Medford, Ore. — Oregon US Senator Ron Wyden met with doctors, district attorneys and non-profit directors Tuesday to get their input on gun violence in Southern Oregon. It’s a small piece of a much larger puzzle that the senator hopes to ...
Ashland, Ore. — Smoking on downtown Ashland’s public sidewalks will be prohibited starting Friday. The smoking ban prohibits anyone from smoking within 10 feet of a public sidewalk, dining area, the downtown plaza, or Chautauqua Square at the Oregon Shakespeare ...
Portland, Ore. – As fire season approaches, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service remind the public that fireworks and exploding targets are banned on all BLM lands and National Forests in Oregon and Washington. The BLM said ...
Josephine County, Ore. — Popular stretch of the Illinois River in Josephine County may soon be off limits to alcohol if the federal government has its way. According to the Grants Pass Daily Courier the U.S. Forest Service is looking ...
Ashland, Ore., — People who smoke in downtown Ashland won’t be able to light up. The city council a just approved smoking ban tonight. The ban will stop people from smoking in the entire downtown area from Church Street to ...
Medford, Ore., — The Medford City Council approves two marijuana resolutions, after previously postponing them. The first asks voters if the city should ban recreational marijuana dispensaries as a whole. The other asks Medford voters if they want to add ...
Medford, Ore. — Facebook doesn’t appear to ‘like’ marijuana dispensaries in the Rogue Valley and beyond, and now they’re cracking down. One marijuana dispensary, Breeze Botanicals, which operates in both Gold Hill and Ashland, recently discovered Facebook had removed their ...
Jackson County, Ore. — The vote to ban growing genetically engineered crops in Jackson County will stand. After months of court proceedings, a federal judge approved a settlement. The deal will allow certain farmers growing GMO alfalfa to grow their ...
Medford, Ore. — Tense moments at a Medford City Council meeting. Those meetings are often uneventful, but on Thursday councilors were considering a vote to ban indoor and outdoor marijuana grows within city limits. Protestors rallied just before the noon meeting, ...
Medford, Ore. — The Medford City Council votes to ban indoor and outdoor marijuana grows. Councilors in favor of the ban say it’s a quality of life issue, and say residents have expressed concern about grows in their neighborhood. But ...