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• A Hydroelectric Revival for Gold Ray? - 11/10/2009
  

  Entering Gold Ray Dam's 105-year-old powerhouse is not just a stroll into the past, it's a precarious step into the present.

• Loss of dam means loss of live counts - 11/9/2009
  

  Nick Grzych stabs his long gaff into the shallows of the Rogue River and pulls out the remnants of one of its more cherished denizens.

• Wetlands could be high & dry - 11/8/2009
  

  Randy Schock bought almost 5 acres of swampland last April, and he couldn't have been happier.

• Gold Hill man was mining illegally, judge rules - 11/3/2009
  

  A federal judge determined Monday that a Gold Hill man digging for gold on Forest Service land on Sucker Creek in Josephine County was guilty of...

• Federal Interior bill funds projects at parks - 10/31/2009
  

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• Arrest, banning plan concerns Southern Oregon miners - 10/29/2009
  

  GRANTS PASS — The arrest of a Gold Hillman on charges of illegal mining last month and a recent announcement by Gov.

• Project will catch I-5 effluent - 10/20/2009
  

  A few well-placed plants along a ribbon of freshly strewn gravel may become the newest solution in a pollution-busting effort to keep Interstate 5...

• Forest Service approves Ashland thinning - 10/20/2009
  

  Some 7,600 acres of forestland outside Ashland will be thinned to help protect against wildfire under a project approved by the U.S. Forest Service.

• Despite the recent rain, 'fire danger is still there' - 10/1/2009
  

  Mother Nature may have dampened the woods in Jackson and Josephine counties, but state forestry officials caution that fire season is far from over.

• PacifiCorp agrees to removal of dams - 9/30/2009
  

  The utility that owns four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River has agreed to terms for their removal, a key milestone in efforts to restore what...

• Smoky haze blankets valley - 9/25/2009
  

  Smoke from forest fires to the north rolled into the Rogue Valley, clotting the sky with a thick haze that likely won't lift until Sunday, National...

• Wayward bear drowns - 9/22/2009
  

  A bear seen wandering in a downtown Medford neighborhood and Hawthorne Park early Monday drowned in Bear Creek after wildlife biologists attempted to...

• Miner released pending trial - 9/22/2009
  

  MEDFORD — A gold miner charged with illegal mining in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest was released from the Jackson County Jail on...

• Actor, husband resolve river permit issue - 9/1/2009
  

  Screen legend Kim Novak and her husband, Robert Malloy, have resolved a two-year problem that started when they failed to get federal permits to...

• Mining public comments - 8/27/2009
  

  If you have any thoughts on the challenging task of cleaning up the long inactive Blue Ledge Mine high in the Applegate River drainage just south of...

• It's been quiet ... too quiet? - 8/26/2009
  

  The lion's share of summer might be over with no major wildfire having erupted in Jackson or Josephine counties, but Brian Ballou cautions that the...