Guzek Death-Penalty Jury Selection Crams Courthouse
The Deschutes County Courthouse was all but closed down Wednesday as the preliminary jury selection began for Randy Lee Guzek’s fourth death…
Continue ReadingThe Deschutes County Courthouse was all but closed down Wednesday as the preliminary jury selection began for Randy Lee Guzek’s fourth death…
Continue ReadingAs individual jury selection got under way Monday, there was another big development in the case of convicted double-murderer Randy Lee Guzek: Life…
Continue ReadingGov. Ted Kulongoski has denied a clemency request from Ashley Summers, one of the five teens convicted in the brutal 2001 murder of a Redmond woman.…
Continue ReadingA Madras woman was critically injured Wednesday when her car was rear-ended by a pickup as she waited to turn left off Highway 97 north of Madras,…
Continue ReadingIt might have seemed all but impossible a week, a month or six months ago, but it’s looking more likely that production will resume in Bend of…
Continue ReadingTwo big strings attached to federal bankruptcy judge’s decision Friday to let a Chinese aviation company buy the bankrupt assets of Epic Air…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Justice has rejected the city of Bend’s request for a firmer, shorter deadline to make more than 600 curb ramps around…
Continue ReadingScammers posing as Bank of the Cascades officials continued to seek victims in Central Oregon Monday, but have switched from phone calls to text…
Continue ReadingFor the first time in two decades, Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan has drawn an election foe – a former deputy district attorney,…
Continue ReadingThe Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursdayin a notorious Central Oregon murder case that aconviction for aggravated murder can be limited to the person…
Continue ReadingChile’s devastating earthquake could have an impact on at least one business here on the High Desert. Woodgrain Millwork Inc. in Prineville has…
Continue ReadingOne of the 13 defendants indicted last fall on fraud and other charges in connection with Bend-based Desert Sun Development has entered a guilty…
Continue ReadingThe National Geographic Societyunveiled Tuesdayits latest Geotourism MapGuide, which highlights the sustainable places and attractions in the Central…
Continue ReadingA lot can – and did – happen in a decade on the High Desert as the new millennium began, from the fastest growth rate in the state (and…
Continue ReadingMany Central Oregonians – perhaps most – have had to get creative to survive in the tough economy. The city of Bend, looking at falling…
Continue ReadingThey say lightning never strikes twice, but for the Digiacomo family, it seems that saying couldn’t be further from the truth. “Just…
Continue ReadingDeschutes County Sheriff Larry Blanton made his pitch Thursday to put a $45 million jail expansion before voters next May,and commissioners agreed:…
Continue ReadingThirteen people entered not guilty pleas Wednesday in Eugene federal court and had trial dates seton a variety of federalmortgage and loan fraud…
Continue ReadingAs part of the national Wreaths Across America program honoring America’s veterans, members of the Civil Air Patrol’s High Desert…
Continue ReadingMonths after shutting its doors at the Bend Municipal Airport, once high-flying Epic Aircraft has four bidders vying to buy the company out of…
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