Jackson County News

Thousands turn out for the last day of the 2008 Jackson County Fair. On the last day of the Jackson County Fair the rides kept on spinning and dropping and vendors kept serving up their ever popular fair food.

Jackson County commissioners are denouncing a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal through Southern Oregon.

Approaching a giant paper mache dragon called Rosabelle, 6-year-old Skyler Rollins was taken aback when he pulled her cloth tongue, tossed a snow cone in her mouth and heard her exclaim, "Thank you.

Fire, police and insurance investigators set to work Friday studying the ruins of Mr.

Investigators are studying the ruins of Mr. Thom's salon, home and inn, searching for the cause of the massive blaze that ripped through the amalgamation of historic homes making up the structure on South Stage ...

An 86-year-old man drowned Friday afternoon after falling out of a raft on the Rogue River near Shady Cove, police said.

A huge column of black smoke crawled high above south Medford on Thursday afternoon as fire ripped through the four separate homes that constituted Mr.

Country rock singer, guitarist and songwriter Jason Johnston will be among the regional artists performing at the county fair.

Patrons at the Jackson County Fair most likely saw the smoke from two structures that are now gone after a lawn mower started a fire Tuesday afternoon.

A fire northeast of Central Point this afternoon consumed about 3 acres of grass and burned a garage and shed before firefighters were able to control it.

Yamhill County in northwest Oregon is feeling the pinch of the cutoff of federal timber money in the southern part of the state.

Two men are arrested in connection with a late-night armed robbery at a local coffee stand.

Authorities have called off a search for an ultralight plane reported missing in Southern Oregon.

A bacterial disease that attacks pear and apple trees in warm, humid weather has flared up in Rogue Valley orchards in recent weeks, and fruit growers are fighting back with flames.

GRANTS PASS - Timber counties in Oregon are cutting services and considering tax increases to deal with the loss of a federal timber payments safety net, according to a survey by Oregon State University's Rural ...

A fugitive from Idaho arrested a year ago in Phoenix has been sentenced to 15 to 25 years years in prison on sex crime charges.

Ashland voters will decide in November whether to extend a levy that has helped to keep the Ashland Public Library open 40 hours a week.

At 11 o'clock this morning, Jackson County Sheriff's deputies located 28-year-old William Simmons at a residence near McAndrews and Ross Lane in Medford.

Last Friday, the new Jackson County Interagency DUI task force held its second saturation patrol.

The public use fire danger level on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry's Southwest Oregon District has climbed to "high". The Industrial Fire Precaution Level remains at Level I. The fire ...