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Triple Digit Heatwave Predicted in Oregon Over Independence Day Weekend
A triple digit heatwave is predicted will start on Independence Day (Thursday, July 4) through to Sunday, stretching from Portland in the northwest to Medford in Southern Oregon. Temperature gauges will hover between 100 to 115 degrees.…
Ashland Residents Invited to Contribute Input for a Homelessness Master Plan
ASHLAND, Ore. — Residents of Ashland will be given an opportunity to share their input on the city’s growing homelessness problem on Wednesday, July 3. The Homeless Services Masterplan Subcommittee (HSMSC) will throw open the discussion…
New Grants Pass Library On The Agenda For Josephine County Library Foundation Public Meetings
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Three community meetings will be held this month to solicit feedback from residents about the Grants Pass Library planned to be built on the entire city block in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, near the Rogue River,…
Pedestrian Killed In Car Crash Outside Ashland: Driver Arrested
ASHLAND, Ore. — Following a fatal motor vehicle accident near Ashland last night after a minivan collided with a pedestrian, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) launched an investigation. A suspect, the driver of the vehicle, was…
Fire Danger Level Rises to HIGH in Jackson and Josephine Counties
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The fire danger level has been increased to HIGH (yellow) from Monday, July 1, in Jackson and Josephine counties. The announcement has been made by the Southwest District of the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and…
Grants Pass Homeless Camping: Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of City
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After hearing arguments in the case, the U.S. Supreme Court (Scotus) ruled today in favor of the city in the matter of The City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that revolves around homeless people camping ordinances in…
No Girl Scout Samoas From Next Year In Oregon And SW Washington As Bakers Switch
What goes great with thin mints? Samoas! But from next year even the cookie monster won’t find any samoas in Oregon. The Oregon and South West Washington Girl Scouts organization emailed its members on Friday announcing that the council…
Demolition of Evans Creek Dam Will Restore Native Salmon and Steelhead Breeding Grounds
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Work crews this week completed the demolition of a concrete dam to restore habitat of native salmon and steelhead in Evans Creek which is now completely free flowing at the dam site for the first time in 128 years,…
Jackson County Sheriffs Arrest Suspect For Fire In Table Rock Road House
MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a fire in a vacant house at 4500 Table Rock Road in Medford, 68-year-old Andrew Joseph Ragsdale, a suspect who was at the scene at 12:16 p.m., has been arrested by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO).…
Widespread Outrage at Firing of the Oregon Health Authority Director of Equity and Inclusion
Confirmation that Leann Johnson has been fired by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) as its director of Equity and Inclusion has met with widespread outrage. Johnson has confirmed that she was terminated after more than nine years in the…