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Authorities believe a body found along a remote Jackson County road is that of a man missing since December. Medford police say they don't suspect foul play.Read More »

Shrinking inventories and fewer distressed or bank-owned properties in the market are leading to rising prices in the Jackson County real estate market.Read More »

A man described as a "long-time career criminal" is in Jackson County Jail after a citizen slowed down the fugitive long enough for police to catch him.Read More »

Unattended burns piles were responsible for a 2-acre fire yesterday in the Josephine County community of Hugo on Livingston Way. The Rural-Metro Fire Department responded to the call at around 3:30 p.m. They were able to put the fire out in 20 minutes.Read More »

The University of Oregon has proposed a 6 percent increase in tuition and fees and next year. The state Board of Higher Education is reviewing increases proposed by the UO and the six other state universities. The board is scheduled to vote June 21. If the board goes ahead with the increase, annual tuition at the university next school year would be $9,852.Read More »

New figures showing a sharp increase in suicides across the nation among middle-aged Americans show an even bigger increase in Oregon. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report shows Oregon saw a 49.3 percent increase in suicides among men and women aged 35-64 from 1999-2010, compared to 28 percent nationally. A 2012 report on suicide trends and risk factors for the ORead More »

Just days after Medford Police announced that there were a number of suspicious fires occurring in vacant homes, another empty home burned last night. At 5:45 p.m., firefighters were called out to an empty home at 1914 Prune Street that had been set on fire. The bank-owned home was heavily damaged in the garage, and there was smoke damage throughout the residence.Read More »

Federal land managers are going back to the drawing board with their environmental review of a 678-mile natural gas pipeline stretching from Wyoming to Oregon. Officials for the U.S.Read More »

Vandals contaminated the fuel of a log loader being used in a tree thinning operation near Ashland. The Jackson County sheriff's department says the equipment was vandalized over the weekend.Read More »