Jackson County

Last fall’s Almeda fire burned down thousands of homes and left many unemployed. Several nonprofits have partnered with Jackson County schools to start the Bus Project: a program that invites students to help rebuild school buses into homes.

A new staging area for wildfire disaster trailers has rumors flying and has attracted visitors armed with guns.

Ashland is soon opening an urban campground for unsheltered people. Homeless advocates say this is part of a trend of smaller communities welcoming alternative shelters.

Hundreds of families in Talent and other cities in Jackson County are still scrambling to find a place to live six months after the Almeda Fire.They’re calling on government officials to do more.

Many Asian-Americans say they feel especially unsafe after eight people, including six Asian women, were targeted at their workplaces in Atlanta, Georgia, last week. On Friday, Southern Oregon University’s Social Justice and Equity Center held a community gathering to show support for those impacted by the violence.

Activists gathered on Saturday night at the Jackson County Jail in response to a recent COVID-19 outbreak at the facility.

Jackson County leaders are hosting a public hearing on Thursday for people to air their grievances about state COVID restrictions — even though the governor decreased the county’s COVID risk levels this week.

Jackson was one of 16 counties that improved their COVID risk levels. Douglas County backslid, going from "High Risk" back to "Extreme Risk."

It’s been five months since wildfires destroyed thousands of homes across Oregon, including 2,500 in Jackson County. State lawmakers with the Oregon House Wildfire Recovery Committee held a public hearing Wednesday night for people to share their stories.

The Medford city council is considering banning sleeping and camping in the Bear Creek Greenway during wildfire season.

The small Southern Oregon town of Phoenix is taking the lead in dismissing old traffic court debt, which can often haunt low-income people for years.

Jackson County will open a mass COVID-19 vaccination site this week. So will Josephine County. Now that the state will be receiving less vaccine than initially planned, fewer people will be eligible to receive the shots.