A witness in the trial of Ashland arborist Pete Seda testified the charity they both worked for subscribed to a harsh form of the faith and distributed Qurans calling for holy war.

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Congressman Greg Walden has asked Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood for details on the FAA’s $30,000 fine of Mercy Flights for using the pronoun “our” in describing their equipment.

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The Oak Flat fire was responsible for a large column of smoke yesterday, but the smoke was coming from burn outs firefighters were conducting eliminating fuel between the blaze and the fire line.

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In its longest meeting since last year, the Grants Pass City Council decided not to approve Alternative A, the set of improvements to the portion of Redwood Highway between Allen Creek Road and the highway’s beginning that’s been approved by the Oregon Department of Transportation.

In addition, the council directed city staff to work with ODOT to find alternative options to Alternative A.

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A Medford man who fled to Pennsylvania to escape child sex abuse charges but was caught through a Facebook group, pleaded guilty in Medford today.

35-year-old Laramie Torres pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree rape and was sentenced in Jackson County Circuit Court.

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The Jackson County Sheriff Department is looking for clues and looking for help in investigating two suspicious deaths and a pair of arsons that occurred in the Cascade Mountains on Dead Indian Memorial Road in September 2008.

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The Grants Pass City Council, which did not meet during its last possible meeting time two weeks ago because of the Josephine County Fair, has a full agenda for tonight with number of hot-button issues on the table.

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For the first time, the proposed revision to Josephine County’s ordinance on parks that includes enforcement of it the county’s $2 user fee was brought before the public for the first time in a first reading this morning, and opinions from all sides of the issue came out.

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Gilbert Pugliano, 32, of Medford is in jail facing charges of racketeering, aggravated theft, securities fraud, and sale of unregistered securities after allegedly bilking $370,000 from family member’s retirement money.

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A prosecution witness in the trail of an Ashland man accused of trying to smuggle money to Muslim fighters in Chechnya has testified the Islamic charities were regular conduits of money to that region.

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