Monthly Archives: July 2018
Driver Flees from Head-on Crash
Early Wednesday morning, July 4th, Rural Metro Fire Department was dispatched to a nearly head-on crash.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Fish Hatchery Rd and Bull Creek Rd.
The occupants of the pickup and...
Lobster Creek Fire Cost Just Under a Million
The Lobster Creek Fire is shrinking. Due to more accurate mapping, the fire size is now 397 acres.
As the edge of the fire cools, allowing closer access, firefighters are able to utilize handheld global...
Large Structure Fire Destroys Home
Tuesday morning, July 3rd, at 12:45 am, units from Illinois Valley Fire District, Rural Metro, and the Oregon Department of Forestry responded to a large structure fire on Beebe Rd.
The two-story structure was fully...
Latest Update from the Lobster Creek Incident
The last updates late Wednesday evening revealed that the number of Acres burned on the Lobster Creek Fire remains unchanged at 446. Containment has reached 30 percent, and personnel on the fire has grown...
13 Colonies…56 Men…242 Years Ago Today
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected...
Lobster Creek Press Release from Sheriff Ward
On Sunday afternoon at about 1:49 pm, the Curry County Sheriff’s Office received the first of several 911 calls from the Lobster Creek Youth Camp located about seventeen miles east of Gold Beach.
The callers...
4th of July Safety Tips for Pets
4th of July celebrations might be a lot of fun for people, but they can be downright scary for our animals, especially cats, dogs and horses. The sights, sounds and commotion of Independence Day...
Lobster Creek Fire Update
The Lobster Creek Fire started on the afternoon of July 1st on private timberlands 12 miles northeast of Gold Beach in the Lobster Creek and Fall Creek drainages. The fire is currently about 450+...
Woman Survives 100 ft. Fall at Toketee Falls
A 40-year-old Medford woman was flown by air ambulance to a hospital for treatment after falling approximately 100 feet Thursday afternoon.
911 dispatchers received a call at 3:20 pm, reporting a woman who had fallen...
Car Crash Driver Life-flighted
Sunday evening, July 1st, units from Illinois Valley Fire District, American Medical Response, and Illinois Valley Fire Department and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), responded at the request of the Josephine County Sheriff's...