Jackson County News

Public hearings are all that stand between proposals to create tax districts to fund Jackson County libraries and the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center and the May 2014 ballot.

If someone calls claiming to be a deputy from the Jackson County Sheriff's Department demanding payment on a case, the real police say to just hang up the phone.

The family of an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed in 2012 after brandishing a knife at Medford police officers is suing the city of Medford for $2 million, according to a wrongful death complaint filed in Jackson County Circuit Court.

Three Medford residents allegedly carrying meth inside a black BMW led police on a high-speed chase through the Rogue Valley early today.

No, those numbers aren't a winning lottery ticket tip. As of Monday afternoon, they were the National Weather Service's predicted low temperatures for Medford tonight through Friday.

Willliam Robert Sheppard, 40, no known address. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Sunday arrested Sheppard on charges of possession of methamphetamine and failing to appear on a theft charge.

The man charged with arson for allegedly igniting a bomb outside the Jackson County District Attorney's Office last month allegedly so he could miss a court hearing will have his case prosecuted in federal court.

I read your story in Mail Tribune about Jackson County making almost a quarter of a million dollars running the Howard Prairie Resort.

FALL BOOK SALE: The Phoenix library's sale will be from 1 to 7 tonight at the library, 510 W. First St., Phoenix.

Ahalf-dozen teams of emergency responders from fire departments around the Rogue Valley will climb 1,311 steps at Seattle's Columbia Center in March to raise money for cancer research.

The Hayes family celebrates this holiday season with joy and gratitude as three children and their parents say their lives - and their hearts - have expanded exponentially since the family adopted five siblings last year.

Jackson County health inspectors evaluated 128 restaurants in October. All scores are published in weekly portions in the Mail Tribune.

If you've been hoping for snow in the Rogue Valley, there's a good chance you'll get your wish just in time for the start of the holiday season.

Even Fluffy, the family guinea pig, escaped from a two-alarm Thanksgiving night fire that destroyed much of an east Medford home at 3877 Mallard Lane.

GIVE BOOKS TO CHILDREN: New and gently used books are being collected for children until Dec. 12 in the Ashland library's Children's Department, 410 Siskiyou Blvd. These books will be given to children in Ashland Head Start programs and other programs serving preschoolers.

Jackson County figures it netted nearly a quarter of a million dollars in the first season it ran Howard Prairie Resort in the Cascade Range east of Ashland.

The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to consider dismissing a free-speech case brought against Secret Service agents by Jackson County residents who protested against President George W. Bush during his 2004 visit to Jacksonville.

In the presence of more than 100 prominent citizens of Jackson County, and with the governor, Oswald West, gracing the occasion with his presence and enthusiastic support, the ceremony of "turning the first shovelful of earth" to mark the commencement of actual work on Oregon's first section of the Pacific Highway was conducted under most ... (more)

If you've been hoping for snow in the Rogue Valley, there's a good chance you'll get your wish as December starts.

Unscrupulous methods of contractors, disgruntled because of a failure to dictate policies to the state highway commission and county court in the matter of contracts for the Jackson County highway construction, are coming to light.