SOU trustees voted for the university to create its own long-term financial plan while using Deloitte’s controversial recommendations as guidance.
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The Deloitte report outlines sweeping cuts at Southern Oregon University, including program eliminations, as some faculty question the impact on the school’s future.
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Pop-punk band The All-American Rejects played a surprise show Saturday in Medford. Big crowds turned out for a blast of millennial nostalgia.
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A May ballot measure asks Rogue Valley voters to renew a transit levy that funds bus service and could help restore routes that were lost after federal funding cuts.
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Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center wants to buy a surgery center in Medford. State regulators have held up the deal.
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A consultant says the university must make $20 million in cuts to help stabilize its finances. Those could affect JPR.
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Southern Oregon University will need to completely rethink its academic programs and make major overhauls to survive, a preliminary consultant report warns.
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Josephine County residents are facing issues from homelessness to tight government budgets to a sometimes divisive political climate. Eight candidates are running for seat two on the board of commissioners, with the hope they can right the county’s course.
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For the past two months, Deloitte Consulting has been assessing the school’s financial situation.
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A dry winter has forecasters predicting a potentially active fire season in Oregon. Federal agencies are trying to minimize the threats from large wildfires by first clearing fuels near communities.
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Ashland expands hours at its designated homeless camping site as officials respond to complaints about Garfield Park and weigh long-term shelter plans.
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This tax levy wouldn't fund a building renovation, only shelter operations and animal control.
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Sen. Ron Wyden spoke with state foresters in Medford about what to expect for the upcoming wildfire season.