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For most of southwest Oregon, 2025 was a successful wildfire season with few challenges.
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The Moon Complex fire in Curry County has grown to more than 17,000 acres, prompting evacuation orders in Agness and Illahe. Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered extra wildfire crews as smoke creates unhealthy air quality across southern Oregon. -
An environmental advocate in southern Oregon said a new policy excluding the public from federal timber auctions hurts accountability and transparency. -
The owner of the Grants Pass Tribune must pay damages to Chris Barnett after not properly responding to libel complaint. -
Blackberry Academy has opened under a new state licensing program. -
The plan has been in the works for months and cuts 10 majors, including mathematics and chemistry, and 12 minors. -
The Ashland City Council took the first step in changing how police can seek bans of repeat offenders from the city’s two enhanced law enforcement areas. -
Firefighters in Grants Pass are getting a major pay raise for next year. The costs could spell trouble for the city’s budget. -
Jackson County Fire District 5 in the Rogue Valley is facing a new financial challenge. -
Josephine County commissioners walked back a plan to bar the public from meetings. Future sessions will stay open, but under tighter security. -
A lawsuit alleges Jackson County and Wellpath, a company that provides health care services at the jail, violated the rights of an inmate who died in custody. -
JPR’s Vanessa Finney recently spoke with three artists creating a song cycle about survivors of the 2020 Almeda Fire. Composer Jesse Sanchez, director Dalia Ashurina and lyricist Sami Horneff describe their collaboration on “Letters from Almeda." -
A federal lawsuit claims Medford authorities violated the constitutional rights of those working for harm-reduction group Stabbin’ Wagon.
