Fire season is just around the corner for Jackson and Josephine counties, and one of the restrictions enacted by the season start will involve parts of the Bear Creek Greenway.
Fire season returns to Jackson and Josephine counties on June 1, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Jackson County voters have spoken at the ballot box.
Jackson County Parks took advantage of the dip in visitors to install upgrades such as ADA-compliant restrooms and granite tent pads in the campground. Lambert said the county replaced stairs and sidewalks throughout the park and remodeled the concessions area where waterslides used to be.
A looming fiscal cliff could force Rogue Valley Transportation District to cut routes and endure an almost 50% drop in ridership in 2026. The local bus service, which serves most cities in Jackson County, has already instituted a strict fare enforcement policy, which wasn’t in place during the pandemic because it helped assist the homeless and unemployed.
Jackson County Administrator Danny Jordan presented his budget message for 2025-26 March 31, showing a focus on needed capital projects related to animal control, airport travel and emergency/disaster response. The total recommended budget is $660,109,748 for the fiscal year.
A packed open house on Saturday at Jackson County Fire District 5 Station 4 outside of Ashland offered a detailed financial update on the embattled district and a chance to discuss everything from staffing struggles to an investigation that remains under review by the Oregon Department of Justice.
Jackson County Fire District 5 officials and union members reached an agreement Tuesday for reduced staffing minimums on fire engines and other apparatus to better distribute service coverage during an ongoing staffing struggle.
Forest restoration and wildfire mitigation projects have been halted and employees laid off as freezes of federal funds impact Lomakatsi Restoration Project, an Ashland-based nonprofit organization. Nearly two of every three dollars — 65% — of the nonprofit’s budget for 2025 came from the Inflation Reduction Act or the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — two pots of money affected by broad freezes of federal funds by the Trump administration.
An effort to create a safer, cleaner, more fire-resistant Bear Creek Greenway is gathering momentum as Medford and other cities explore ways to improve the 22.4-mile bike and pedestrian path from Ashland to Central Point.
Review: “Hansel and Gretel” offers surprises for children and the young at heart.
Southern Oregon University’s Small Business Development Center will cease operations Dec. 31 after helping some 11,000 individuals over 41 years, but the state plans to offer virtual services in the new year and hopes to find a subcontractor to offer personal service in the Rogue Valley.
Oregon State Sen. Jeff Golden announced on Monday, Dec. 1, that he will seek another term and that the political climate under Trump’s second term demands stronger state-level resistance.
An estimated 15,000 people came out for Ashland’s 33rd annual Festival of Light on Friday to kick off the holiday season. There were people walking around dressed in Santa hats, Christmas tree outfits, green and red tinsel pom poms in hair, glitter sparkly as snow dusting eyes and rosy cheeks, candy cane stripe stockings, Christmas light necklaces, antler headbands, a few Grinches — and, of course, Santa’s reindeer moseying about.
Oregon has expanded access to birth workers, shown to improve the wellbeing of parents, opening up Medicaid to doulas in 2014 and to lactation consultants in 2020. But years into that effort, professionals say their inability to get paid remains one of the most persistent obstacles to providing care to low-income families
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