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A $47 million construction project that roughly doubled the size of the Deschutes County Courthouse is officially complete.   The project added about 51,000 square feet, two new courtrooms, jury deliberation rooms, judge’s chambers, public service counters, a more accessible entrance and a new lobby — transforming the corner of Greenwood Avenue and Bond Street […]

A Bend resident threatened to shoot and kill a man and the dog he was walking in northeast Bend on Wednesday evening. The suspect, arraigned this afternoon, is 50-year-old Joshua Lee Russell, who allegedly also swore to kill all the dogs in the neighborhood. He’s accused of shouting this threat numerous times before opening fire. […]

The City of Bend later this month plans to remove part of a center median on Greenwood Avenue between the U.S. Highway 97 underpass and 3rd Street, aiming to reduce vehicle backups on one of the City’s busiest east-west thoroughfares.   Construction will take place between Aug. 24 and Labor Day, the City announced Monday. The […]

The price of everything has gotten more expensive over the past decade. That scene from “Arrested Development,” where clueless matriarch Lucille Bluth guesses the cost of a frozen banana at $10, is, sadly, more tragic than funny the closer inflation inches us toward that outlandish price tag.Adjusted for inflation, a $10 frozen banana in 2003 […]

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) gathered with local elected officials at Bend City Hall Monday afternoon to discuss wildfire response and preparedness as a smattering of large infernos continue to burn across Oregon.   After attending fire briefings in Warm Springs and Prineville Sunday and Monday, Wyden criticized the federal government’s response while praising the firefighters on the front lines.   “The so-called response by Washington, D.C., if […]

As fire crews continue getting the upper hand with the Bench Fire, burning four miles southwest of the Warm Springs community, it will be some time before the reservation is fully restored. The fire destroyed six tribal homes and five outbuildings. As of Aug. 6, it was 84% contained at 67,071 acres. The reservation is also dealing with a water shortage which was exacerbated by a 6-inch […]