Southern Oregon News

MEDFORD, Ore. — As wildfire season starts in Oregon, with hotter and drier conditions expected, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), U.S. Forest Service, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) are collaborating to respond swiftly to any…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Disability Rights Oregon et al. v. Grants Pass injunction, which blocked the removal of campsites or tents from city property until Grants Pass provided 150 spaces for public camping, was modified yesterday to allow…

MEDFORD, Ore. — The popular Medford Open Streets, a free community event, returns to downtown this Saturday, May 31. Medford citizens are invited to walk, roll, or take the bus to Medford Open Streets on Saturday to enjoy the free event…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — Herculano Gonzales-Lopez of Winchester is facing multiple charges following an attack with a hammer on guests at a motel in Roseburg late at night on 23 May. According to the Roseburg Police Department, Gonzales-Lopez…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Police Officers arrested 20-year-old Aiden Steven McCarroll and two juveniles yesterday in connection with a robbery with a knife on Thursday, May 22, 2025, at about 5:24 p.m. in the 1200 block of Rogue River…

ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg man, 29-year-old Jesse Lee Proffitt, was arrested on Wednesday night after surveillance videos in Jungle Things Oregon, a Roseburg business, showed him stealing seven exotic lizards. Responding to reports of a…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Deputies from the Coos County Sheriff's Office (CCSO) arrested Amanda Vancannon, a 38-year-old Coos County woman, on Tuesday morning after she allegedly crashed her vehicle into a school bus that had stopped to pick up a…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — A 17-year-old boy was thrown over a bridge barrier into the Klamath River after a two-vehicle crash as he was checking for faults under the hood of one of the vehicles- a Honda CRV, on Saturday on Highway 140, near…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — On Monday, a Mexican citizen illegally living in Jackson County, 24-year-old Saul Uriel Nunez-Vega, pleaded guilty to illegally possessing the firearm involved in a White City crime in 2023. Firearm In…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A low-level drug deal at Ogle Park on NW Washington Boulevard got the attention of Grants Pass Police Officers on Saturday at about 11:10 p.m. when 58-year-old Baron Messier chased down two females with a machete after…