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• An end to The Living Gallery - 7/3/2009
  

  The economic downturn is claiming another Ashland gallery.

• Siskiyou Crest campaign - 7/3/2009
  

  Like a mirage emerging out of the afternoon heat, unicyclist Geoff Houghton came bobbing along the rocky road following the high backbone of the...

• Local residents save man from drowning - 7/3/2009
  

  WHITE CITY — A White City man remained in critical condition Thursday after he nearly drowned when his pickup crashed into an irrigation ditch...

• County chief's salary rises to $170,000 - 7/3/2009
  

  A salary hike of nearly 10 percent that will boost Jackson County's top administrator's pay to $170,060 is justified, commissioners said Thursday...

• Medford cuts residents some sidewalk slack - 7/3/2009
  

  MEDFORD — The City Council on Thursday made it a little easier for property owners who are ordered to fix damaged sidewalks to obtain an...

• Historical Society hires new director - 7/3/2009
  

  After 16 months without a permanent executive director, the cash-strapped Southern Oregon Historical Society has hired Allison Weiss, 42, of...

• Butte Falls Hatchery gets reprieve - 7/3/2009
  

  BUTTE FALLS — The aging Butte Falls Hatchery set to close this week will live to see its 95th year after state fish managers eked enough money...

• Chinook salmon fishing restricted on Rogue - 7/3/2009
  

  A 12-mile section of the upper Rogue River will remain closed to the killing of wild spring chinook salmon by anglers this month as state fish...

• Gold Ray Dam named after its builder - 7/3/2009
  

  How did the Gold Ray Dam on the Rogue River get its name? A friend says there was once a town called Ray near where the dam is located.

• Emergency Services - 7/3/2009
  

  Felony arrests

• New products ingenious or insidious? - 7/2/2009
  

  The use of smokeless tobacco in Jackson County has steadily risen in recent years among teens and adults — and now, officials fear the...

• Topping off tanks is illegal - 7/2/2009
  

  The days of asking a gas station attendant to top off your tank for that little bit of extra fuel are over, according to the Department of...

• Bill dies without big bang - 7/2/2009
  

  A bill that would have placed limits on public access to information about concealed-handgun licenses died quietly when the Legislature adjourned...

• Wrong-way driver leads to fatal I-5 crash - 7/2/2009
  

  GRANTS PASS — A Eugene man died Tuesday night on Interstate 5 after a wrong-way driver crashed into his pickup and two other vehicles just...

• Crater Lake visitor center gets boost - 7/2/2009
  

  CRATER LAKE — The U.S.

• Local health care nonprofits receive $1 million stimulus - 7/2/2009
  

  More than a million dollars in federal stimulus money has been awarded to Jackson County's nonprofit health-care community for equipment and building...

• An energy windfall - 7/2/2009
  

  MEDFORD — A single mother of four will get a home makeover that hardly will be evident to the naked eye, but provide some $25,000 in...

• Ashland schools superintendent gets 3.75 grade - 7/2/2009
  

  ASHLAND — Superintendent Juli Di Chiro made the honor roll with a 3.75 grade-point average in her annual evaluation by the Ashland School Board.

• Medford airport will get $1.6 million from feds to demolish old terminal - 7/2/2009
  

  The Medford airport will receive just over $1.

• Since You Asked - 7/2/2009
  

  Can someone tell me what is happening with the entrance off Highland into Bear Creek Park by the skatepark? The new driveway appears to have been...