Oregon’s venerable statewide land-use planning system has long been admired for preserving farmland, protecting forest lands and other natural resources, and pr...
It has been a long, drawn-out process, with fits and starts, protests and public forums but, at last, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has given ...
When people feel strongly about a public issue, it’s understandable that they may express those feelings in less than appropriate ways. When those expressions d...
While much of the country is focused on which party will control the U.S. Congress, a subtle but significant shift has taken place in the Oregon Legislature.
Th...
Tired of being bombarded with election ads on your television and in your mailbox? Tired of the talking heads on cable news yakking on about the significance of...
For anyone who is outraged at the Medford School Board’s decision to stop reading public comments aloud during meetings, we recommend a few deep breaths and som...
If you were homeless and camping along Bear Creek, large salmon swimming by on their way upstream might look like a free meal. What could be wrong with grabbing...
Rogue Valley residents — and especially the community of Eagle Point — have reason to celebrate this weekend. The Butte Creek Mill is celebrating its 150th anni...
Less than a month remains before the Nov. 8 election. That can only mean it’s time to trot out a book Jeff Golden wrote in 1971 and suggest a word that appears ...
Most of us manage to go about our business without constant fear for our physical safety. There are times when we do feel that fear — walking alone in a dangero...
The city of Medford has dismissed its case against chiropractor Glenn Gumaer for running a red light, saying it had decided to drop the charge “due to a technic...
The Medford Urban Renewal Agency is weighing its options to deal with a motel-conversion project facing financial difficulties. Getting solid information is imp...
I’ve loved newspapers as long as I can remember. Always read all the comics, every day, even the ones I didn’t particularly like. And I always enjoyed the edito...
It wasn’t that long ago that advocates were promoting hemp as the crop that would save agriculture, promising unprecedented profits.
On paper the prospects are ...
We’ve all seen the red-light cameras strategically placed at busy intersections around Medford. Some of us may have been the recipients of traffic tickets maile...
Shortly before kickoff for last Saturday’s football game between Brigham Young University and the University of Oregon, the BYU team streamed into Autzen Stadiu...
Two weeks after county officials criticized Assessor Dave Arrasmith for sitting on a scathing state audit report listing major problems in his office, a team in...
Medford School District officials are responding in the only way they can to parents who are concerned about a nonbinary first-grade teacher, which is to say th...
The city of Medford is taking aggressive steps to encourage more housing construction in the center of town. Other taxing districts should consider helping out....
Rogue Retreat’s interim leadership team named last week should bring the struggling organization the stability it needs to continue its mission of providing she...
