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MEDFORD, Ore. – Local police are asking for help finding two missing teens. The Medford Police Department said 13-year-old Kail Schmalz and 16-year-old Sophia Cullen are both runaways and may be traveling together. According to MPD, the pair are believed to be …

MERRILL, Ore. — A suspect is behind bars, after the Klamath County School District says three shots were fired in the Lost River Junior/Senior High School parking lot during a baseball game. The Klamath County School District said on Facebook a person …

SALEM, Ore. – Gov. Kate Brown announced Thursday afternoon Oregon will be following CDC’s new guidance for mask-wearing. The CDC is lifting mask and social distancing requirements for fully vaccinated people. However, there are a few exceptions, such as buses, hospitals, and …

MEDFORD, Ore. – Jackson County Public health is monitoring new possible COVID-19 outbreaks at several Rogue Valley workplaces. The Oregon Health Authority routinely reports outbreaks at workplaces with 30 or more workers with at least five associated cases of COVID-19. On May …

SALEM, Ore. – Oregon has become the latest state to pass legislation to end the so-called “gay panic” defense. Oregon Senate Bill 704 is designed to put an end to legal strategies that claim a victim’s sexual orientation or gender identity is …

ASHLAND, Ore. – Students attending Southern Oregon University this fall will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Just last month, SOU leadership said vaccines wouldn’t be required. However, the Ashland-based university issued the following statement on Thursday, May 13: Southern Oregon …

MEDFORD, Ore. – The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office shared a video illustrating how prolific marijuana grows have become in our region. The sheriff’s office said the following after posting the video on YouTube: This video was created after flying over Jackson County …

KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — The federal agency overseeing much of the irrigation in and around Klamath Lake will not release water from a canal this year. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is in charge of the Klamath Project, providing irrigation water to …

MEDFORD, Ore. – A local business destroyed by fire last year is being rebuilt from the ground up. On September 8, 2020, the Almeda Fire swept through the communities of south Ashland, Talent, and Phoenix, stopping just shy of the south Medford …

ROGUE RIVER, Ore. — Investigators say they’ve determined what sparked a fire that destroyed a handful of businesses in the community of Rogue River last month. Police said in the early morning hours of Friday, April 2, Double R Bar, JP Antiques, …