Justin Higginbottom
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JPR News
This week, demonstrators showed up at Medford’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement office for the first time. That follows nationwide protests against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown.
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A lawsuit claims calling an Ashland official 'fascist' is protected speech. -
Preliminary results show voters backed the recall by a wide margin in Josephine County. -
The voucher allows people in need to take a load of waste to the transfer station for free. -
The board is considering its next steps, including possibly hiring an outside firm to investigate. -
The owner of a local party bus company is now planning on opening the first LGBTQ nightclub in the Rogue Valley. -
Jackson County commissioners are weighing whether to intervene after a patron at the Talent library was reported for viewing videos of naked children, raising concerns from other library patrons and prompting a police investigation.
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Southern Oregon University is building a retirement facility on campus. Students and professors are working to figure out how to create spaces to bring college students and older learners together. -
The Josephine County Board of Commissioners appears to be in disarray after one commissioner resigned and another refuses to appoint someone to fill their seat.
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Josephine County Commissioner Andreas Blech resigned Friday after a recall petition gathered enough signatures to force a vote. -
The city is reopening its Ashland Street site for the winter season, adding overnight capacity as other shelter beds remain full. -
Asante will be shuttering birthing services at its Ashland hospital this spring. Staff say the closure is a loss to the region. -
The recall won’t go to voters until January, but the board's actions suggest a resignation may come soon.
