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WHITE CITY, Ore. – On Friday, services at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics in White City were scaled back. This after six employees tested positive for COVID-19. A news release from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said the …

JACKSON CO., Or.- Today, a grand jury indicted the man Medford police are charging with lighting a vehicle on fire near Emigrant Lake the same day the Almeda fire sparked. 45-year-old Vance Nguyen is in Jackson County jail on a first-degree arson …

EAGLE POINT, Or.- After more than two weeks of hard work, the South Obenchain fire is 90 percent contained. Fire crews built roughly 91 miles of fire lines in an effort to stop the fire. The Incident Management Team says crews are …

PHOENIX, Or.- The Harvest Festival is opening this weekend for it’s 17th year in the Rogue Valley. Pheasant Fields Farms hosting it’s 20-20 grand opening tomorrow. The pumpkin patch will be open seven days a week, as well as plenty of fall …

GRANTS PASS, Ore. – A Lane County woman is still missing after a search around where her abandoned vehicle was found in Rural Josephine County. On June 19, Fauna Frey found her older brother dead from at heart attack. It was another …

MEDFORD, Ore. — The Jackson County Expo has been serving as a temporary shelter for people forced to evacuate their homes. Now, some of the resources it provided have moved to another location. After the Medford’s Multi-Agency Resource Center or ‘MARC’ opened …

ASHLAND, Ore. — Some Jackson County lakes are at such low water levels, boat ramps can’t even be used. Jackson County Parks says Ashland’s Emigrant Lake became ‘unusable’ just before Labor Day. No motorboating is possible on the lake currently, and it …

PORTLAND, Ore. – Oregon Governor Kate Brown announced a plan to keep the peace in the City of Portland. On Friday, Brown said she’s using her executive authority to create a joint incident command structure ahead of what could be a confrontation …

UMPQUA NATIONAL FOREST, Ore. – Nearly 500 people are still working to contain a wildfire burning near Crater Lake. The Thielsen Fire was first spotted on September 8. The next day, the U.S. Forest Service shut down access to the North Umpqua …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – A bill is being proposed on Capitol Hill to help businesses prepare for natural disasters. The “Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness and Resilient Enterprises (PREPARE) Act,” co-sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), would reauthorize a federal program that allows …