Deschutes County and the City of Bend, working collaboratively to address health and safety concerns at Juniper Ridge north ...

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp has been permanently expelled from the Oregon State Sheriff’s Association’s board ...

City and county officials are closing off portions of an area known as Juniper Ridge where many unhoused residents find ...

The Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association unanimously voted last Wednesday to permanently expel Deschutes County Sheriff Kent ...

Decisions of the Deschutes County Commission commonly end in a 2-1 vote, with Commissioner Phil Chang objecting to the ...

Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp, who has been barred from testifying at trials due to false information given from the witness stand, has been expelled from the Oregon State Sheriff's ...

The Oregon State Sheriffs’ Association has removed Deschutes County Sheriff Kent van der Kamp from its Board of Directors ...

Following Thursday’s meeting, the Police Policy Committee backed a lifetime ineligibility period for Sheriff Van Der Kamp in a unanimous vote.

Joni Land / OPB A Deschutes County committee has been called back to come up with more recommendations for where to build the next county landfill — Oregon’s first new landfill in over three ...

Deputies in Deschutes County, Oregon arrested a 75-year-old man on Wednesday, accusing him of beating a puppy. A witness reported seeing John Coe Richardson of La Pine beating a 5-month-old ...

He faces nine charges in central Oregon's Deschutes County in relation to the 2023 death of Evelyn Weaver, including first-degree murder, robbery, burglary and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

There is an election this month in Oregon, but some special district ... A ballot counting machine runs a batch of test ballots at the Deschutes county offices in Bend on Oct. 14, 2024.