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K-9 Officer ‘Match’ Finds Meth and Heroin in Woman’s Car

Months of investigating 33-year-old Molly Meador for drug distribution within Josephine County culminated in her arrest on Thursday, March 21st. Meador was contacted after she stopped at Sam’s Market on Monument Drive near Hugo. During...

Motorcycle Crash Takes Mans Life

A man, identified as James Mason Anderson, 58, of Central Point, died at the hospital Tuesday afternoon from injuries he sustained when his motorcycle crashed into the side of a semi-truck. Nobody else was...

Man Arrested for Sharing of Images of Child Sexual Abuse

A joint investigation between the Oregon Department of Justice and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office led to the arrest of a Medford man on charges related to online sharing of images of child sexual...

California Crab Season to End 3 Months Early

On Tuesday, March 26th, 2019, the Center for Biological Diversity put out a press release announcing that for the protection of whales and sea turtles, the California Dungeness crab season will end 3 months...

Two Structures Destroyed in Fire Determined to be Intentionally Set

On March 23, a fire was reported at an unoccupied dwelling located on State Highway 101, in Coos County. The property consisted of two separate structures that were adjacent to one another. Fire agencies...

Man Still Missing on Rogue River after Jet Ski Accident

  On Sunday March 24, 2019, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a person in distress in the Rogue River near Jim Hunt Creek about five miles east of Gold Beach....

Bruin Boys Baseball Topple #2 Taft

Coach Keith Wallin has evidently got his ducks in a row as he took his #1 OSAA ranked Brookings-Harbor boys baseball team into the home of the #2 ranked Taft Tigers Saturday afternoon in...

Lady Bruins Split Double Header with Reedsport

Coach Tony Baron's Lady Bruins softball split a pre-season doubleheader against a well prepared Lady Braves team from Reedsport. In the first game of the day, the Bruins Gracie Harms started the game for the...

Your Work Week Weather Looks Wet and Cold

Several Pacific storms will batter much of the West Coast through the coming week. Heavy rain is possible in lower terrain with snow for the mountains. Brookings: Crescent City: Medford: A front over the Eastern Pacific will move...

Man Escapes Josephine County Jail

On Saturday, March 23rd just before noon, Justin Denney, an inmate at the Josephine County Jail escaped the facility. Denney was able to access the ventilation system of the jail by way of a...