Benton County’s courthouse is the oldest county courthouse in Oregon still being used for its original purpose, according to a news release from the County. In use since 1889, the building no ...

Benton County officials decided to drop a $50 million new courthouse from the list of buildings they want to construct as part of a justice improvement bond measure, planned for May 2023.

Benton County was to refund another $2,502 in property taxes to McFadden. The order called for commencing construction of the courthouse later in 2023, with Gilmour Farms’ property lease set to ...

BENTONVILLE -- Visitors to the Benton County Courthouse will enter through the front doors once again starting next week. Bryan Beeson, county facilities administrator, said the south entrance on ...

Benton County officials have chosen an architect for a $50 million new courthouse project. “DLR Group has been our predesign, or conceptual design, consultant,” said Nick Kurth, who is ...

Prosser had a fire in 2021 that burned its city hall and police station. Benton County had a picturesque courthouse that’s mostly vacant — 15 or fewer workers occupy the historic three-story building ...

The Benton County Courthouse is downright frightening. And residents are forced to do business in the unreinforced masonry building nearly every day, walking past monitors that show how the ...

AFSCME represents more than 300 workers at the county, spanning multiple departments. That’s over half of all Benton County employees. The county has said the walkout will cause some service ...

AFSCME represents more than 300 workers at the county, spanning multiple departments. That’s over half of all Benton County employees. They went on strike last week, calling for a new contract ...

Other governments are also raising budgets for public projects. The cost of a new, planned courthouse in Benton County rose from $40 million to $50 million in the last year alone partially because ...