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The Ashland City Council has voted to tighten its ban on public camping.
     The Ashland Daily Tidings reports that the move was prompted by the municipal court's dismissal of two citations.Read More »

Medford residents are favoring safety over stargazing.  The Mail Tribune reports that the public response has been mostly negative to a pilot project that would turn off street lights in one part of town this summer to save
money and improve the visibility of the night sky during the Perseid meteor shower.Read More »

A Grants Pass woman is in jail today after she and two male accomplices allegedly robbed a home on Rogue River Avenue Thursday morning at gunpoint. 33-year old Zera M. Thomas was apprehended by police at her home on M. Baldy Road Thursday afternoon, and she faces robbery, burglary, coercion, theft and unlawful use of firearm charges related to the robbery of 24-year old Destiny Ridenour.Read More »

A grass fire at 5577 Little Applegate Road torched 24 acres at around 5:15 p.m. Wednesday. Nearly 40 firefighters were called to the scene from Applegate Fire District #9 and the Oregon Department of Forestry. By 9 p.m., spokesperson Ashley Du Bray reports the fire was 99 percent dozer lined.Read More »

When the Britt Festival office opened its doors this morning, they were greeted by long lines of ticket buyers hoping to catch one of their favorite artists in the 2012 festival season. According to the Medford Mail Tribune, lines stretched out about 30 feet by 9 a.m. Among the season’s headliners are Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, Heart and Huey Lewis and The News.Read More »

A fire broke out Wednesday afternoon on the exterior of a small studio apartment on Highland Avenue in Grants Pass. The Rural/Metro Fire Department credits quick action by a neighbor in extinguishing the fire with a garden hose by the time they arrived moments later.  About 400-dollars damage was done to the home’s exterior and never entered the residence.Read More »

Health officials are warning Southern Oregonians to update their dogs' distemper vaccinations because an outbreak of the virus has been found in the local fox population. Wildlife biologists have fielded more than a dozen calls in the past two weeks regarding gray foxes displaying strange behavior.Read More »

The Eagle Point School District says an agreement has been reached with striking employees.
     The district says schools are closed Wednesday and will resume
Thursday with regular teachers. Schools opened this week with
substitutes.
     The Eagle Point Education Association began the strike May 7.Read More »