Jackson County News

With an election in May, how do I know whether I am currently registered? Who is eligible to vote? Where can people register? Is there a deadline? What should I do if I will not be home when the ballots are mailed? Great questions, Gayle.

Registered dietitian Lindsay Taylor held up a bowl of whole wheat flour for a group of about 20 Mountain View Elementary School fifth-graders to see.

Joshua Alan Mundt, 26, no known address. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Thursday arrested Mundt on charges of felony theft of mail, second-degree trespass and third-degree theft.

The Charter Communications cable switch to high definition service throughout Jackson County this month was not exactly drawing huzzahs from customers picking up the required digital converter boxes, one for each screen.

Most Americans treasure their constitutional right to free speech. Very few would have ever thought this important personal freedom would have been tested on the open road, however.

Coty Hammond and Ryan Longley were arrested by OSP and accused of having about 45 pounds of marijuana in their car.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Darleen Anderson was trapped for 40 minutes under rubble and dust in her apartment after the World Trade Center collapsed across the street.

The Jackson County Budget Committee on Thursday approved a $306.3 million county budget that includes one year of funding for the county library system and significantly expands mental health services.

At the request of the Jackson County Sheriff's Office , Oregon State Police detectives are investigating an incident in which a deputy sideswiped an armed man attempting to flee authorities, OSP said.

A Jackson County sheriff's candidate who is the subject of a criminal investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice said he's being accused of using a sheriff's department employee roster to solicit campaign funds.

I see the city of Medford is building a new half-million-dollar evidence locker using money recovered from fraud cases.

Ex-Marine Bourne Paraday Huddleston was found guilty Wednesday of murdering his wife and on charges related to a contract-killing scheme he plotted against her and another man, a Jackson County Circuit Court jury decided.

There's much to talk about in Ashland-a southern Oregon winter so dry that, for the first time in 50 years, the local ski mountain failed to open, or the fare at this year's Oregon Shakespeare Festival .

Editor's note: Columnist Wm. Willard Greene is on a spirit quest in the Rockies.

Jacob Allen Golden, 20, no known address. Medford Police Monday arrested Golden on charges of possession of methamphetamine, possession of a schedule I controlled substance, third-degree theft and first- and second-degree criminal mischief.

DID YOU FILE YOUR TAXES? If not, you've got until the end of the day when the post office closes.

The postcard's message is brief, written along its edge in fading pencil: "Arrived in Portland at 8 o'clock.

Headlight flashing to warn others of law enforcement in the area isn't against the law, an Oregon judge has ruled.

A registered sex offender has been arrested on suspicion of seeking sexual gratification by bumping against women at grocery and department stores.

Bourne Huddleston said Monday that he plans to testify today in his trial on charges that he killed his wife in 2012 after trying to hire two others to kill her and then initiated another murder-for-hire scheme to kill a witness against him.