MEDFORD, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management is temporarily closing BLM-managed lands around the Salt Creek Fire to keep community members and firefighters safe. More specifically, this closure includes BLM lands south of Butte Falls Highway, north of Highway ...
JACKSON and JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. – With the weather continuing to warm and fire danger on the rise, the BLM is increasing public use restrictions. The Bureau of Land Management Medford District is restricting certain activities on BLM-managed lands in ...
OREGON – Fireworks are officially on sale as of Sunday. The Oregon State Fire Marshal (OSFM) is urging Oregonians to keep fireworks legal and safe to reduce the risk of starting a fire. Some local governments have fireworks sales or ...
JACKSON and JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. – With temperatures rising and fuels drying, the fire danger level for Jackson and Josephine counties will be going up this week. According to the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) southwest district, the fire danger ...
TALENT, Ore. – We’re less than a week away from the Fourth of July holiday. Which means you’ll probably soon light off some fireworks. But several cities in the Rogue Valley are banning their use. You’ve probably seen fireworks stands ...
JACKSON CO., Ore. — Oregon is set to re-open tomorrow, but locally, county leaders are hesitant to make changes to COVID restrictions since rules from OSHA still remain in place. Oregon Occupational Safety and Health tells me COVID restrictions such ...
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. — A local restaurant says it’s ending its popular brunches for the foreseeable future because of the frequent switching of county risk levels. On Mother’s Day, one of the busiest days of the year for restaurants, pressure from ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. —The Grants Pass School Board approves a resolution, asking Governor Brown to re-evaluate the requirements for opening schools. If the state adopts this resolution, it would allow Grants Pass students to return to school every day. The ...
ROGUE VALLEY, Ore — With counties easing restrictions or scaling back every two weeks, business owners find themselves in challenging and frustrating situations to hire workers. Josephine County will downgrade into the “high risk” category for the first time in ...
EAGLE POINT, Ore.— Crackin’ and Stackin’ has been in Eagle Point for close to four years. Since 2017, their indoor dining has been able to seat 100 people a day. Since the pandemic, they had to cut down their indoor ...