Jacksonville News

Backers of a proposed dog park on land immediately adjacent to Jacksonville city limits were asked Wednesday to come back to a city committee with a more developed proposal.

A neighbor has appealed a Planning Commission decision that set noise levels for outdoor amplified music events at the Nunan Estate, saying the decision is in conflict with state law.

A land-use watchdog group has charged that Jackson County is attempting an end run around its own zoning laws that could clear the way for sprawl in rural areas.

A soggy week in November hardly is the time you might expect to shoot video footage promoting tourism - especially a video built around cycling in Southern Oregon.

Wanting to make sure U.S. troops don't feel forgotten during the holidays, Boy Scout Bryce Thornton has set his sights on sending 1,000 care packages to soldiers stationed in Afghanistan by Christmas.

The old Ashland High School gymnasium will be resurrected on agriculture land just east of Jacksonville for produce storage and possibly a custom-crush winemaking operation.

South Stage Cellars of Jacksonville is a wine-tasting room with a difference. It showcases wines made by several Oregon wineries using grapes grown by Don and Traute Moore of Talent.

A 54-year-old Jacksonville rancher found three of his pregnant cows shot early Saturday morning, including one that had been partially butchered on the side of the road after it had been dragged for half a mile.

A Jacksonville rancher says three of his pregnant cows were shot this weekend, including one found mutilated by the side of the road after being dragged a half-mile. Tim Hunter told the Mail Tribune newspaper the cows were shot Saturday morning as they were lying next to their feed bunks.

The unique noise filling our woodlands south of Jacksonville last Sunday morning sounded like a beaver grating his buck teeth against the grain of a tree.

By Steven Sandberg A November 2, 2009 A NEAR JACKSONVILLE, Ore. - Two Medford teenagers are recovering after a recreational vehicle accident Sunday night.

By Andrea Calcagno A November 3, 2009 A JACKSONVILLE, Ore. -- Jacksonville is looking to make changes to its citywide noise ordinance.

Imagine paintings of cakes with pigment as thick and rich as frosting. There'll be cake on the walls - 50 cakes by 50 artists - as Medford's Rogue Gallery & Art Center kicks off its 50th anniversary celebration January 20.

OK, I've heard just about enough arguing from both sides about the meals tax and, as usual, it looks as if nobody's thinking outside the " box" but yours truly.

Following the indictment of its producer and host, the Rogue Valley Television show "Wilde Life" has been suspended by Southern Oregon University.

Southern Oregon University has stopped airing the Rogue Valley Community Television show "Wilde Life" because of the indictments of its producer and host.

Former classmates Bob Trappe and Don Frame look over photos of Tigard Union High School at their 65th class reunion.

OR-GOV: Bill Bradbury and his Segway Politics can be tough on your body. The days are long, with many hours often spent on your feet, talking to the public.

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 motorists' oil from mixing with wild salmon's water.

A day after the three Democratic gubernatorial candidates made their first joint appearance at the party's "Summit" conference in Sunriver, the trio had an encore performance Monday at the Jackson County Democrats' fall fundraiser in Jacksonville after the original keynote speaker fell ill with flu-like symptoms.