JACKSON COUNTY, Ore.— Jackson County Public Health is issuing a health warning tonight after seeing a rise in accidental opioid overdoses. The warning is a yellow alert, and it comes after a cluster of emergency department visits for non-fatal overdoses ...
ROSEBURG, Ore. – An alleged drug trafficker who police say was found with a large amount of narcotics was arrested in Roseburg. The Douglas County Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) said on June 7, 43-year-old Walter Maureceo-Hernandez of Salem was traveling ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Two people were arrested for allegedly transporting heroin into Josephine County. Investigators with the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) team said they determined Monique Quiroz and Gabriel Manuel Rivera were transporting heroin from Sacramento, California to ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – An alleged drug dealer was arrested following an extended investigation The Rogue Area Drug Enforcement team (RADE) said 33-year-old Molly Meador was arrested on March 21 after months of investigation into accusations of drug distribution within ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — Doctor Jim shames, the Jackson County Public Health officer says Oregon has made the most progress out of any other state in the nation when it comes to reducing opioid prescriptions and overdoses. Dr. Shames says the ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – A man was arrested for leading police on a chase in the Eagle Point area early Tuesday morning. According to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, just after midnight on July 10 a deputy tried to pull ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – At the culmination of a two-year investigation, Medford police arrested a Stockton, California man for allegedly running a major heroin distribution ring in the Rogue Valley. According to the Medford Police Department, they started investigating 33-year-old Gharrett ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Three people were arrested following an investigation into allegations of drug trafficking in Josephine County. According to the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement team, detectives started an investigation in May 2018. Evidence revealed drug traffickers appeared to ...
Medford, Ore.- Jackson County says they’ve seen a drastic increase in opioid deaths. So far ten people have died of opioid overdoses in the last two months. “To put that in perspective we had four such deaths in 2016, six ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Opioid deaths are on the rise in Jackson County, with 10 people dying within the first four months of 2018. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports six people died from opioids in Jackson County in 2017, with four dying in ...