21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (532+ words) Southern Oregon’s long-running hospital staffing battle has reached the state Capitol, where nurses and other medical professionals are pressing legislators to intervene as penalties against Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center have climbed to $1,564,250 under Oregon’s hospital staffing law. Southern Oregon…...

20+ hour, 50+ min ago   (523+ words) Oregon’s chief government ethics administrator emerged Friday from an outside examination of her own conduct with no violation established, closing an extraordinary case that required the state’s ethics watchdog to look beyond its own offices for someone to investigate the…...

20+ hour, 53+ min ago   (581+ words) More than 110,000 marijuana plants, 81,000 pounds of bulk cannabis and 86 firearms were seized as authorities moved across six properties in Clackamas and Marion counties during a three-day operation targeting a suspected large-scale drug trafficking network. The coordinated raids dismantled cultivation sites…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (395+ words) Another familiar sign of summer is disappearing from Grants Pass as the city prepares its parks for the transition into cooler autumn weather. The City of Grants Pass announced that the spray park at Riverside Park and the splash pad…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (554+ words) A decades-old framework governing how Americans with disabilities receive publicly funded services is moving into Oregon’s political arena as members of the Senate Human Services Committee examine changes in the federal government’s approach to the landmark Olmstead decision and what…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (981+ words) Josephine County’s jail and juvenile detention levy moved further into the November election Tuesday when all three county commissioners agreed to personally endorse the measure in the voters’ pamphlet, placing Commissioners Ron Smith, Colene Martin and Gary Richardson together in…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (534+ words) Two Southern Oregon hospitals have secured national recognition for health care quality, patient service and community access, placing medical centers in Medford and Grants Pass among hospitals receiving honors from two prominent national publications. Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (397+ words) Josephine County’s continuing effort to establish stable financing for its adult jail and juvenile detention system moved into another phase Tuesday, with county commissioners scheduled to examine the possible creation of a separate juvenile justice service district while a five-year…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (767+ words) Southern Oregon will mark a quarter-century since the September 11 terrorist attacks Friday, with firefighters and residents gathering in Grants Pass and Ashland for public ceremonies commemorating the victims, first responders and events of September 11, 2001. The anniversary will be especially visible…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (516+ words) The Sept. 10–12 festival will take place at Sunset Bay and Shore Acres state parks southwest of Coos Bay, bringing a full schedule of daytime and nighttime activities to the Sunset Bay Management Unit. The event continues through Saturday evening, with…...