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• Medford won't appeal soliciting ruling - 11/6/2009
  

  The Medford City Council backed away Thursday from appealing the rejection of a panhandling ordinance after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals struck...

• Pot bust nets 200 pounds - 11/6/2009
  

  GRANTS PASS — A traffic stop near Ashland sparked an investigation that led authorities to a massive marijuana-growing operation in Grants Pass...

• Medford council weighs utility increase - 11/6/2009
  

  MEDFORD — Citing the tumultuous economic climate, the Medford City Council called Thursday for additional discussion and information before...

• Ashland School District looks into new building permit tax - 11/6/2009
  

  ASHLAND — The Ashland School Board on Monday will discuss enacting a tax on all new construction building permits taken out within the district.

• Rogue Valley man recalls time as civilian prisoner - 11/6/2009
  

  Hugh Curphey was tired of working long hours for low pay in the gladiolus fields just south of Grants Pass in the spring of 1941 when he learned of a...

• Feds pony up $1.1 million to boost forest health - 11/6/2009
  

  The Oregon Department of Forestry has more than $1.

• Man faces child porn charges - 11/6/2009
  

  Central Point — A Central Point man faces 15 child pornography charges stemming from an online investigation by police in Southern Oregon and...

• Publishing a newspaper has its funny moments, too - 11/6/2009
  

  Editor's note: This is the fifth in a six-day series of stories on the 100-year history of the Mail Tribune, which first published on Nov. 1, 1909.

• Winery remodel means venue changes for ACT, guitar society - 11/6/2009
  

  TALENT — A remodeling and expansion project at Paschal Winery means the end of performances there by the Jefferson Classical Guitar Society and...

• Federal recreation sites are fee-free for Veterans Day - 11/6/2009
  

  Daily use fees at federal recreation sites will be waived on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

• Emergency services - 11/6/2009
  

  Felony arrests

• Gone but not forgotten - 11/6/2009
  

  With all the I-5 road construction, I was wondering what happened to the elk herd off the Blackwell exit?

• Police visit neighbors rocked by violence - 11/5/2009
  

  MEDFORD — Police and city officials reached out to residents of the Liberty Park neighborhood in west Medford on Wednesday, nearly a month...

• Ruling opens door for south Medford Walmart's growth - 11/5/2009
  

  A ruling by the Oregon Court of Appeals Wednesday could boost Walmart's plans to build a Supercenter in south Medford.

• Renters win eviction case - 11/5/2009
  

  Supporters of an Eagle Point woman who has fought rent increases in mobile home parks whooped in the elevator and applauded in front of the...

• Ashland moves to ban public nudity - 11/5/2009
  

  ASHLAND — The City Council voted 5-1 Tuesday to ban public nudity anywhere within the city limits.

• Charred hillsides are set to green up next week - 11/5/2009
  

  Some Rogue Valley foothills blackened by two September wildfires should be sprouting green some time next week.

• Early newspaper jargon falls by the digital wayside - 11/5/2009
  

  Editor's note: This the fourth in a six-day series on the 100-year history of the Mail Tribune.

• Third Josephine County H1N1 flu victim dies - 11/5/2009
  

  GRANTS PASS — A third Josephine County resident who tested positive for the H1N1 virus has died.

• Ashland leaders hope to move past meals-tax animosity - 11/5/2009
  

  ASHLAND — Following Tuesday's passage of an extension of a 5 percent tax on prepared food, city officials said they hoped community members...