Southern Oregon News

Two 23-year-old men from Texas were sentenced to a total of 199 months in federal prison for disguising themselves as agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and conspiring to commit an armed robbery in Southern Oregon.…

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has pulled the plug on its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program, rescinding $882 million and impacting at least two Southern Oregon city projects. The…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A 30-year-old Grants Pass man, James Ross, a suspect in the death of 57-year-old Roy Harvey, was arrested on Sunday, April 13, 2025, at about 3:00 pm at the Robertson Bridge Boat Landing. Ross was sought for a…

ASHLAND, Ore. — Put the Phone Away or Pay is the slogan of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) campaign during its Distracted Driving Awareness Month in April. Ashland Police Department, together with other law…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a two-month investigation, two Eagle Point cocaine dealers, 55-year-old Ulysses Timothy Chappel III and 52-year-old Stacy Lyn Cramer, were arrested on April 3 by Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team (MADGE)…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Following the 21 plaintiffs who launched lawsuits seeking $348 Million, two new lawsuits against Asante and Dani Marie Schofield, their former nurse accused of diverting fentanyl and replacing it with tap water, were filed…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Founded 70 years ago in 1955, the Eugene Emeralds Baseball Club has pitched their relocation to a new stadium to Medford’s Mayor and City Council on Wednesday, April 9. The minor-league Eugene Emeralds presented its…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — The search for a Roseburg man, Terry Eugene Kruh, 63, ended on Thursday, April 10 when a friend, who was one of the searchers, found the body of Kruh and his motorcycle crashed in the 6600 block of Roberts Creek Road in…

MEDFORD, Ore. — A homeless Medford man, Steven Perron, 56, was sentenced to 40 months in prison after pleading guilty to arson in the Butane Hash Oil (BHO) explosion inside his tent at the Rogue Retreat Crossings homeless shelter last fall.…

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Rabid foxes in Josephine County have made eight known attacks on people and domestic animals in the last two months, according to a news release from Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Five Foxes…