Anna Weeks
Anna Weeks is a multimedia journalist for NBC5 News. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Oregon State University with a degree in Digital Communication Arts and a minor in writing. Previously, she interned with the National Association of Broadcasters at the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
Originally from the Portland area, Anna is excited to explore Southern Oregon. In her free time, she can be found reading, running or watching sports.
Anna's most recent stories:
MEDFORD, Ore. – Medford School District has been talking about adding a new middle school for years. By 2021, it will finally become a reality. “We are at or above capacity at several of our schools and there’s just not room,” Dr. Bret Champion, …
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – 46-year-old Freddie Tillett sat before a judge Wednesday, charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence of intoxicants. “There’s no way to be put on house arrest or any type of thing like that during these court proceedings?” Tillet said. …
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Asante Three Rivers Medical Center is holding a mass casualty drill in Grants Pass right outside the hospital. The scenario they will simulate on Friday is a school bus crash with an impaired driver. There will be roughly 30 …
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A Grants Pass man made his first court appearance Wednesday after being charged in a fatal crash that killed a Grants Pass area mother last month. 46-year-old Freddie Tillett is charged with manslaughter and driving under the influence …
MT. SHASTA, Calif. – Roseville, California police say 53-year-old Shankar Hangud killed four people sometime in the last week. He took one of the bodies to Mt. Shasta Monday, where police say he confessed to the crimes. The confession stunned not only veteran officers, …
APPLEGATE LAKE, Ore. – Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest has canceled its prescribed burns near Applegate Lake after conditions were determined to not be ideal. They planned to use a helitorch, a process of helicopters carrying a large drip torch. It drops a …
APPLEGATE VALLEY, Ore. – Another hemp drying barn went up in flames Sunday, which is the third in a week. This has local farmers being careful with their crop. Hemp farmers say safety is their number one concern and they have protocols in place …
This story has been updated. MCCLOUD, Calif. – A missing hunter was found in northern California According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Department, Jimmy Burris was reported missing early Monday morning after not returning home from his hunting trip. The sheriff’s office …
MEDFORD, Ore. – Another business in The Village at Medford Center is closing, just weeks after management told NBC5 three major national tenants are looking to move in. A current Baja Fresh employee says workers were notified just this week that the doors …
PHOENIX, Ore. — As the temperatures drop, the Jackson County Fuel Committee is gearing up to help low income households heat their homes, all while reducing wildfire fuels. Volunteers are thinning out the forests through the Ashland Forest All-Land Restoration Project by …
