially opening its doors in Bend’s Old Mill District on Saturday, July 5, and will replace half of the former Victoria Secret building, which operated for 20 years before closing this February.

A mission-driven retailer that specializes in affordable, accessible and stylish eyewear, Warby Parker will move into 1,800 square feet of space in the heart of the Old Mill District.

Warby Parker and another soon-to-be-announced tenant replace Victoria’s Secret, whose lease in the Old Mill District concluded at the end of February. The 6,300-square-foot space has been demised into two separate leasable areas.

To celebrate its grand opening, Warby Parker is offering a free custom tote bag with any eyewear purchase while supplies last. Guests will be able to browse the brand’s full assortment of optical and sun eyewear, contact lenses, accessories, and more. The new location will also offer affordable eye care, including comprehensive eye exams and telehealth services.

“We’re excited to welcome Warby Parker to the Old Mill District,” said Beau Eastes, Old Mill District marketing director. “Their grand opening marks a fresh addition to our retail mix and brings a new level of access to quality eyewear, thoughtful design and personalized eyecare.”

“This is a brand that does things differently,” Eastes added. “They’ve proven they can scale without compromising values, and that aligns with how we operate here.”

Founded as an online retailer in 2010, Warby Parker was created with the belief that everyone deserves good vision and that prescription glasses were too expensive. It opened its first retail space in 2013, and today Warby Parker operates more than 280 stores in the United States and Canada.

Warby Parker is also known for its philanthropic efforts. For every pair of glasses or sunglasses sold, a pair is distributed to someone in need through its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program. To date, the company has distributed more than 20 million glasses to people in need in partnership with nonprofit organizations.

In addition, Warby Parker partners with schools and government agencies through its Pupils Project, which provides free vision screenings, eye exams and glasses to schoolchildren. To date, the Pupils Project has distributed more than 227,000 pairs to students across the country, from Boston to the Bay Area.

ABOUT WARBY PARKER

Warby Parker was founded in 2010 with a mission to inspire and impact the world with vision, purpose and style without charging a premium for it. Headquartered in New York City, the co-founder-led lifestyle brand designs products and develops technologies that help people see, from designer-quality prescription glasses starting at $95 and contacts to eye exams and vision tests available online and in more than 280 retail stores across the United States and Canada.

Warby Parker believes in vision for all. Through its Buy a Pair, Give a Pair program, the company has worked alongside nonprofit partners to distribute more than 20 million glasses to people in need. Learn more at www.warbyparker.com.

ABOUT THE OLD MILL DISTRICT

The Old Mill District is one of the Pacific Northwest’s most distinctive and dynamic mixed-use developments. Located on 270 acres that once housed one of the world’s largest sawmill operations, the district blends rich history with mountain views, river vistas and an extensive trail system. More than 55 local, regional and national retailers and businesses call the Old Mill District home. Learn more at www.oldmilldistrict.com.

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Matthew Draxton

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) —   A contentious topic this past week: the possible sale of public land. The provision brought forth by Utah Senator Mike Lee as part of the Trump Administration’s Big Beautiful Bill, aimed to sell swaths of Forest Service and and Beurau of Land Management land.

That provision, though, was blocked Tuesday in the United States Senate, with revisions expected soon.

KTVZ News spoke to locals and Central Oregon nonprofits about the provision, it’s possible revisions, and generally how folks would feel to the sale of public land.

One Bend resident, Kara Laduke, said “I think it’s a bummer for for a lot of us.” Another resident, Kirk Anderson, “it’s really concerning.”

Bend resident, Andrea Napoli said it’s “detrimental to everyone.” Andrew Deenick, a frequent user of public lands said, “it’s not good keep it as it is” 

Frustration and confusion. That’s how community members and nonprofits such as Oregon Hunters Association initially felt about the possible sale of public land 

Tyler Dungannon, the conservation coordinator with Oregon Hunters Association saidm, “OHA strongly opposes the sale of our public lands.”

The provision, though introduced by senator mike lee from Utah, was blocked In the us senate Tuesday morning. It proposed to mandate the National Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell 0.5 to 0.75 percent of all public lands. That’s about 2 to 3 millions acres of public land between 11 states.

“We moved to Central Oregon for this reason, and we have two young kids, and we want them to be able to grow up playing in the outdoors and taking advantage of what makes Central Oregon special,” Laduke said. She added, “so we feel protective over it.”

“I think public lands obviously benefit everyone. So, keeping them public is certainly ideal and out of the hands of private owners,” Napoli added.

In Oregon there’s 22 million acres of public land that would have been eligible. That includes over 9 million acres of Forest Service Land and over 11 million acres of BLM land.

Democratic Senator Ron Wyden commented saying “in terms of what this means, this runs contrary to all the Oregon values in our DNA, and particularly in Central Oregon.”

In a post on X, Senator Lee said he would make revisions to the provision. Still making housing a priority, the revised version would include a removal of all forest service land from the provision. He also noted he would significantly reduce the amount of BLM land in the bill.

Jeremy Austin, Wildlands and Water Program Director with Central Oregon Landwatch said, “efforts like this to sell off our public lands will only further fragment those landscapes and make it harder for wildlife to reach the access to access the resources they need to survive.”

Initially, the proposal required state or local government to nominate possible land. It also formerly required nominated land to be adjacent to existing developed areas, have existing infrastructure, and be suitable for residential housing.

Now, it’s Senator Lee’s intention to make land within 5 miles of population center eligible. 

Dungannon added, “urban sprawl is one of the main reasons why our mule deer are declining in central Oregon. Urban sprawl, housing development, any sort of development is a direct loss of habitat.“

Others question the integrity that the need for housing justifies selling public land 

“President Trump’s proposed budget would slash the US Department of Housing and Urban Development by up to 50%,” said Austin. He continued, “so it’s really concerning to see our public lands being, used in this way.”

Though the provision has been blocked, some say this attempt at privatizing public land is about principle and creates worries for future public land legislation.

Deenick noted ”setting the door so that it’s unlocked. So down the road, you know, someone can come in and develop it more aggressively.”

Dungannon added, “this could absolutely set a precedent for future land sales. That is of extreme concern for OHA.”

Representative Cliff Bentz voiced strong opposition to proposals that would sell millions of acres of federal land arguing that improving federal land management, not selling it, is the best way forward.

While he supports land exchanges, when there’s clear local demand, he says such decisions must include thorough debate, and local input.

This comes as the trump administration said Monday it’s moving to rescind Clinton-era Policy known as the roadless rule that blocked logging on 58 million acres of national forest lands.

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(Update: Adding video)

Bend, Ore. – (June 26, 2025) – Bend Park and Recreation District’s July 4th Pet Parade is a community tradition since 1924 and is an annual tradition to mark the Independence Day holiday.

The parade has a new start time this year! The parade begins at 9:30 a.m. Lineup for the parade starts at 8:30 a.m. at Harmon Park.

Parade participants are encouraged to arrive in costume with a pet or stuffed animal and on pulled wagons, bikes or trikes. Parade spectators are also welcome to watch all the action on the parade route.

One of the largest parades in Central Oregon, it is anticipated that more than 8,000 people participate and watch the parade.

“The pet parade is a favorite tradition and nearly equal numbers of spectators as participants in the parade,” said Julie Brown, BPRD community engagement director. “The weather forecast looks warm, so we encourage everyone to plan ahead for their health and safety as well as pets.”

Volunteers needed

Volunteers are needed to help as monitors on the parade route and to assist with clean-up after the parade. Information and volunteer sign up available on the website.

Parade route

Parade staging is set for Harmon Park and the route will head north on Harmon Boulevard to Newport Avenue, east on Newport to Wall Street and on to the finish at Drake Park.

The morning parade will conclude before the warmest part of July 4th

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — For the first year ever KTVZ News will be showcasing both Bend and Redmond’s firework shows with the our live show, The 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular.

Starting at 9:45PM on Friday, July 4th we will be streaming the show on KTVZ+. Then at 10PM our Fox station will join-in on the fun, until the fireworks show ends.

This means you don’t have to leave your home to watch both Bend and Redmond’s firework show. Just put on KTVZ+, kick back, and enjoy!

For details on how to download KTVZ+ click here.

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Washington, DC – On Saturday, June 28th at 11:00AM PT, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) will be hosting an open-to-all town hall meeting in Redmond, OR.

This will be Rep. Bynum’s sixth town hall as part of her “Give ‘Em Hell Tour” – a 10-stop summer series designed to connect with constituents across the district and fight back against the Trump admin. It will also mark her tenth total town hall since joining Congress.

Who: Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05)

What: Redmond Town Hall

When: Saturday, June 28th at 11:00 AM

Where: Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Ave, Redmond, OR 97756

The town hall will take place in Ridgeview’s gym.

KTVZ News was on hand for Rep.Bynum’s last town hall in Central Oregon, which you can watch here.

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