OREGON COAST – The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife along with the state agriculture department are extending the closures for razor and bay clam harvesting to the entire Oregon coast. The closure, which impacts both recreational and commercial fisheries, ...
OREGON – The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) says drinking raw milk may put people at risk for bird flu. OHA wrote in a recent Facebook post that drinking unpasteurized milk has many health risks, now including a potential bird flu ...
Dec. 4 Update: Dog adoptions are scheduled to reopen December 5th. Stacy Brubaker of Jackson County Health & Human Services says the treatment the dogs have been receiving has been making an impact. MEDFORD, Ore. – The Jackson County Animal ...
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. – A moratorium on hemp growing in Josephine County has ended. The Oregon Department of Agriculture said the county did not submit paperwork, to the department on time. It would’ve extended the moratorium for a year. The ...
NEWPORT, Ore. – Oregon’s commercial Dungeoness crab season is finally open on the southern Oregon coast. The earliest the season could have started was in December but it was delayed because of low meat yield and high acid levels. The ...
NEWPORT, Ore. – Commercial Dungeness crab fishing will open next month on the southern Oregon coast. The earliest crab season could start was in December, but it was delayed low meat yield and high acid levels. The Oregon Department of Fish and ...
MEDFORD, Ore — The 2018 Farm Bill decriminalized hemp at the federal level making it more popular than ever in the Rogue Valley. But for some local residents who find themselves next to the crop on agricultural land it can create ...
BROOKINGS, Ore.– Recreational crabbing has been closed after tests indicated rising levels of the domoic acid in crab samples. The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) announce the closure of recreational crabbing and ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– A new tree-killing pest has been discovered in Christmas trees shipped to the West Coast. The Oregon Department of Agriculture found elongate hemlock scale, a tiny insect pest, on Christmas Trees brought in from North Carolina and sold ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore.– On Thursday, weeks before the first races of the summer, the Josephine County Fairgrounds received some shocking news – a horse that was being set up to race tested positive for Equine Infectious Anemia. An incurable disease ...