Medford Metro News

ASHLAND, Ore. - Jen Moss will apparently spend Independence Day free of her top.

After a storm of public condemnation, two Jackson County commissioners say they won't accept a 26 percent salary increase for which they recently voted.

Smoke from more than 100 wildfires near the Oregon/California border will continue to be seen in the Rogue Valley for the next several days.

Medford and Central Point police teamed up to target the local sex trade, arresting three men suspected of soliciting prostitution and four women suspected of working as prostitutes this week.

ROSEBURG, Ore. - A Douglas County grand jury has indicted Gabriel Scott Riley, 29 on charges including murder in the death of his adoptive mother and an attack on his adoptive father.

MEDFORD, Ore. - Fish managers in Oregon could order cutbacks in recreational bottomfishing in the next week, part of an effort to get through the summer without a closure.

A teen kills his parents and sister with a baseball bat. A writer best known for a controversial memoir that recounts the four-year sexual relationship she had with her father sees similarities between herself ...

Seven Rogue Community College students recently received Bridge of Dreams Scholarships.

Two people died and two children were seriously injured Sunday evening in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Highway 199 about 24 miles south of Grants Pass.

Among the tinkling waterfalls and eye-catching koi ponds in the backyard of Kristine and Dan Merrill, you'll find large-scale model trains chugging charmingly along a winding, 680-foot path.

At times, the Spin Cycle likes to drop its completely unhelpful tone and try to impart a measure of wisdom.

The Medford School District has hired two new principals to fill vacancies left by the promotion of Abe Lincoln Elementary School's principal to district curriculum director and the resignation of Jefferson ...

ASHLAND, Ore. - A woman seen frequently in Ashland riding topless on her bicycle says she plans to be in Ashland's Fourth of July parade free and independent of all clothing but a hemp G-string. The Chamber of ...

WHILE THEY SLEPT: AN INQUIRY INTO THE MURDER OF A FAMILYBy Kathryn Harrison Random House, 304 pages, $25 A transcript of a 911 call begins Kathryn Harrison's While They Slept: An Inquiry into the Murder of a ...

The new Carriage House restaurant at the historic Nunan Estate will be open soon, but service began in the main home May 31 under the ownership of Molly and Derek McPherson.

Investigators and prosecutors worked seven months building their case. Once they found the victim's remains, they returned to the scene six times to collect evidence.

Originally, I was going to do something snarky for this column. I debated writing a biography of another staff member, republishing my first article , writing about how pretentious the whole idea of these ...

"By making members of specific groups fearful, angry and suspicious, hate crimes polarize communities and damage the very fabric of our society." So reads a resolution adopted by the Medford Multicultural ...

Courtesy of Havurah Shir Hadash The Matsiko Children's Choir, made up of 27 at-risk and orphaned Ugandan children between the ages of 10 and 17, will perform a free concert Tuesday night at the Havurah in ...

The steering wheel is warm and silken in my hands, the old walnut glowing in the cool light of a December day.