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Voters’ decisions on ballot measures in the May 21 primary could have big impacts on the structure and function of Josephine and Jackson county governments.
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Old-growth trees provide vital wildlife habitat, help forest ecosystems and store massive amounts of carbon. But some activists in Southern Oregon claim the Bureau of Land Management is allowing the logging of old-growth trees despite recent calls by the Biden administration for protection.
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent 24 EMT-paramedics to Oregon hospitals to help with the current COVID-19 surge.
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About 150 National Guard soldiers arrived in Medford Friday morning to help local hospitals that are overwhelmed with coronavirus patients.
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Hospital workers in Grants Pass say their morgue is full as a result of a surge in coronavirus cases. Even so, county leaders remain reluctant to promote potentially life-saving health measures.
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Asante and Providence Hospitals in Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass say they’re beyond capacity in the face of a flood of new cases of the Delta variant.
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Jackson County has asked the state to help with a surge of coronavirus cases that’s overwhelming hospitals in Jackson and Josephine counties.
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Josephine County commissioners turned down half a million dollars in state grant funds that would have helped them promote coronavirus vaccines.
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Conservationists have been resisting a proposed nickel mine in Southern Oregon for many years. Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a permanent mining ban in the area as part of a new public lands bill.
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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.
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Slater Fire has burned 154,145 acres and is at 48percent containment The Devil Fire is at 8410 acres and 20 percent containment.
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Oregon State Police believe the latest shooting is linked to several previous incidents along a stretch of I-5 in Douglas, Josephine and Jackson Counties.
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People experiencing homelessness in Grants Pass can’t legally be punished through city ordinances if they have no other place to stay, according to a ruling in U.S. District Court in Medford, announced on Wednesday.
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Gas construction workers picketed in front of NPL Construction in Medford Monday, citing poor wages and benefits.