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Man Dies in Remote Logging Accident
Late Monday morning, just before 11:00am, the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, Rural Metro Fire, and American Medical Response were dispatched to a logging accident high in a remote area above West Pickett...
Coast Guard Rescues Kayaker at Humbug Mountain
A Coast Guard helicopter crew diverted from a transit flight Sunday to rescue a 58 year old kayaker who became stranded on the rocky shore after his kayak capsized at the base...
Gov. Brown Announces Outdoor Mandatory Mask Order
In response to the alarming rise in COVID-19 case counts across Oregon over the last several weeks, Governor Kate Brown announced Monday, July 13th, new requirements for face coverings and limits on...
Powerline Failure Sparks Small Fires and Power Outages
Initially reported as a house on fire on Rogue River Hwy, crews from Rural Metro Fire, Grants Pass Department of Public Safety, American Medical Response and Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon...
Good Samaritans Pull Crash Victim from Burning Car
Just before 1:00pm Sunday afternoon, units from Rural Metro Fire, the Oregon Dept. of Forestry Southwest Oregon District and American Medical Response were dispatched to a fiery vehicle crash 20 miles up...
Coast Guard Med-Evacs Man 100 miles off Coos Bay
Early Saturday morning, July 11th, an MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Sector North Bend medically evacuated an injured 26-year-old man from the fishing vessel McKenzie Rose, which was operating...
18 Year Old Man Arrested for Murder
On Saturday afternoon, July 11th, the Medford Police Department responded to a report of an assault with a weapon which occurred in a field behind the Albertson's shopping center just before...
Man Arrested After Driving from Texas to Meet Teen
After driving from Texas to Oregon allegedly with the intent of meeting a female juvenile after contact through a social media platform, a man was detained in Grants Pass Wednesday July 8th.
Cecelia Hilton Brookings Les Schwab ‘Star Student Athlete’
As the Brookings Les Schwab 'Star Student Athlete' program rolls on, the selections just keep getting better and the measure by which future selections will be compared keeps getting more exclusive. This...
Week End Forecast Warm and Sunny
Clear skies and warm temperatures are forecast to continue through out the week end and into early next week.
On the coast you can expect patchy fog and marine...