The Oregon Women Lawyers (OWLs) will be conducting their annual book drive to support the library at Coffee Creek Correctional Facility, Oregon’s only women’s prison, May 13-29. There will be book collection boxes situated near the court clerks' offices in courthouses at The Dalles, Hood River, Condon, Wasco, and Fossil.

Circuit Court Judge Janet Stauffer announced her retirement this week and told CCCNews she hopes the current imbalance in criminal caseloads, due to a long-standing conflict of interest held by her compatriot Judge John Wolf can be rectified.