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3 hrs ago | The Ashland Daily Tidings

Air deteriorates in Medford, Grants Pass areas

The Medford area has joined the Grants Pass area this morning in restricting the use of woodstoves because of deteriorating air quality.

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Related Topix: Grants Pass, OR, Medford, OR, Jackson County, OR

Tue Nov 10, 2009

The Ashland Daily Tidings

Traffic stop near Ashland led to arrests in Applegate

A traffic stop near Ashland last week has led to the arrest of six people and the seizure in the Applegate of 220 pounds of marijuana, plus weapons and $10,000 in cash, according to police.

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Related Topix: Ashland, OR, Drugs, Williams, OR

Sun Nov 08, 2009

KDRV

Judge denies appeal to overturn appointments of GP interim councilors

By Ron Brown A November 5, 2009 A GRANTS PASS, Ore. - A judge has turned down another attempt to void the appointment of five temporary Grants Pass city councilors.

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Related Topix: Grants Pass, OR, Jackson County, OR

Fri Nov 06, 2009

KDRV

Pot: Menace or Medicine? Part 3

By Amy Sienicki A November 5, 2009 A NEAR ROGUE RIVER, Ore. - Medical marijuana is becoming more prevalent on the West Coast.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Rogue River, OR, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The Ashland Daily Tidings

Police seize 200 pounds of marijuana at Grants Pass site, arrest three

A traffic stop near Ashland sparked an investigation that led authorities to a massive marijuana growing operation in Grants Pass that was apparently producing hundreds of pounds more than is allowed under the site's medical marijuana permits.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Grants Pass, OR, Ashland, OR, Wilderville, OR

Wed Nov 04, 2009

KDRV

Judge rules Gold Hill man of mining illegally

Associated Press A November 3, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. -- A federal judge has convicted a Gold Hill man of illegal mining while digging for gold on Forest Service land.

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Related Topix: Medford, OR, Medford Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Medford Mail Tribune

Judge: Miner who refused to stop is guilty

A Gold Hill man was found guilty of illegal mining today and will be responsible for costs to remediate his road building and mining on Forest Service land on Sucker Creek in Josephine County.

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Congressman Introduces Job-Creating Telework Bill Aimed at Rural Communities

Rural areas and small towns are bearing much of the brunt of the downturn. Statistics have shown higher jobless rates in these smaller dispersed communities than in their bigger brethren.

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Related Topix: Grants Pass, OR

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Medford Mail Tribune

SOU suspends TV show with link to sexual abuse suspects

Following the indictment of its producer and host, the Rogue Valley Television show "Wilde Life" has been suspended by Southern Oregon University.

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Related Topix: Southern Oregon University, Jacksonville, OR, Eagle Point, OR, Jackson County, OR

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Ashland Daily Tidings

County delays H1N1 order

The Jackson County Board of Commissioners has postponed consideration of an order requesting Gov.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Ted Kulongoski, US Governors

Wed Oct 28, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Logging activists win; court strikes down Ore. law

People against logging old growth forests won an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling Wednesday that struck down a state law on grounds it treats an environmental dispute differently.

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Related Topix: Activism, Eugene Metro

KEZI

Douglas County Reports First Swine Flu Death

The H1N1 virus has killed one person and has hospitalized another dozen in Douglas County since the beginning of September.

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Related Topix: Douglas County, OR, Roseburg, OR, Education Etc.

Tue Oct 27, 2009

KDRV

Josephine Co. receives another shipment of H1N1 vaccine

By Tove Tupper A October 27, 2009 A GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Josephine County received 1,000 new H1N1 vaccines this week, bringing its total to 3,800 doses.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Grants Pass, OR, Cave Junction, OR

Medford Mail Tribune

Armed, masked man robs Merlin Dutch Bros.

The Josephine County Sheriff's Department is investigating an armed robbery of a Dutch Bros.

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Related Topix: Merlin, OR

The Ashland Daily Tidings

Police and fire reports Oct 26

Friday 8:26 a.m. - A known man engaged in a sexual online chat with a juvenile female in the Ashland area.

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Related Topix: Ashland, OR, Medford, OR

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The News-Review

Farm to market: Cultivating young minds

Fourth-grader Kallee Ross chooses a bean to poke into a damp cotton ball that will then help germinate the seed inside a plastic bag.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Roseburg, OR, Grants Pass, OR, Potatoes, Life, Food, Vegetables

Fri Oct 23, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Josephine County declares swine flu emergency

Josephine County has declared a state of emergency over the swine flu. The declaration Friday by county commissioners in Grants Pass cited two people dead, 21 in the hospital, and many more sick with the H1N1 virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Grants Pass, OR, Medford, OR, Jackson County, OR

The Oregonian

Rural jobless claims improve only because workers are giving up

Vickie Hendricks of Portland has been looking for work since August. Organized with folders and notebooks, armed with a college education, Hendricks is looking for administrative, library or education work.

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Related Topix: Oregon, Grants Pass, OR

Wed Oct 21, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Swine flu to blame for Grants Pass woman's death

Josephine County has had its first death from the swine flu. A spokesman for the hospital in Grants Pass says the 41-year-old woman died in the emergency room last week.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Grants Pass, OR, Medicine, Influenza

Medford Mail Tribune

Josephine County has its first H1N1 death

A woman who died last week at a Grants Pass hospital has become Josephine County's first confirmed victim of the H1N1 influenza virus.

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Related Topix: Grants Pass, OR, Privacy, Jackson County, OR, Medford, OR

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