Jackson County News

New photos of wolf OR-7's pups show that he and his mate have at least three offspring roaming the woods of eastern Jackson County - and maybe more.

July 23--About 1,200 lightning strikes touched down Tuesday afternoon and evening across Jackson County, starting several wildfires thoughout the region.

The state Elections Division determined today that an initiative measure has qualified for the Nov. 4 statewide ballot.

Tuesday's fierce lightning storm that shot out hundreds of air-to-ground strikes by the evening hours started 29 wildfires in Jackson and Josephine counties.

About 300 lightning strikes have touched down in Jackson County in the last four hours, according to a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Medford.

The latest U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Jackson County had 2,808 fewer people in the labor force during June than a year earlier.

Southern Oregon Education Service District officials aren't sure whether recruiters are just getting better at identifying migrant students or more migrant students are passing through the area, but either way, the number of those students has skyrocketed in recent years.

The National Weather Service reported a fire weather watch is in effect starting at 11 a.m. Tuesday.

Vehicle lanes on Highway 99 from south Medford to Phoenix would be narrowed to allow for bike lanes under a draft corridor plan that the Oregon Department of Transportation will explain at a Thursday open house in Talent.

The forest fire at Humbug Creek in the Applegate section, reported to be under control yesterday, is still raging and is being fought by a large gang of fire fighters under the direction of the Jackson County Fire Patrol association and the forestry services.

No details were immediately available about the crash, which occurred near milepost nine in Jackson County.

The only thing that could keep 6-year-old Dahlia Hugo away from the carousel, roller coaster and tilt-a-whirl at the Jackson County Fair on Saturday was a ride on Bubbles the dromedary camel.

A spark-throwing combine harvester caught fire and blackened about 4 acres of a dry hayfield while threatening several homes near the corner of Corona Avenue and Steelhead Run Drive, Thursday evening.

A Jackson County sheriff's candidate who was under investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice for alleged illegal solicitation of campaign funds in the weeks leading up to the May primary was fired from the department this week.

Country singer Mark Chesnutt has put the soul back in country music with 14 No. 1 hits, 23 top 10 singles, four platinum-selling records and five gold-selling records.

The Oregon Department of Transportation will hold an open house to showcase pending updates to sections of Highway 99 between Medford and Talent from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at the Jackson County Fire District No.

Ashland hotelier Doug Neuman got himself in a bit of trouble when he impulsively purchased the 1,120-acre Circle of Teran Ranch just outside Ashland for $1.525 million.

IO9 has a Wednesday story about a blanket ban on GMO crops that has been imposed on the big island of Hawaii .

Tuesday's soaring temperatures triggered a heat advisory for Jackson and Josephine counties that is expected to remain in effect until 10 tonight.

A Klamath Falls man who police believe was a part a large criminal enterprise with ties to Jackson County was sentenced Monday to 10 years in federal prison on firearm and drug charges.