Local News

Two Eagle Point residents arrested in multi-agency drug bust; cash, firearms also seized

Investigators with the Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team seized more than 100 grams of cocaine and…

News

Oregon State Hospital chief resigns after patient death

Sara Walker, the interim superintendent and chief medical officer at the hospital, resigned on Friday, April 11. She…

Local News

Jail log: Monday, April 14

Arrests Failure to appear — Omar Jesus Alvarez, 25, of the 700 block of Royal Avenue, Medford. Medford…

Business

‘Bad behavior’: AI website warned to stop scraping local news

An organization representing 2,200 publishers has sent a warning letter to a national website operator to stop scraping content…

Opinion

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Wildfires

Controversial Oregon wildfire map might be swapped for voluntary incentives

A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high-risk landowners may be swapped for incentives meant…

Local News

Oregon news leaders discuss condition of journalism, what’s next

A documentary about vulture capitalism’s decimation of newspapers was the warm-up act at Southern Oregon University Thursday night…

Lifestyle

READERS WHO WRITE: New inventions just might end up burying us

For some time now, I have come to realize that there are many smart people, especially among the…

Local News

Thousands celebrate 72nd annual Pear Blossom Festival with parade, runs and more

Southern Oregon’s annual spring festival had the streets of Medford bumping Saturday as decorated floats, classic cars, dancers…

Local News

PHOTO FOCUS: 72nd annual Pear Blossom Festival parade

With a mostly sunny day and moderately warm temperatures, participants, onlookers and 72nd annual Pear Blossom Festival organizers…

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