Josephine County, OR

Fans hoping to see Wynonna Judd this August at the Josephine County Fair will need to wait for another day. Judd notified the Josephine County Fair Board that she withdrew from the event. "To the fans attending the Josephine County Fair on August 10, 2022: I am writing to you...

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Josephine County Sheriff’s office asked for help in an investigation after a pedestrian was hit by a car Tuesday night. At about 9 p.m., near the intersection of Fruitdale Drive and Alexander Lane, a silver Kia Soul hit a pedestrian and left the scene heading toward the Rogue River.

JOSEPHINE COUNTY — A three-day-old kitten and only survivor of a kitchen fire in New Hope that killed 13 cats and kittens is progressing toward health, according to the supervisor of the Josephine County Animal Shelter. "Josephine," as the staff at Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Center referred to her,...

The "Greater Idaho" movement was dealt a slight setback on Tuesday night when voters from two of three counties appeared to say "no" to measures asking to study moving the borders of those counties into Idaho.

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GRANTS PASS — The Josephine County Sheriff's Office is searching for the driver that hit a pedestrian in Grants Pass. The pedestrian was taken to a local hospital and is in stable condition. At approximately 9:00 pm on May 17, law enforcement arrived at the scene at the intersection...

Oregon voters on Tuesday slowed the momentum of the Greater Idaho movement. Preliminary results show Douglas and Josephine counties voting down measures to study moving those jurisdictions into Idaho. Klamath County voters, however, supported the idea, meaning nine of Oregon’s 36 counties so far have voted to consider adjusting the border.

The U.S. reported over 620,000 new cases of coronavirus over the seven days ending May 17, bringing the total count to more than 81.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 992,000 COVID-19-related deaths — the highest death toll of any country. New cases continue to rise at a faster rate. In […]

NEW HOPE — Updated at 5:43 pm. A kitchen fire on the 6200 block of New Hope Road Tuesday evening claimed the lives of 13 rescue cats, which firefighters attempted to save with pet-sized oxygen masks. One two-day-old kitten showed signs of life and was rushed to Southern Oregon...

With temperatures rising in the next few weeks, fire season is approaching quickly. Josephine Community Library wants to help community members put together their emergency plans for situations like earthquakes and wildfires with an event from 12:00 to 1:00 pm, Saturday, May 21 at the Grants Pass Library on 200 NW C Street.

Voters in three more Oregon counties will indicate whether they want to become Idaho residents without leaving their homes. Questions about the “Greater Idaho” movement are on ballots in Douglas, Josephine and Klamath counties, following approval in eight rural counties, mostly in the southeast part of the state, to push toward redrawing the boundary between Idaho and Oregon.

Eagle Point, Or. — School districts across Oregon could be seeing changes to safety protocols towards the end of the school year as COVID-19 cases rise. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) and the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) have issued a new School Health Advisory statewide beginning from May 13 to August 31. While universal masking is strongly advised by this document, masks are not mandated.

The latest news stories of interest in the Rogue Valley and around the state of Oregon from the digital home of Southern Oregon, Wynne Broadcasting’s RogueValleyMagazine.com. Jackson and Josephine Fire Agencies Complete Three Day Wildfire Readiness Exercise. Fire agencies from Josephine and Jackson counties wrapped up day three of...

The latest news stories of interest in the Rogue Valley and around the state of Oregon from the digital home of Southern Oregon, Wynne Broadcasting’s RogueValleyMagazine.com. Josephine County Rural Metro Fire Responds To Five Crashes In Three Hours. Rural Metro Fire and AMR were dispatched to five crashes that...