Southern Oregon News

ASHLAND, Ore. — The Ashland City Council has partnered with OHRA, which will run the severe weather shelter to provide a good experience for those using the service. With grant funding, the city purchased the land in 2023, and OHRA was…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After a tragic two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, near milepost 62, in Josephine County,  on Saturday, at 2:04 a.m., 34-year-old Annette Dea Dimmick of Grants Pass was declared dead at the scene. Oregon State Police…

MEDFORD, Ore. — An officer-involved shooting took place yesterday morning on Mallard Lane, Medford, when police investigated a report of an armed individual who was threatening self-harm. The incident, which involved shots being fired,…

MEDFORD, Ore. — At the November 19 meeting, the Medford City Council approved revised plans for a 19,050-square-foot addition to the Children's Museum of Southern Oregon. The Medford Urban Renewal Agency (MURA) board then resolved to…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The City of Medford confirmed that the Medford Severe Weather Shelter, located at 332 W. 6th Street, operated by ACCESS with the City of Medford’s Office of Emergency Management, will be open this winter to ensure that the…

A drug trafficker from Florida, who used couriers from Oregon to move thousands of pounds of marijuana from the West Coast to Tallahassee, has been sentenced to two years in federal prison. Florida Man Sentenced for Distributing…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A bus driver and passenger were hospitalized with serious injuries, and one child suffered minor Injuries after a passenger truck ran a stop sign and crashed into a Jackson County School District 6 school bus at the…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After a bizarre burglary attempt in the 200 block of West Park Street, Grants Pass, yesterday, the naked suspect fled the scene, but was found in a neighbor's hedge, where he was arrested. Grants Pass police responded…

PacifiCorp confirmed yesterday that it has reached a $150 million settlement with 1,434 plaintiffs related to the 2020 Labor Day Fires​. More Pacificor 2020 Labor Day Fire Claims Settled ​Since 2020, Pacificor has settled…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas County Sheriff’s deputies responding to the 1300 block of Gazley Road, Myrtle Creek, for a report of an assault called in detectives after an intruder assaulted and severely injured 73-year-old Stephen Balliew of…