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From the start, jurors were told to be ready. The next three weeks would be difficult, and dark. And at the end, they’d have a tough choice: to…

The wheels of justice, known to grind slowly, have never been quite where they were Thursday in Deschutes County Circuit Court, where a visiting…

The former Redmondman convicted of brutally slaying a Terrebonne couple 22 years ago returned to a very familiar place – a Bend courtroom…

The gunman in the notorious 1987 slaying of a Terrebonne couple lost his bid for potential freedom Friday as the state Board of Parole denied his…

A 23-year-old local murder case is front and center once again, as the man convicted of brutally slaying a Terrebonne couple was back in a Bend…

The Deschutes County Courthouse was all but closed down Wednesday as the preliminary jury selection began for Randy Lee Guzek’s fourth death…

As individual jury selection got under way Monday, there was another big development in the case of convicted double-murderer Randy Lee Guzek: Life…

Gov. 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.…

A 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,…

It 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…

Two big strings attached to federal bankruptcy judge’s decision Friday to let a Chinese aviation company buy the bankrupt assets of Epic Air…

The 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…

Scammers posing as Bank of the Cascades officials continued to seek victims in Central Oregon Monday, but have switched from phone calls to text…

For the first time in two decades, Deschutes County District Attorney Mike Dugan has drawn an election foe – a former deputy district attorney,…

The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursdayin a notorious Central Oregon murder case that aconviction for aggravated murder can be limited to the person…

Chile’s devastating earthquake could have an impact on at least one business here on the High Desert. Woodgrain Millwork Inc. in Prineville has…

One of the 13 defendants indicted last fall on fraud and other charges in connection with Bend-based Desert Sun Development has entered a guilty…

The National Geographic Societyunveiled Tuesdayits latest Geotourism MapGuide, which highlights the sustainable places and attractions in the Central…

A 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…

Many Central Oregonians – perhaps most – have had to get creative to survive in the tough economy. The city of Bend, looking at falling…