Medford

Stabbin' Wagon provides harm reduction supplies for safer drug consumption and organizes public HIV testing events. Next, they plan to open a community-based mental health center.

Residents and postal workers in Medford are frustrated with the United State Postal Service over the possible consolidation of services to Portland.

USPS says consolidating services would modernize the postal network and increase on-time deliveries. But the changes mean an estimated 18 employees in Medford and 36 employees in Eugene would lose their jobs, according to USPS.

The Medford School District conducted an eerily lifelike active shooter training last week. It was meant to prepare for something they hope never happens.

The Medford School District, along with more than 30 other groups and agencies, is conducting a day-long public safety drill Thursday to prepare for incidents such as an active shooter. This will be the first time an exercise like this has happened in the Rogue Valley.

Several cities in the Rogue Valley are hosting an open house Thursday night about new rules to promote walkable communities.

On Thursday, the Medford School District announced the launch of the first of what they call a high school of choice. The school will be focused on hands-on learning.

The City of Medford is overseeing renovations that began on Friday. The project will upgrade a rural country road to a modern thoroughfare through the Rogue Valley.

JPR’s Roman Battaglia sat down with Interim Executive Director Bill Ihle to find out what’s changed at the region’s largest homeless services provider since he took over in September.

Police say 25-year-old Cedrus Jahson King trafficked about $7 million in stolen catalytic converters between October 2021 and December 2022.

On Thursday, the Medford City Council will consider purchasing the Redwood Inn from the region’s largest homeless services provider, Rogue Retreat.

This election more than two thirds of Oregon’s counties will vote on whether to opt out of the state’s new psilocybin therapy program. The debate is largely a rural discussion, and in some places, there’s not much discussion at all.