Peter Madsen

Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office detectives served a search warrant at a rural property off O’Neil Highway, northeast Redmond, shutting down cockfighting operation on Nov. 4. Neighbors tipped off the DCSO with ongoing concerns about the property’s excessive noise, large gatherings and noticeable late-night traffic. Detectives with the DCSO’s Street Crimes Unit and animal control technicians […]

After the tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary School, BEAM Learning Program, a nonprofit that offers after-school programming for special-needs children, found itself without a home. That’s when the Deschutes Children’s Foundation, like so many other community members and service providers, sprang into action. Since Oct. 26, BEAM has resumed its afterschool programming and tutoring services […]

By 9:45 p.m. on Tuesday night, Congresswoman Janelle Bynum declared victory in her re-election campaign for Oregon’s U.S. Congressional District 5. By Wednesday morning, voters signaled their support for Bynum’s work “ripping up the bad” on Capitol Hill, as evinced by granting her more than 166,000 votes (54%), outpacing the 134,477 of votes (43.8%) garnered […]

In what was perhaps the staidest, if opaquest race in Deschutes County’s General Election, it appears that Thaddeus Betz has charged ahead of three challengers for the recently vacated Judge of the Circuit Court, 11th District, Position 3, with more than more than 32,730 votes, or about 38%, after the second batch of votes dropped […]

The race for Deschutes County sheriff appeared to be decided Wednesday morning for Interim Sheriff Ty Rupert, who pulled more than 62,000 votes, surpassing opponent James “Mac” McLaughlin’s approximate 27,000 votes. This sheriff race was nothing if not reminiscent of recent sheriff races that were tarnished with investigations and accusations of politicking and theatrics. Both […]