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A new report shows sales prices for homes in Jackson County skyrocketing 30-thousand dollars over this time last year. One year ago the median price of a home was $155,000. The Rogue Valley Association of Realtors says the median price is now $185,750 in the rolling 90-day report that concluded May 31st.Read More »

More than 2,000 local employees of Precision Castparts Corp. will vote whether to unionize Oregon's only Fortune 500 company besides Nike. Workers will vote Thursday and Friday in the companies' Portland, Milwaukie and Clackamas plants whether to join the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers.Read More »

The City of Ashland is donating wood cut during a fuel reduction project on city-owned land to the Jackson County Fuel Committee, which helps the needy with heating their homes. The wood comes from the Winburn property, and will be hauled down the Horn Gap trail to the Fuel Committees’ wood lot on the corner of South Valley View and Eagle Mill Road.Read More »

Kaine Horman says it's hard to believe it's been three years since his son Kyron disappeared. Horman told KGW the recent rescue of three abducted young women in Cleveland gives him hope he'll see Kyron again. The boy was 7 years old when his stepmother, Terri Horman, said she dropped him off on June 4, 2010, at Skyline Elementary School.Read More »

An attempted murder charge has been filed against a Medford resident accused of stabbing a man he mistakenly believed to be from a rival gang. Medford police Lt.Read More »

Douglas County authorities arrested a 38-year-old Idleyld Park woman on suspicion of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy. The Roseburg News-Reviews reports sheriff's detectives arrested Autumn Fawn Coffman on Thursday following an interview. The allegations stem from contact between April and August of last year.Read More »

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and legislative leaders are scheduled to continue budget negotiations Tuesday. Kitzhaber met for three hours at the governor's mansion Monday with Democratic House Speaker Tina Kotek and Senate President Peter Courtney, along with Republican House and Senate leaders Mike McLane and Ted Ferrioli.Read More »

A Grants Pass man is in custody on drunk driving, reckless driving, reckless endangering and assault charges. Sunday morning at 12:37 a.m., 36-year old Charles James Novak failed to obey a stoplight at the intersection of highways 238 and 199 and t-boned a Subaru wagon occupied by three people: an adult male driver and his two children.Read More »

Gov. John Kitzhaber and legislative leaders are meeting at the governor's mansion Monday to try and work through their differences on the state budget. Democrats have majorities in the House and Senate, but they'll need Republican votes to get the new tax revenue they're seeking.Read More »