Morgan Owen

Before the pandemic, most court proceedings took place in person at the Deschutes County Courthouse. Offenders sat on benches waiting for arraignments, and victims bravely stood up to deliver impact

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office arrested two people and cited two more after a search on Aug. 29 of properties in Bend and La Pine uncovered what police are calling

Behind the metal fencing and crumbling concrete that has lined the Deschutes County Courthouse since May, there is a vision for a 52,000-square-foot expansion that will bring new facilities and

Deschutes County Sheriff candidate Kent Vander Kamp intends to sue to the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office for "retaliation and discrimination stemming from political retaliation" that he says started after launching

Years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people in Deschutes County still choose to attend court dates remotely. The county moved to electronic filing in 2015, with video technology emerging around the same time.

A Bend man accused of stabbing his roommate to death in August pleaded not guilty to charges of murder, assault and unlawful use of a weapon on Monday.

Deschutes County Sheriff candidates William Bailey and Kent Vander Kamp faced off Monday night in their first televised debate ahead of the Nov. 5 election, discussing issues ranging from the

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office Employee Association is contesting a policy signed by Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson that prohibits officers from any “personal communications (that) may negatively affect agency

Sunriver was reduced to a Level 1-Be Ready evacuation notice Thursday morning, as rains improved conditions on the 10,332-acre Bachelor Complex Fire.

The Oregon Employment Relations Board has granted a petition allowing sergeants in the Deschutes County Sheriffs Office to unionize, rejecting the organization’s argument that sergeants are prohibited from forming a