Local News

Medford Police are warning people to keep a close eye on handbags and wallets containing important cards and documents after two unrelated but similar incidents.

 

Thursday we reported the execution of a Drug Enforcement Agency raid on marijuana gardens in the 800 block of Left Fork Humbug Creek Road in the Applegate Valley on Wednesday but very few details were available.

 

The Rogue Valley Humane Society has denied the county’s proposal that would have allowed the society to take control of the Josephine County Animal Shelter.

 

Medford Police say an arsonist started three fires and emergency crews responded just after midnight today to the first fire in an alley north of the 800 block of W. 2nd Street.

 

The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety has arrested a second man for his alleged involvement in a stabbing that occurred at Menegazzi Park on Oct. 1.

 

Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies will wait tables and assist staff at the Red Robin Restaurant, located at 499 Medford Center in Medford, this Saturday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and again from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. to raise money for the Special Olympics of Southern Oregon.

 

The county assessor’s office has announced the 2012-13 property tax statements will be mailed Friday.

 

Details remain sketchy surrounding a Wednesday Drug Enforcement Agency raid of another marijuana garden in the Applegate Valley.

 

The Josephine County Commissioners approved an amendment at their Wednesday evening business session that will allow $114,000 in pass-through funds to be allocated toward Siskiyou Community Health Center, Inc. to provide a public health position in the Illinois Valley.