Local News

The Oregon 62: I-5 to Dutton Road project begins its 45-day public comment period Friday for the federally-required Draft Environmental Impact Statement, which examines the impacts of the proposed multimodal solution.

 

Wednesday firefighters continued efforts to strengthen the containment lines around the northwest corner of the Goff Fire which is located in the Red Buttes Wilderness managed by Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.

 

R. David Lee, 51, driving for T.P. Trucking of Central Point, was seriously injured Wednesday night when the 2005 Peterbilt truck pulling two tanker trailers rolled into the I-5 median along the southbound lanes five miles south of Roseburg.

 

Ryley Jeane Morgan was sentenced to five years and ten months in prison this morning by Judge Thomas Hull after being found guilty of Robbery II(2), a measure eleven crime. She will also serve three years post prison supervision.

 

Medford Police have arrested Brett Leon Court, 37, and Melissa Jan Fernandez, 36, both of Medford and charged them with one count each of Robbery in the 2nd degree in connection with the hold up of the Sterling Savings Bank Wednesday afternoon on Stewart Avenue

 

A 6.75 million board feet timber sale the Bureau of Land Management hopes to auction off today has been protested by a timber industry group.

 

The Jackson County Grand Jury took only 10 minutes to determine Norman Thomas, 66, acted in self defense in shooting 49-year old Mark Corsbie who charged into Thomas’s White City home.

 

The Sterling Savings Bank on Stewart Avenue in Medford was robbed Wednesday afternoon shortly after 2:00 p.m.

The robber entered the bank at a time when there were no other customers and approached the teller, purporting to be armed although no weapon was seen.

 

The Josephine County Board of Commissioners approved a change to an ordinance that will reduce the fees for most people who want to establish a home business in their residence.