Southern Oregon News

MEDFORD, Ore. — A suspect who recklessly fired a handgun and struck multiple houses and unoccupied vehicles in a neighborhood on North Ridge Terrace in south Medford, 24-year-old Chase Benjamin Smith of Medford, was taken into custody on…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Deputies from the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, responding to a robbery in progress at Dollar General, located at 3625 Merlin Road, Oregon, near Grants Pass, arrested the suspect, 72-year-old Mark Warren Whidden, at…

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Josephine County Sheriff's Office confirmed that another illegal marijuana grow site- in the 5000 block of Holland Loop Road, Cave Junction, was dismantled on September 23 after police seized 600 pounds of…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Jackson County’s Emergency Management has warned that a phishing email scam is doing the rounds pretending to be from "Jackson Alerts," but it is not from them. Scammers are attempting to impersonate Emergency…

Starbucks announced that it is shutting down hundreds of stores and cutting more jobs as part of a restructuring plan, which includes several Starbucks stores in Southern Oregon. About 1% of Starbucks' North American locations, including…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon State Police (OSP) SWAT team arrested two Sprague River men, 38-year-old Russell Dwayne Carroway and 31-year-old Devin Tyler Pellerin, on Thursday in connection with the dead body, since identified as…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A heroic FedEx Driver, Chris Matthews, who saved a young girl from a vicious dog attack, received a Lifesaving Award from the Jackson County, Oregon, USA Board of Commissioners yesterday. On December 6, 2024, he…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies had a busy night Saturday. Five people were arrested for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants (DUII) Jackson County DUII Arrests Alcohol was the…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Sunset magazine awards named Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Great Falls, Montana, and Medford, Oregon, as the best small towns to travel to in the West. In Medford, they found a getaway with something for everyone,…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Responding to a report of an unresponsive subject lying on the ground next to a vehicle in the area of Kodiak Lane on Thursday at 5:03 pm, Klamath County Sheriff's Office deputies found the vehicle on Whitetail Lane.…