Crime & Justice

Jail log: Wednesday, July 2

Arrests Fugitive — Samantha Louise Beck, 26, of the 800 block of Ragsdale Road, Trail. Medford police arrested…

Business

Rick Wright, Market of Choice CEO and grocery industry leader, dies at 62

Rick Wright, CEO of the Oregon-based grocery chain Market of Choice, died Sunday. He was 62. Wright, who…

Opinion

Political cartoons

Government

Oregon lawmakers regulate guns, public defense, while crime victim, exoneree funding stall

Bills that would have funded care for crime victims and those who have been wrongfully incarcerated languished in…

Government

Oregon, Washington sue Trump admin for sharing Medicaid files with immigration enforcement

Oregon and Washington’s attorneys general are suing the federal government for sharing residents’ Medicaid records with federal immigration…

Go Rogue

THEATER REVIEW: OSF’s ‘Into the Woods’ is a musical journey through a story within a story

Like many of the astounding musicals that emerged from the mind of Stephen Sondheim, the musical “Into the…

Wildfires

UPDATE: BLM joins with ODF in moving fire danger level to ‘high’

The fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District will increase…

Local News

Recreational use advisory lifted for Lost Creek Lake

The Oregon Health Authority has issued a recreational use for Lost Creek Lake due to the presence of…

Public Safety

Local fire chiefs react with heartbreak, dismay to Idaho firefighter ambush shooting

Top officials at fire agencies around Southern Oregon reacted with a mix of heartbreak and dismay to the…

Local News

New recycling rules in Oregon go into effect; holiday schedule

Nursery pots, aseptic milk cartons, egg cartons and more now OK to go in blue bins Recology, Ashland’s…

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