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Medford Man Gets 40 Months in Prison After Fighting Officer During Traffic Stop and Grabbing for Gun
MEDFORD, Ore. — 25-year-old Oscar Flores Jr. was sentenced to 40 months in prison plus 3 years of post-prison supervision for assaulting a Medford police officer during a December traffic stop.
Flores, driving with a suspended license…
Grants Pass Woman Arrested After Man Stabbed in His Home and Taken to Hospital
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A 42-year-old woman, Heidi Smith, was arrested and placed in custody after a Grants Pass man was stabbed in the upper body at his home on Wednesday night.
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Assault in the 2nd Degree is a felony level…
Oregon Officials Offer $10,000 Reward After Endangered Gray Wolf Found Illegally Killed in Lake…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) wants information about the illegal killing of a federally listed endangered gray wolf in Lake County, near the Klamath County border in the Yamsay Mountain area of Oregon, and will pay a reward of…
Oregon Homeowners Could See Relief as New Bill Pushes Insurers to Reward Wildfire Defensible Space
Oregon State Senator Jeff Golden, representing Southern Oregon, is sponsoring a bill to require insurers to reassess insurance quotes to account for home hardening and defensible space in wildfire risk models used to price and renew…
Medford Man Sent Back to Prison After Dark Web Cocaine Parcels Trigger Federal Sting
MEDFORD, Ore. — An Oregon man on federal supervised release for distributing cocaine was again sentenced to federal prison in Medford, Oregon, earlier this week for attempting to sell cocaine he had bought on the dark web.
Dominick…
Ashland Activist Sues City After Being Removed from Council Meeting for Calling the Police Chief a…
ASHLAND, Ore. — A Jackson County resident who called the Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara ‘a fascist’ at a City Council meeting last September has filed a civil rights suit for violation of his First Amendment rights.
Toren McKnight…
Medford Man Won’t Face Charges After Fatal Home Invasion Shooting That DA Calls Self-Defense
MEDFORD, Ore. — The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office indicated yesterday that no criminal charges will be filed in the fatal shooting of 32-year-old Martin Uriel Jimenez Jr., who was shot during a violent home invasion in the early…
Mt. Ashland Opens Tomorrow With Limited Terrain as Snowfall Hits 70% Below Average
ASHLAND, Ore. — Despite 70% below-average snowfall, Mt. Ashland is gearing up to open on December 29, but with limited terrain.
Conditions are early season, with thin, limited cover, and any activity off the groomed piste is for experts…
Medford Secures $147 Million Federal Loan to Fix Wastewater Plant After Years of Rogue River…
MEDFORD, Ore. — A $147 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) loan under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) was approved to support major wastewater infrastructure investments in Medford. It will be used…
Oregon Supreme Court Overturns DOC Policy That Led to Dozens of Early Releases Without Warning to…
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Months of pressure from the Jackson County District Attorney’s Office culminated in victory yesterday when the Oregon Supreme Court reversed the Department of Corrections (DOC) sentencing credit policy that led to the…