Author: Katherine Cook (KGW) HILLSBORO, Ore. — On Wednesday evening, hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil at the Hillsboro Airport to remember 20-year-old Barrett Bevacqua. He was one of two people killed in a plane crash in Newberg, Tuesday night. “Barrett was ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Honor Flights are taking 28 veterans from Oregon to Washington D.C. to visit the veteran memorials honoring their service. Honor Flights is an organization that aims to take veterans to D.C. where they can see the works ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – Governor Kate Brown ordered all flags to be flown at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on October 9th for National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day. The day is about remembering firefighters like Logan Taylor, who died in August ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– A public memorial is being planned for Logan Taylor, the contracted firefighter who died fighting the Rum Creek Fire. Taylor, a 25 year-old from Talent, was killed by a falling tree Thursday. The memorial is set for 10 ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. —A Grants Pass resident is honoring those who lost their lives to COVID-19. Lisa Crabtree says she’s planning a Covid memorial on April 10th, which marks the date of the first Covid-19 death in Josephine County, last ...
ASHLAND, Ore.— Ashland’s Railroad Park is home to a new piece of art supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, it’s called “Say Their Names.” The memorial honors 100 people of color who have lost their lives at the hands of ...
COOS BAY, Ore.– Coos Bay Police responded to the Coos Bay Firefighter’s Memorial Saturday morning after it was reported someone had placed trash on and around it. Once officers arrived, the memorial, located on Central Avenue near 4th Street, did have ...
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. — The former secretary of state Dennis Richardson will be honored with a new memorial in Central Point. The memorial will be located adjacent to the war veteran’s memorial in Don Jones park. Secretary Richardson, a former ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Veterans all across the Rogue Valley remembered the Pearl Harbor attack Friday. It happened 77 years ago, and marked the beginning of our country’s involvement in World War II. Gerhard, “Gerry” Tank was too young to ...
EAGLE POINT, Ore. — A Rogue Valley veteran from our greatest generation was laid to rest Friday afternoon. You may have gotten to know Geraldine “Ruth” Parks in early November, when the 98-year-old was featured in NBC5’s Honor Flight series. ...