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• Timber Products closing local plant - 11/19/2009
  

  WHITE CITY — Timber Products Co.

• Teacher loses appeal to carry gun at school - 11/19/2009
  

  Medford teacher Shirley Katz, who was denied permission to take her handgun to South Medford High School, has lost her appeal to the Oregon Court of...

• Library computer use declines - 11/19/2009
  

  Jackson County residents are using libraries at near pre-closure levels, but limited hours have cut into use of the libraries' computers for job...

• Ashland man arraigned for actions in standoff - 11/19/2009
  

  A man who barricaded himself inside his Ashland home earlier this month was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in Jackson County Circuit Court on attempted...

• Ashland council delays final vote on nudity ban - 11/19/2009
  

  ASHLAND — After an hour of debate, the City Council voted Tuesday to delay final approval of a citywide nudity ban until Dec.

• Emergency services bond could face Ashland voters - 11/19/2009
  

  ASHLAND — Residents may be asked to fund a new fire station as soon as November 2010 after the City Council voted Tuesday to form a task force...

• Since You Asked: Ekstrand trial now set for Jan. 19 - 11/19/2009
  

  I was wondering whether you had any new information about Devin Ekstrand. I know that his trial dates have been pushed back several times.

• Emergency Services - 11/19/2009
  

  Sex offender — Terry Lee Papenfus, 49, of the 600 block of North Riverside Avenue, Medford.

• Sowbelly status still not determined - 11/19/2009
  

  Whatever happened to that huge largemouth bass caught this summer in Japan. Last we heard it was going to tie the old record out of Georgia.

• Buyer-aid program brings frustration - 11/18/2009
  

  A federal program designed to stabilize communities hit hard by foreclosures has left one Medford couple at their wits' end trying to find a lender...

• Breast cancer report draws strong local criticism - 11/18/2009
  

  Local health care providers Tuesday blasted a federal government task force's recommendations that women under 50 don't need mammograms and women...

• Ashland street designation serves as reminder to drivers - 11/18/2009
  

  ASHLAND — Oak Street officially became the city's first "shared roadway" this week when crews laid thermoplastic signs on the pavement between...

• Diversion fails; Medford police make arrest - 11/18/2009
  

  MEDFORD — A man wanted on a parole violation allegedly tried one of the oldest getaway tricks in the book Tuesday afternoon while fleeing...

• Soda machine vandalism suspect jailed - 11/18/2009
  

  A man suspected of smashing a dozen soda vending machines last week in an effort to snatch money from inside was arrested over the weekend and...

• Phoenix panel backs zone change near I-5 exit - 11/18/2009
  

  PHOENIX — The City Council gave tentative approval Monday to rezoning 35 acres of residential land for commercial use.

• Gobble, gobble: Want leftovers after Turkey Day? - 11/18/2009
  

  I've volunteered to make Thanksgiving dinner this year for a group of friends.

• Ashland children's museum makes 'Einstein' refund pitch - 11/18/2009
  

  When the Walt Disney Co. announced refunds for copies of its Baby Einstein educational video products, Mark DiRienzo wasn't exactly surprised.

• CASA - 11/18/2009
  

  Court Appointed Special Advocates of Jackson County is collecting holiday gifts to give to children in its care.

• Felony arrests - 11/18/2009
  

  Coercion — Austin Markell Randall, 18, of the 1600 block of West Main Street, Medford.

• Since You Asked: Hot N Now just a savory memory - 11/18/2009
  

  Back in the mid- to late-'80s there was a drive-through restaurant where the Schlotzky's was on Biddle Road.