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• Medford co-op looks likely to head to Bear Creek Plaza - 11/6/2009
  

  The Medford Food Co-op has narrowed its choice of sites to one — the former Toys for the Home store next to TJ Maxx in Bear Creek Plaza —...

• Official: Half of Ashland hills homes vulnerable - 11/6/2009
  

  Only half of homeowners in Ashland's hills, where the Siskiyou fire burned in September, have cleared enough vegetation to protect their homes from a...

• Report: Jackson County homes cheaper but more are selling - 11/6/2009
  

  Home sales are up for the ninth straight month in Jackson County, but prices are slightly lower than they were last year at this time.

• 52,000 fly in October - 11/6/2009
  

  Despite broad-based recessionary pressures on the economy, commercial activity at the Medford airport is still flying high.

• Walden speaks next week - 11/6/2009
  

  Congressman Greg Walden is scheduled in Southern Oregon for several events accessible to the public next week.

• Library looks for knitted goods - 11/6/2009
  

  Ashland's library staff is collecting new gloves, mittens, scarves, hats and socks on a "giving tree" at the library.

• Vets Day talk: how allies won - 11/6/2009
  

  A talk about World War II is planned in Ashland on Veterans Day Wednesday.

• Talk explores rail's early days - 11/6/2009
  

  Rail fan Larry Mullaly talks about Southern Oregon's early rail days in an event Nov. 19 at Eagle Point's library.

• Ski swap starts tonight - 11/6/2009
  

  It’s gray outside today, but tonight goes white at the for the Medford Ski and Snowboard Education Foundation’s annual ski and snowboard...

• Medford Waldenbooks is on closure list - 11/5/2009
  

  Waldenbooks in the Rogue Valley Mall is on Borders Group's list of stores it will close in January.

• Police seize 200 pounds of marijuana at Grants Pass site, arrest three - 11/5/2009
  

  A traffic stop near Ashland sparked an investigation that led authorities to a massive marijuana growing operation in Grants Pass that was apparently...

• Harry & David losses grow for quarter - 11/5/2009
  

  Harry & David Holdings Inc. today reported a fiscal first quarter 2010 loss of $21.7 million for the period ending Sept. 26.

• Ashland grad's container in use by 200 - 11/5/2009
  

  An Ashland High School graduate has created a reusable takeout container that is being used at 200 workplaces and universities nationwide —...

• Alzheimer's office will close - 11/5/2009
  

  The regional Alzheimer's Association office will close its doors at the end of the month, a move a spokeswoman says was motivated by decreased...

• Medford won't appeal panhandling ruling after all - 11/5/2009
  

  Medford will rewrite a law banning panhandling rather than appealing a judge's order that found previous limits unconstitutional, the City Council...

• Top chefs to square off - 11/5/2009
  

  The three-day Ashland Food & Wine Classic will offer a showdown this weekend between the town’s top chefs as well as a dessert competition and...

• Region claims $1.1 million for thinning - 11/5/2009
  

  Southwestern Oregon stands to claim more than $1.

• 12 dead, 31 wounded in shooting at Texas Army base - 11/5/2009
  

  A soldier opened fire at a U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, unleashing a stream of gunfire that left 12 people dead and 31 wounded.

• Ashland considers new tax for schools - 11/5/2009
  

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

• RCC plans vet open houses - 11/5/2009
  

  Rogue Community College will host open houses in Medford and Grants Pass for Veterans Day.

• Grant will aid cemetery - 11/5/2009
  

  The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has provided about $1,000 to help restore and preserve an iron fence and gate inside Jacksonville's...

• Central Point man faces charges in online child porn case - 11/5/2009
  

  A Central Point man faces 15 child pornography charges after an online investigation by police in Southern Oregon and Colorado.

• Credit union earns award - 11/5/2009
  

  Rogue Federal Credit Union has received the 2009 Credit Union Excellence in Lending Award for Consumer Lending.

• Bicyclist killed in Portland was an Ashland High grad - 11/5/2009
  

  A man killed in a Portland bicycle accident early Wednesday was a graduate of Ashland High School.

• Index: Oregon recession may be near end, but jobs weak - 11/5/2009
  

  PORTLAND — A monthly index of economic indicators suggests the recession may be nearing the end in Oregon but the state economy is still too...

• Medford utilities headed up? - 11/5/2009
  

  Medford residents face a series of utility fee rate increases if the City Council approves a proposal during a public hearing tonight.

• Medford police walk and talk in Liberty Park tonight - 11/4/2009
  

  Nearly two dozen high-ranking Medford police officials will visit homes in the Liberty Park neighborhood this evening to discuss public safety,...

• Appeals court reverses state decision on Medford Walmart - 11/4/2009
  

  The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed a state land board's decision on the proposed Medford Walmart Supercenter.

• Third H1N1 patient dies in Josephine County - 11/4/2009
  

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

• First-time jobless claims stay high in Oregon - 11/4/2009
  

  State figures show that enough jobless Oregonians to populate a small city applied for unemployment benefits in October.