The Oregon Court of Appeals upheld Washington County District Attorney Kevin Barton’s decision to add a local deputy to the ...

The head of Oregon’s public defender system was fired Thursday morning, after a years-long struggle to fix the shortage of ...

“Ken is experienced and the right person to save this sinking ship,” said Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth, who is also president of the Oregon District Attorneys Association.

County departments that rely on the general fund — like the district attorney and sheriff's offices — were asked to prepare for scenarios of 10-17% cuts.

Despite leadership changes and legislative fixes, Oregon has for years failed to provide attorneys to everyone charged with ...

Drivers have been sentenced in two fatal crashes on Highway 101 in the Ventura area, including a wrong-way DUI collision that ...

Deschutes County District Attorney Steve Gunnels spoke again with KTVZ News Tuesday about his finding that Sheriff Kent van ...

That money will pay for Inter-Con Security patrols at county facilities like the District Attorney’s Office, alarm systems and a new personal security detail for the chair. The majority of the ...

Gov. Tina Kotek fired Oregon’s public defense leader amid an ongoing shortage of public defense attorneys in the state and ...