Newly-elected Deschutes County officials to be sworn in on Jan. 7

Newly-elected Deschutes County officials will be sworn in to office at 8:30 a.m., on Monday, Jan. 7 in Courtroom C of the Deschutes County Circuit Courthouse, located at 1100 NW Bond St., in Bend.

Six elected officeholders are scheduled to attend the formal ceremony and publicly take the oath of office, which will be administered by the Honorable Wells Ashby, Presiding Judge for the Deschutes County Circuit Court. 

Those scheduled to be formally sworn in are:

• County Commissioner Patti Adair
• County Commissioner Tony DeBone
• County Clerk Nancy Blankenship
• County Assessor Scot Langton
• County Treasurer Wayne Lowry
• District Attorney John Hummel

The public is invited to the ceremony. Attendees will need to pass through a security checkpoint to enter the courthouse.