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Disability Rights Lawsuit Forces Grants Pass to Provide Basic Services for Homeless Camps
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The recent agreement reached between the lawyers for the City of Grants Pass and Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) on enforcement of camping codes in the city is welcomed as a move in the right direction for homeless…
Texas Duo Who Posed as DEA Agents During Oregon Marijuana Raid Sentenced to Prison
MEDFORD, Ore. — Two men from Texas, in their early twenties, have been sentenced to federal prison for posing as Drug Enforcement Administration agents during an armed robbery in Oregon, involving the attempted theft of more than 200 pounds…
Toxic Algae Prompts Recreation Advisory for Odell Lake in Klamath County
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) placed a recreational use advisory on Odell Lake in Klamath County yesterday following the discovery of algae blooms.
The OHA advisory, issued about a month after a similar…
Douglas County Narcotics Raid in Curtin Uncovers Illegal Pot Grow, Meth, and Guns
DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — A Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) investigation into an illicit marijuana grow in Curtin culminated in the detention of 8 people on Wednesday. Two were arrested.
Armed with a search warrant obtained after…
Klamath Community College Lands Major Federal Grant to Support Future Oregon Tech Talent
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — High-achieving, low-income students studying Cybersecurity and computer engineering at the Technology Department of the Klamath Community College (KCC) will receive financial support from a generous National Science…
Jackson County on Alert as Scenic Fire Races Through High Cascades Forest
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff's Office (JCSO) warned yesterday that the Scenic Fire burning in Douglas County, east of Highway 230 along the Rogue River, was headed towards Jackson County.
The Scenic Fire on the High…
Grants Pass Area Home Becomes Scene of Murder-Suicide That Killed Family of Five
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…
Dispute Between Known Individuals Sparks Shooting in Vacant Klamath County Residence
KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) is investigating a shooting between two known individuals in a vacant house in the area of South Lalakes Avenue and Charley Street on Monday afternoon.
KCSO and Oregon…
Extreme Heat and Wind Push Fire Danger to Highest Level in Southern Oregon
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) warned that fire danger levels will rise to extreme on Tuesday in Jackson and Josephine as hot, windy weather and dry vegetation increase wildfire risks.
The National Weather…
Triple-Digit Heat Bears Down on Southern Oregon as Cooling Shelters Open
Oregonians will be subjected to extreme heat that could soar into the lower 100s in the Rogue Valley, prompting the opening of weather shelters.
The National Weather Service (NWS) states that high temperatures in the upper 90s will…