Medford

When COVID-19 hit Oregon, the shelter-in-place mandate seemed out of reach for people experiencing homelessness. Although COVID cases are rising, temporary services to homeless campers along Jackson County’s Bear Creek Greenway have been discontinued.

High levels of E.coli bacteria have been found in the Bear Creek Basin, contaminating tributaries in Ashland, Talent, Medford and Central Point.

When it comes to a home’s ability to withstand fire, the right building materials can make all the difference. That’s why Medford is leading the way in…

The sheriff of Jackson County is continuing to campaign for a new jail to address what he says is serious overcrowding at the facility in…

The first public meeting in the Rogue Valley to discuss Oregon’s new Corporate Activity Tax was held Tuesday night in Medford.Officials from the Oregon…

The Oregon Department of Revenue is hosting two town hall meetings in the Rogue Valley this week to discuss a new corporate business tax.The so-called…

Hundreds of high schoolers from throughout the Rogue Valley left school on Friday to demand political action to address climate change. Marches took place…

April 4, 1905, was a day of celebration in Medford, Ore., for the inauguration of the Medford and Crater Lake Railroad that opened access to the rich…

The U. S. Congress encouraged settlement of the West by passing the Homestead Act in 1862.  People could file on unclaimed land, live on it, and then buy…

The Benevolent Order of Elks Lodge facing the corner of Central Avenue and Fifth Street in downtown Medford, Ore., is a good example of Beaux Arts…

Before the arrival in 1903 of the first automobile in Medford, Ore., pedestrians crossing the city’s dirt, and sometimes muddy, streets, had to dodge…

The usual explanation for why the railroad passes through Medford, Ore., instead of Jacksonville is Jacksonville’s failure in 1884 to pay a $25,000…