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• Grant ends dispute between off-roaders, park users - 5/11/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — Land will be exchanged, off-road motorcycle riders and park users will be separated and the city will gain $684,000 in cash as a...

• Jack-Ash trail plan hits early stages in May - 4/29/2013

  Work is being planned for May and August on two trail routes that will nearly finish renovation of the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail, a precursor to...

• The Cornelius Beekman you never knew - 4/28/2013

  If you walk into Beekman's Bank in Jacksonville or take a tour of Cornelius Beekman's house, you're likely to think of a rich, old man with a beard...

  
• Angel investors back asthma meds dispenser - 4/12/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — Lessons learned from a Central Oregon angel investor conference last fall paid off to the tune of $220,000 Thursday for a Bend...

  
• Budget request for Medford schools seeks 9.4% increase - 4/10/2013

  Medford schools Superintendent Phil Long unveiled a proposed budget for the 2013-14 school year Tuesday night that assumes the district will be able...

• KNOWING THE PATH, RIDING THE PATH - 4/8/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — The city hopes to get a grant to study the prospects of creating a 5-mile-long bicycle and pedestrian path that could follow...

  
• Free Beauty - 4/5/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — Botanist Kristi Mergenthaler strolls the paths of the Jacksonville Woodlands with an eye that's well-trained for picking out the...

  
• Small crowd weighs in on the future of Jacksonville's historic courthouse - 4/4/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — The historic Jackson County Courthouse may be an important connection to this city's past, but if a turnout for a Tuesday night...

• Input sought on Jacksonville courthouse use - 4/2/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — Public input on future use of the historic Jackson County Courthouse grounds will be sought during the Jacksonville City Council...

• Jacksonville to look at community center options - 3/20/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — Two-decade-old efforts to construct a new community center building are getting another push as advocates and the city look at...

• County's architectural heritage vulnerable to major quake - 3/18/2013

  Many of Jackson County's more than 200 unreinforced, historic masonry buildings would be lost in a severe earthquake.

• Millions of dollars is on the menu for local firm - 3/6/2013

  One good idea often begets another.

  
• Cycle Oregon grant would pay for bike corral in Jacksonville - 3/4/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — A bike corral is being planned in a space that might have held horse-hitching posts in bygone days on California Street, where...

• Jacksonville moves ahead on historic buildings - 2/24/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — The city, which took possession of four historic sites in November, has received a $5,000 grant to look at uses for one site,...

• Britt finalists will audition during classical festival - 2/23/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — One of three finalists will clinch Britt Festival's musical director and conductor position after auditioning during August's...

  
• Britt Festivals plans summer music camps - 2/23/2013

  The Britt Festivals has announced three music camps for the coming summer.

• SERPENTINE CEREMONY - 2/17/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — As far as 4-year-old Makayla Dean was concerned, Jacksonville's Lion and Dragon Dance Parade Saturday was a scene out of the...

  
• Historic cemetery plots to be restored - 1/28/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — Restoration of one of the most photographed blocks of family plots in the town's cemetery is the goal of a fundraising drive...

  
• Farmers Market will stay put at Jacksonville's courthouse - 1/25/2013

  JACKSONVILLE — A proposal to move the town's Sunday Farmers Market from the courthouse lawn to a downtown street met a quick end after a...

• Collecting words from beyond the grave - 12/26/2012

  Johan Mathiesen knows what he'd like to have etched on his tombstone after he springs from this mortal coil.