Madison LaBerge

Madison LaBerge is the anchor of NBC5 News Weekends at 6 and 11. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Madison is originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
She loves living in the Pacific Northwest. She can't get over "how green everything is!" When Madison is not at work, she looks for new and exciting cooking recipes and explores Southern Oregon.
Feel free to send her story ideas or the address of your favorite Mexican food restaurant!
Madison's most recent stories:
JACKSON CO., Ore. — Health officials say Jackson County actually could have qualified for ‘moderate’ risk level in one of the state’s metrics. Others though, finally allowed the county to get into ‘high.’ While many people in the community are excited to …
EAGLE POINT, Ore. — Sheriff Nathan Sickler released new details on the deadly Tuesday night Eagle Point shooting. He said the details he released are for basic public knowledge. Anything more than that will be shown to a grandy jury and released …
YREKA, Calif. — Early Saturday morning the Yreka Police Department said it requested the assistance of the California Highway Patrol to search for two missing Yreka residents. YPD said it identified a possible location from the missing person’s cellphone records. Yreka CHP …
MEDFORD, Ore. — February 19th marks a Day of Remembrance. On this day in 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066. The executive order led to the incarceration over 120,000 Japanese Americans living on the west coast. In a tweet, actor and activist …
MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill to close a loophole in state and federal gun sale laws. House Bill 2543 would not allow a gun sale until approved through the state’s background check system. The bill would add Oregon to …
JACKSON CO., Ore. — Next week, the Measure 110 Oversight and Accountability Council will meet for the first time. Oregon voters passed the measure last November. Its goal is to shift from criminalization to treatment and recovery when dealing with drug possession. So …
JACKSON CO., Ore. — Oregon’s Senate Committee on veterans and emergency preparedness met to discuss Senate Bill 531 on Thursday. The bill essentially gives businesses the right to reimbursement due to the pandemic orders and closures. The Oregon state, Klamath County and Roseburg …
(NBC NEWS) — President Joe Biden will announce plans to contribute up to $4 billion to a global Covid-19 vaccine program aimed at assisting developing countries, a move officials argue will bolster American national security interests by helping control the pandemic globally. The United …
JOSEPHINE CO., Ore. — Josephine County Public Health announced six COVID-19 complication deaths. The dates of the deaths go back as far as January 4, 2020. Josephine Co. Public Health said it hadn’t previously reported these deaths, and reported them after ‘cleaning …
JACKSON CO., Ore. — Due to the winter weather in Oregon and across the nation, Jackson County Public Health said will not receive its vaccine allotment of 1,800 prime doses of Moderna, with 1,300 dedicated for individuals over 75 this week. The …