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Firefighters Make Nighttime Push as Dozens of Southern Oregon Blazes Burn Amid Evacuation Alerts

Diane Megaw Jul 11, 2025
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Assuming command of most of the lightning-caused fires yesterday after using the cooler night to make progress, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) indicated that its Complex Incident Management Team 3 continues…
Crime & Courts

Grand Jury Clears Officer After Knife-Wielding Suspect Shot in Medford Park

Diane Megaw Jul 11, 2025
MEDFORD, Ore. — A Jackson County Grand Jury cleared Medford Police Officer David Leal in the July 4 shooting of Salvador Sanchez, 55, in Hawthorne Park, but Sanchez was indicted on multiple felony charges related to the incident. …
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Oregon Invokes Conflagration Act Again as Elk Fire in Klamath County Grows Fast and Evacuations…

Diane Megaw Jul 10, 2025
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Invoking the Conflagration Act, the Oregon State Fire Marshal mobilized its Red Incident Management Team, along with several task forces, to the Elk Fire in Klamath County, approximately eight miles north of Bonanza,…
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Neil Creek Fire Forces Evacuation Alerts and Closes I-5 as Flames Spread Near Ashland

Diane Megaw Jul 10, 2025
ASHLAND, Ore. — As firefighters have continued to battle the Neil Creek fire burning East of I-5 near Neil Creek Road since yesterday, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) upgraded the alert to level 2 across several zones. …
Business

Tech Shock in Oregon as Massive Intel Job Cuts Hit Hillsboro and Aloha Campuses

Diane Megaw Jul 9, 2025
The Intel Corporation announced yesterday that over 500 employees in Oregon will be laid off, with the first round of terminations slated to happen over 12 days, starting July 15. The Tech giant said 523 employees at four facilities in…
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Oregon Deploys Emergency Fire Teams to Rogue Valley as Heat and Lightning Stoke Wildfire Fears

Diane Megaw Jul 9, 2025
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Two structural task forces from Benton and Lane counties have been mobilized to the Rogue Valley in southern Oregon by the Oregon State Fire Marshal through Immediate Response to boost capacity as local structural and…
Crime & Courts

Oregon’s Bias Crime Numbers Drop but Experts Fear Underreporting and System Gaps

Diane Megaw Jul 8, 2025
Oregon’s 2024 Bias Crimes Annual Report indicated that, for the first time since the Bias Response Hotline launched in 2020, overall bias reports declined in 2024. Rather than a decline in incidents, the report suggests other reasons for…
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Medicaid Cuts and Red Tape Could Overwhelm Oregon’s Health System, Nurses Say

Diane Megaw Jul 8, 2025
The Oregon Nurses Association (ONA) has raised concerns that the passage of H.R.1, the so-called 'One Big Beautiful Bill,’ will significantly reduce funding for public health programs, including Oregon’s Medicaid system. ONA…
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Infant Survives Coos Bay Highway Four-Car Crash That Took the Lives of Her Parents

Diane Megaw Jul 6, 2025
COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP) reports indicate that a fatal multi-car crash in Coos County near Lakeside on Friday at approximately 1:06 p.m. in which a beige Kia Optima crossed the centerline, crashing into a  black Toyota…
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Lawyer Warns Some Oregon Summer Internships Are Actually Exploitation in Disguise

Diane Megaw Jul 6, 2025
Is a summer job internship or exploitation? A lawyer has some advice on identifying the red flags. Are Summer Jobs  Internships Or Exploitation? As thousands of students and recent graduates across Oregon take on summer…
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