Southern Oregon News

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Coos Bay resident Richard Joyner has been arrested for operating an illegal, clandestine drug laboratory within a thousand feet of Bunker Hill Elementary School and The Lighthouse School. He was lodged at the Coos…

MEDFORD, Ore. — Citing several factors, Asante noted that the organization is facing a cumulative operating loss of $16 million for the first half of the year and anticipates further job cuts of 300 or more roles. Asante Mulls…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A 28-year-old man from Bandon was arrested by deputies from Jackson County Sheriff’s Office after an act of road rage in which he yelled at a female motorist and fired gunshots towards her and into the ground.…

MEDFORD, Ore. — A recent survey by the Medford Livability Team- part of the Medford Police Department (MPD)- indicates that the number of illegal encampments was 13, down from 186 in March of 2023. Medford Police Livability Team…

JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A shooting incident near milepost 15 on Interstate-5, near Ashland, ended in a five-year federal prison sentence for 29-year-old Devanta Bell Mader, of Jackson County, this week. Tidings Insight The sentence came…

COOS COUNTY, Ore. — A domestic altercation involving multiple gunshots and attempted strangulation ended with the arrest and incarceration of Kai M. Dendy by Coos County Sheriff’s Office deputies and Oregon State Police. Dendy (38) has…

MEDFORD, Ore. — A suspect with gunshot wounds, 22-year-old Julian Moon Haight, was hospitalized after being shot by the occupant while trying to break into a Medford apartment with an axe on Tuesday at approximately 4:55 a.m. Medford…

KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — As the Klamath Falls Basin deals with low snowpack and limited water supplies, farmers have been asked to leave tens of thousands of acres idle, forcing them to abandon profitable crops. Klamath Falls Basin…

Early learning providers in southern Oregon have received a financial boost aimed at tackling a shortage of childcare, one of the region’s most persistent challenges. Douglas, Klamath, and Lake Counties are the Successful…

A multi-agency law enforcement crew who identified a drug trafficking organization operating out of Wolf Creek, Oregon- supplied with methamphetamine from Corning, California, successfully executed 3 warrants in Oregon and one in…