Shady Cove News

The sour economy and how best to cope with it dominated much of the 2009 session.

Andrea Calcagno & Associated Press A July 1, 2009 A WOODBURN, Ore. -- A 22-year-old Coos Bay man faces attempted murder and assault charges for allegedly cutting the throat of an auctioneer in Woodburn with a boxcutter Tuesday.

By Andrea Calcagno A June 30, 2009 A SHADY COVE, Ore. - The incumbent Shady Cove Water District Board of Directors is refusing to step down, even though a newly elected board is set to take office this week.

Lost Creek Lake's spring bloom of toxic blue-green algae apparently is over. The public-health advisory against contact with the lake, however, is not.

Another in a series of "community conversation" meetings organized by United Way is tonight in Medford.

It's a day devoted to dad, and several events in the Rogue Valley today aim to make the most of the holiday.

Southern Oregon singer and songwriter Pete Herzog has added a couple of instrumental ingredients to create a new danceable mix, Pete Herzog's Gumbo.

Chief Rick Mendenhall says is leaving the Shady Cove Police Department this summer to spend more time with his children and grandchildren, and do a little more hunting and fishing.

Two women were sentenced in Jackson County Circuit Court Monday for setting fires in their homes during alcohol-fueled disputes.

Authorities say two women have been sentenced on the same day in Jackson County for setting fires in their homes to get back at the men they lived with.

Kids can explore the world of handmade books this month and next at area libraries.

Black Oak Pharmacy has left Black Oak Village shopping center, moving to a new home in the medical district northeast of Rogue Valley Medical Center.

Jackson County health inspectors evaluated 115 restaurants in April. All restaurants passed their semiannual inspections.

An Eagle Point man who died this weekend in an Arizona plane crash will be memorialized at Trail Christian Fellowship this Saturday as a young man with "a fire for life." Daylon Harrington, 25, was flying as a passenger with pilot Scott Resnick, 39, of Beaverton, when their plane crashed near Prescott, Ariz.

Shady Cove Water District board members have been accused of holding an illegal meeting just two days after their defeat in Tuesday's election.

KDRV Staff A May 19, 2009 A SHADY COVE, Ore. - Shady Cove residents are electing a new water district board of directors, and all the winners ran on a campaign promise to shut down and dissolve the water district.

Identity theft - Delvin Clawson Hall, 34, no known address. A Jackson County sheriff's deputy Friday added a charge of aggravated identity theft against Hall.

As federal stimulus dollars make their way into Jackson County, local governments are trying to tap into even more money for a wish list of projects.

A new shuttle bus service to White City and points in between gives car-less Upper Rogue residents another transportation option.

Oregon State Police troopers, assisted by a narcotics detection canine, seized approximately 13 pounds of marijuana - with an estimated value of $35,000 - concealed in a vehicle during a Friday afternoon traffic stop on Interstate 5 in the Ashland area.