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Search resumes for 3 missing mushroom pickers - 02/04/2012
A search resumed Friday in Southern Oregon for a couple and their adult son who disappeared after leaving their campsite to pick mushrooms.
Program to help homeless students - 02/04/2012
Ashland School District plans to join forces with Medford-based Maslow Project to help identify and support homeless students attending its schools.
Dramatic testimony in Glazier murder trial - 02/04/2012
A neighbor of William Frank Simmons testified at his murder trial Friday that she thinks she saw Kaelin Glazier's boyfriend walking on Haven Road on...
More than 400 pounds of pot seized in Ashland - 02/04/2012
An Ashland man was arrested on drug charges after Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement investigators said that they found his medical marijuana...
Co-op union advertisement causes stir - 02/04/2012
A newspaper advertisement thanking supposed supporters of a unionization effort at the Ashland Food Co-op has raised a dust-up, with some of those...
Fixing the feral feline problem — one cat at a time - 02/03/2012
On a recent rainy morning, Medford resident Dorie Maier pulls a rectangular trap, a dirty towel and a can of wet cat food from her car.
Talent councilman keeps seat after DUII - 02/03/2012
TALENT — A City Council member will retain his seat despite his second arrest for drunken driving and driving with a suspended license, the...
Search parties, bloodhounds missed girl's remains - 02/03/2012
Mysterious blood spatter, bloodhounds and botched searches highlighted Thursday's testimony in the trial of William Frank Simmons, 31, accused of...
Fight over ferrets erupts at transient teepee community - 02/03/2012
A Thursday morning report of a man wielding a machete and fire poker near Ashland and threatening to kill another man prompted a quick police...
Affordable housing provider closes - 02/03/2012
An organization that provided affordable housing in the Rogue Valley for 20 years has closed down, shuttered by troubles with an Ashland project and...
OSF's big ticket includes Chinese fable - 02/02/2012
Oregon Shakespeare Festival workers are putting the finishing touches on a set and costumes that will transport audiences into a fantastical Chinese...
OSF's 2013 schedule - 02/02/2012
Works by Tennessee Williams and August Wilson, an indoors “Taming of the Shrew,” “King Lear” set in the round and three world...
Historic gold stolen in Siskiyou County - 02/02/2012
YREKA — Thieves broke into a Siskiyou County Courthouse display case and made off with about $3 million in historic gold nuggets early...
Garage Sale Slave or Gallerist? - 02/01/2012
A building on Art Walk-friendly A Street was filled with antique tables and hand-woven carpets from around the world.