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MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford City Council approved $611,750 in funding to several local programs aimed at strengthening community well-being, enhancing public spaces, and expanding educational and cultural opportunities at their September 3…

DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. — A 62-year-old Alfalfa woman, Lorinda Maxwell, who is alleged to have been breeding and selling dogs and puppies from her home, has been charged with 49 felony counts of second-degree animal neglect. A…

Family Choice, the doctor and urgent care clinic accused of submitting false claims, has settled with the Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ). The provider must return $489,280  to the Oregon Medicaid program. Medicaid Fraud Case…

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — U.S. Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman has ruled in favor of a class-action lawsuit claiming that Multnomah County, the former sheriff, and two former corrections officers failed to protect prisoners subjected to…

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — Following a three-month investigation, the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) arrested 42-year-old Caleb M. Plueard, a previously convicted felon who is currently on parole, and 44-year-old Erica S. Hewlett…

Facing a $29.2 million budget shortfall, the University of Oregon has embarked on a second round of job cuts, this time affecting 60 staff members. The cutbacks do not affect tenure-track faculty staff - university professors hired for a…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP) and Jackson County Search and Rescue Team (SAR) officers responding to reports of a single vehicle crash on Monday faced the grim task of recovering the vehicle and the deceased driver from…

GRESHAM, Ore. — A 21-year-old has been arrested and rewards of $5,000 each offered for information leading to the arrest of two other suspects in a shooting incident that killed a young teenage boy, Liam Spahnie-Bailey, as he lay sleeping…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Bandon Police Department’s Deputy Starr apprehended an ax-wielding suspect, 31-year-old Scott Smith, on Monday evening after Smith threatened a woman and two puppies during a domestic disturbance on Rosa Road in Bandon.…

Preparations are underway to reinforce building structures larger than 50,000 square feet in Oregon to cope with a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, often referred to as the ‘Big One.’ The Last Earthquake Generated a Tsunami…