We can all remember the sense of freedom at the end of the school year, when the summer stretched ahead, promising sun-splashed days of leisure, family trips, s...
The Oregon Health Authority has followed the guidance of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and announced a temporary hold on administering the sing...
Legislative leaders recently asked lawmakers for suggestions on how to spend Oregon’s share of the American Rescue Plan, which is swelling state coffers by $2.6...
Gov. Kate Brown and state health officials have generally done a good job so far of responding to changing COVID-19 case numbers, adjusting policies and restric...
Opening the COVID-19 vaccine sign-up list to everyone in the state starting later this month is the best news yet in the continuing fight to defeat the novel co...
Oregon schools are just getting back to in-person instruction for those students who want it, with most local districts aiming to offer full-time school for all...
The hatefulness and plundering that accompanied the internment of Japanese Americans 80 years ago is our region’s most notorious racist episode in recent times,...
If you have visited Emigrant, Howard Prairie or Hyatt lakes lately, you know the water levels are dangerously low. That means farms, ranches and vineyards that ...
At long last, the missing piece of the puzzle that is downtown revitalization — residential housing — is coming to Medford.
A planned 60-unit apartment complex ...
In crafting his plan for the removal of the dams on the Lower Snake River, Rep. Mike Simpson has managed to forge consensus between farm, shipping and environme...
Democrats are understandably frustrated with minority Republicans for walking out of the Legislature to deny the quorum required to conduct business. Republican...
The sun is shining, trees are blooming and COVID-19 cases are dropping. It would be tempting to say the pandemic is over, toss out our face masks and gather wit...
At the heart of House Bill 3296 is a legitimate question deserving legislative attention: As alcohol addiction exacts an increasing toll on Oregon's communities...
March 11 marked the 10th anniversary of the historic Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which are still sending ripples across the Pacific in the form of heighten...
As the rubble is cleared away from the destruction of the Almeda fire, more is being revealed than just bare ground. In some cases, homeowners are discovering t...
To mask or not to mask? That is not a question at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre. The popular venue is presenting the musical "The Spitfire Grill" through April 18 ...
Oregon taxpayers may be in for a surprise when they file their income tax returns this year: The federal stimulus payments they received as part of COVID-19 rel...
Alcohol abuse and dependence is a big problem in Oregon. More treatment opportunities would help address that. But paying for treatment beds at expense of Orego...
On Dec. 19, 85 people were hospitalized in Jackson and Josephine counties with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19. In the month of February, that number d...
Over the past four years this organization has changed from the legacy newspaper Rosebud purchased in 2017 in many different ways. As it relates to our reportin...
