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• Rock Point project will close bridge for months - 7/3/2009
  

  The historic Rock Point Bridge north of Gold Hill is slated to be closed as long as five months when it undergoes intensive refurbishing starting...

• Auchincloss case headed to DA - 7/3/2009
  

  Ashland police will turn over a child pornography investigation involving Ashland resident James Auchincloss, half-brother to the late Jacqueline...

• Rescued man still critical - 7/3/2009
  

  A White City man remains in critical condition today at Rogue Valley Medical Center after he nearly drowned when his pickup crashed into an...

• County chief says he'll give raise to charity - 7/3/2009
  

  Jackson County Administrator Danny Jordan announced today that he will donate his $15,000 raise to United Way as part of his ongoing effort to...

• Market open as usual Saturday - 7/3/2009
  

  Local farmers will set up shop for Saturday's holiday in Ashland.

• Winery act is Dandelion Jo - 7/3/2009
  

  A performance at RoxyAnn Winery in Medford tonight will feature Dandelion Jo rather than Rogue Suspects.

• Get those rides ready - 7/3/2009
  

  Kids can learn bike safety and sign up to ride their bicycles in Central Point's holiday parade during a bike fair tonight.

• Klamath Falls man stole from mom - 7/3/2009
  

  KLAMATH FALLS — A 51-year-old Klamath Falls man has been convicted of using his mom's ATM card to steal $2,300.

• Eagle Point hires business chief - 7/3/2009
  

  A former Harry & David financial planning manager is the Eagle Point School District's new business manager.

• 'Green' event starts today - 7/3/2009
  

  An effort to bring together businesses, groups, products and speakers on sustainability kicks off a three-day event today in Medford.

• Ashland plans holiday shuttle - 7/2/2009
  

  A free bus will shuttle people to Ashland's Fourth of July celebration all day on the holiday.

• Passersby rescue, revive man trapped underwater in car - 7/2/2009
  

  Passersby succeeded today in rescuing and reviving a man who wrecked his car in a White City area irrigation canal and was trapped underwater as long...

• Libraries claim reading grant - 7/2/2009
  

  Jackson County Library Services has received a $35,360 grant to improve public library services for children.

• Council will consider manager raise - 7/2/2009
  

  The Medford City Council will consider giving its city manager a 3 percent salary increase at its noon meeting today in the auditorium at the Jackson...

• Environmentalists launch effort for 600,000-acre monument - 7/2/2009
  

  The environmental community is launching an effort to create a monument of up to 600,000 acres along the crest of the Siskiyous on the...

• Cash-strapped historical society hires director - 7/2/2009
  

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

• Advance fair tickets on sale - 7/2/2009
  

  Fans of the Jackson County Fair can get advance tickets for headline acts and carnival rides.

• Kids Day coming at markets - 7/2/2009
  

  The valley's youngest growers can get into the act at Medford and Ashland growers markets next week.

• Medford gallery has new leader - 7/2/2009
  

  A Medford art gallery's former office manager will serve as interim executive director while the organization seeks a new permanent leader.

• SOU cancels summer program for American Indian kids - 7/2/2009
  

  Unable to find its usual funding during the recession, the First Nation Studies Program at Southern Oregon University has canceled Konaway Nika...

• Kids can ride in parade - 7/2/2009
  

  Kids can learn bike safety and sign up to ride their bicycles in Central Point's holiday parade during a bike fair tonight.

• Upper Rogue will stay closed to killing spring chinook - 7/2/2009
  

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

• Recession claims Ashland gallery - 7/2/2009
  

  The economic downturn is claiming another Ashland gallery.

• Central Point woman hospitalized after Central Oregon crash - 7/2/2009
  

  A Central Point woman was in fair condition in a Redmond hospital this morning after an accident in Central Oregon Wednesday.

• 'Green' author speaks - 7/2/2009
  

  A nationally known author and sustainability activist will speak about building local sustainable economies in Ashland next week.

• Get out, get music tonight - 7/2/2009
  

  If it's outdoor music you’re after, there's all sorts of opportunity tonight.

• Highway reopens after Rogue River wreck; injuries minor - 7/1/2009
  

  Rogue River Highway is open again this afternoon after a head-on collision between a car and a commercial truck closed it earlier.

• Bill has money for Crater Lake center - 7/1/2009
  

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• Fewer fireworks in Ashland this year - 7/1/2009
  

  Fewer fireworks will light up Ashland's skies during the city's annual Fourth of July celebration, but organizers are confident that the event will...

• Medford airport gets $1.6 million to remove old terminal - 7/1/2009
  

  The Medford airport will receive just over $1.