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• Eagle Point vote throws support to school leaders - 5/22/2013

  Atrio of Eagle Point School Board candidates who were considered supportive of the school district's administration were on their way to winning...

• Fire levels barn on tribal land - 5/22/2013

  CENTRAL POINT — Less than a week after purchasing the Rogue River Ranch at the base of the Table Rocks, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of...

  
• iPhone app helps police capture alleged burglar - 5/21/2013

  Need to find a burglar who broke into your home and made off with $1,600 of your electronics? There's an app for that.

• A good ride for MURA - 5/20/2013

  A 25-year effort to revitalize the city center is about to head into the sunset as the Medford Urban Renewal Agency prepares to spend most of its...

  
• Power poles, lines going in for reliability - 5/20/2013

  I've noticed what appears to be new power lines springing up between the residential area behind Vista Pointe and Satellite Drive on the south flank...

• Rest area near Talent closed after spill is feared hazardous - 5/20/2013

  The Suncrest rest area near Talent on Intersate 5 was closed Sunday afternoon, according to Fire District No. 3 Capt.

• Learn about container gardens on Tuesday - 5/19/2013

  Master Gardener Sue Amatangelo will talk about creating and caring for container gardens at 3 and 4 p.m.

• Bar fight brewing - 5/17/2013

  A Medford nightclub owner warns that more shenanigans may be in store for the downtown if a tattoo shop owner opens a pub in the location of a former...

  
• Vandals befouled Medford creek - 5/17/2013

  Vandals recently plugged a sewer manhole with tires, branches, concrete and metal, forcing 7,000 gallons a day of wastewater into Midway Creek and...

• Medford taps parks budget to finish MURA's downtown parks - 5/17/2013

  A $171,000 shortfall for two new downtown parks near the Lithia Motors headquarters was plugged Thursday when City Council agreed to take the money...

• Shooting, standoff in Medford - 5/16/2013

  Police say a petty dispute over a car led to shots being fired in a north Medford neighborhood Wednesday morning, drawing a swarm of police and SWAT...

  
• Knife-toting shoplifter pleads guilty to robbery charge - 5/16/2013

  An Eagle Point man who pulled a knife on a Food 4 Less employee after being caught shoplifting in March pleaded guilty to a felony robbery charge...

• Teen sought for west Medford drive-by shooting - 5/15/2013

  Police are on the hunt for a 15-year-old boy whom investigators have identified as the alleged shooter in a May 7 drive-by shooting in west Medford.

  
• Mail-theft ring case continues to expand - 5/15/2013

  Police say they have identified 15 to 20 suspects in a mail-theft ring that allegedly struck about 800 Jackson County mailboxes, as investigators...

• Green light on office building imminent - 5/15/2013

  A long-awaited downtown office building that will transform the Medford skyline is on the verge of getting the green light for construction.

  
• Police hope to catch speeding felon - 5/14/2013

  Medford police played a cat-and-mouse game Monday afternoon with a wanted felon who sped so dangerously on downtown residential streets that officers...

  
• Medford Planning Commission vacancies remain unfilled, city says - 5/14/2013

  Medford officials are having a tough time finding candidates to fill two open Planning Commission vacancies.

• New home for methadone clinic riles some - 5/13/2013

  A methadone clinic, which is being forced to move because it is too close to a day-care center, has found a new home at 777 Murphy Road near two...

  
• Coquille doubles down on Medford casino - 5/13/2013

  A one-casino-per-tribe policy in Oregon faces a tough test as the Coquille Indian Tribe pursues a Medford gaming operation.

• 'It's the law of physics' - 5/13/2013

  A semitrailer tipped over onto a concrete guardrail at the southbound on-ramp at the north Medford interchange of Interstate 5 Sunday afternoon.