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MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Medford Police Department (MPD) arrested a man with warrants after a police chase yesterday resulted in a car collision that left three injured on the southwest corner of Table Rock Road and Merriman Road. According to a Friday afternoon Facebook post from MPD, it started when...

A revitalization effort along North Riverside Avenue around La Fiesta Restaurant could become a lot larger with the potential purchase of up to eight more lots. The Medford Urban Renewal Agency May 25 took the first of many steps required before it could purchase the properties.

Craterian Performances has announced its 26th anniversary season with a lineup that includes 22 touring shows, multiple productions by Teen Musical Theater of Oregon, and the beloved annual holiday community event — the GingerBread Jubilee. The community-supported nonprofit organization that owns and operates the 732-seat Craterian Theater at The...

Celebration of compassion for animals, as well as plant-based foods, coming to Phoenix on June 11. Move over, Portland — Southern Oregon now has a Veg Fest of its own. Vegetarian and vegan festivals — celebrations of compassion for animals as well as plant-based foods and products — are held all over the world, most commonly in major metropolitan areas. According to the American Vegan Society, the original veg festival was created by the Toronto Vegetarian Association in 1985, and Boston held its first festival a decade later. Now there are dozens around the world, from Australia to Estonia, and in 36 of the United States, including Oregon.

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. -- An 87-year-old man from Grants Pass is dead after a car crash yesterday on Highway 199 near milepost 5.5, according to a news release from Oregon State Police. According to the release, a black Ford Fusion -- driven by 26-year-old Courtney L. Parsons from Rogue River...

Ashland Parks & Recreation Commission Director Michael Black has resigned to take a new job as a director in a different city, the city of Ashland and the APRC jointly announced Thursday. The other city was not named. “After almost nine years with APRC, it is time for me to...

Medford, Ore. — Bureau of Land Management officials are excited to announce that the Wildcat Campground at Hyatt Lake will open June 9th. Reservations for the 12 campsites in Wildcat Loop will be available on Recreation.gov starting on Monday, June 5 for $7 per night. The Mountain View Boat Ramp will open June 16. Currently these areas are closed for hazard tree mitigation.

In a Jackson County Board of Commissioners work session this week, County Administrator Danny Jordan said the county has been taking emergency management more seriously than Josephine County has. “It’s slowly gotten less and less of a priority [in Josephine County],” he said. “All the way down till now, which...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- A Grants Pass man was arrested yesterday morning after police executed a search warrant at his house and uncovered a pound of cocaine. According to a Friday morning Facebook post from the Grants Pass Police Department, deputies uncovered "over one pound of cocaine, digital scales, packaging material, a handgun and over $30,000 dollars in cash and assets" from the house in the 1600 block of West Harbeck Road.

Maybe it’s in the back of every ballplayer’s mind when they embark on a new season, but Medford Rogues manager Parker Berberet never had any aspirations or thoughts that his team would go undefeated through the summer collegiate wood-bat season. What Berberet was looking for during Thursday’s season...

Gardeners have to watch the calendar through spring, waiting for the last frost dates to clear before putting summer plants in the ground. They should be there by now, Lynn Kunstman tells us. Lynn is a Jackson County Master Gardener and our partner in a segment we call Garden for...

A caravan of shining yellow buses filled up fast at North Medford High School Thursday, two days before graduation, with giddy, triumphant members of the class of 2023 from all across Medford preparing for Grad Walk, which would take them back to the hallways of their childhood campuses. Inside was...

MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest District officially declared fire season to start on Thursday, June 1. Now that fire season is officially underway, more resources become available to Jackson and Josephine counties. ODF says 130 seasonal firefighters are already on the way to southern Oregon to...

Banks is at it again. Just three months removed from a girls basketball state title, the Braves’ baseball team added more state hardware to the small Washington County school’s trophy case, defeating top-seeded Cascade Christian of Medford 3-0 in the OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union’s 3A baseball championship final on June 3, at PK Park in Eugene. Junior pitcher Wyatt Hesselman led the way for No. 2-seeded Banks, allowing just three...

The Junior League of Jackson County hosted its second Kentucky Derby event at the Rogue Valley Country Club. The organization raised nearly $91,000 to donate to local non-profits.

Over 1,000 workers wishing to set up their own Service Employees International Union chapter are expected to vote on possible unionization next week at a Medford, Ore.-based Asante Health facility amid what some claim are dangerous staffing levels. Writing in the Lund Report May 30, Annette Higgins, who has worked...

On Saturday, May 27, 2023, at approximately 5:04 P.M., the Oregon State Police responded to a two vehicle crash on Hwy 62, near milepost 17, in Jackson County. The preliminary investigation indicated a silver Subaru WRX, operated by Corey Hanley (26) of Central Point, was traveling westbound when it lost control and swerved into the eastbound lane colliding with a white Subaru Crosstrek, operated by Barbara Badger (80) of Shady Cove. The operator of the Subaru (Hanley) was transported to the hospital, where he was later declared deceased. The operator of the Crosstrek (Badger) was transported to the hospital as a precaution. The highway was impacted for approximately 2 hours while the on-scene investigation was conducted. OSP was assisted by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Jackson County Fire, and ODOT.

Stacker compiled statistics about where people in Josephine County are looking to buy homes using cross-market demand and monthly inventory data from Realtor.com.

ASHLAND, Ore. -- The Oregon Shakespeare Festival has exceeded its $2.5 million fundraising goal, with a current total of $2,800,145. OSF first announced the fundraiser on April 11, which will go towards helping the organization stay afloat during its 2023 season. "Like other theatres across the country, OSF has been...

After 28 years in community journalism, I always feel a sense of gratitude when somebody trusts me with a part of their story. As a mother of daughters, asking Bobbie Kolada's daughter, Jessica, to retell the experience of losing her mother in such a horrific way, for me, was the hardest piece of our recent five-part series, "The death of Bobbie Kolada."