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Central Point aiming for bikeability, pedestrian safety with upcoming road construction
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – The City of Central Point is seeking to clarify the details of an upcoming road construction project along West Pine Street, which would add sidewalks, bike lanes and school bus stops to a portion of the roadway. The City of Central Point applied for a...
Phoenix High School, Mercy Flights offering EMS class
PHOENIX, Ore. – This school year, Phoenix High School is offering a brand new class with hands-on experience. They are partnering with Mercy Flights to teach emergency medical skills in the course Intro to EMS. The course will be taught by two Mercy Flight EMTs. One has two decades...
OSHA fines Medford roofing company for putting workers in danger
MEDFORD, Ore. -- The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (OSHA) says they have fined a Medford roofing company $103,438 for not protecting its workers. According to a news release from the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services, the company -- JAM Construction Inc. -- did not put in protection systems that would prevent employees from falling as much as 13 feet to the ground.
Central Point residents mixed on West Pine Street roadway construction
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – Homeowners on West Pine St in Central Point say they’re excited for the possibility of added safety with an upcoming road improvement project – but concerned about the project cutting into their existing property. The project, which is funded federally with cooperation from...
Gold Beach Enhances Beach Accessibility with New Mobi-mats
Gold Beach made a significant leap towards improving beach accessibility this week, with the installation of new of Mobi-mats. This was a collaborative effort from local volunteers, the Oregon Coast Visitors Association (OCVA), and the Trailkeepers of Oregon. Gold Beach is the first applicant to take advantage of the OCVA’s new accessibility grant program, and the first to see the mats in action. The installation was completed by 6 volunteers from the Trailkeepers and Visitor Center, who spent just an hour and a half setting...
RCC debuts Dental Hygiene Program, application window open
JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. – Rogue Community College (RCC) is now accepting applications for its new Dental Hygiene Program. RCC says following a comprehensive review it just received accreditation for the program from the Commission on Dental Accreditation or CODA. “We’re excited to offer this new opportunity for...
Crews put out half-acre grass fire near Grants Pass
JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. -- Crews put out a grass fire that spread to half an acre today in the 8600 block of Monument Drive. "Rural Metro Fire and ODF Southwest Oregon District crews encountered the fire moving quickly toward a wooded area, as well as into a row of 16 storage containers," Rural Metro Fire said in a Facebook post. "Using an aggressive and coordinated attack, incorporating a tactic called pump & roll, the forward progression was stopped."
GP City Council dismisses law that would make aiding feral cats illegal
GRANTS PASS, Ore.- After nearly an hour of discussion, the Grants Pass City Council votes to dismiss an ordinance that would have made it illegal to give food, water and shelter to feral cats. The ordinance was brought to the council’s attention from the city’s Parks Advisory Committee in an...
Press Release for SOREDI Member Rentec Direct – INC 5000 List!
Kaycee Miller, Director of Marketing for Rentec Direct, shares about this honor for their company and for Southern Oregon. The press release is included below. “It is extremely rare to make the INC 5000 list multiple times, and to do so consecutively since 2017 truly shows our dedication to success. Rentec Direct is the only Southern Oregon Company to make the 2024 INC 5000, and only .8% of honorees are based in Oregon. We’re proud to be founded and operated in Grants Pass and share our success with our amazing community. Rentec’s founder, Nathan, grew up in Cave Junction and has lived in Grants Pass since graduating from Illinois Valley High. He truly is a homegrown entrepreneur.
Thu 9:25 | Josephine County nonprofit chapter plans to build dozens of beds for kids
The growth of free meal programs at public schools comes from the knowledge that children do not learn well when they're hungry. Or sleepy, for that matter. The national nonprofit Sleep in Heavenly Peace works on that issue, providing beds for kids who otherwise sleep on floors or couches or chairs. And the chapter serving Josephine County and Glendale just landed a grant that will allow a major building party, what SHP calls the “Bunks Across America Bed Build of 2024”.
Oregon researchers paint wind turbines partly black to reduce bird deaths
A simple coat of black paint on the white blade of a wind turbine could save countless birds from flying into the machines and to their deaths each year. It’s working in Norway, and now researchers from Oregon State University are trying it in the West. With $400,000 allocated by the state Legislature, Christian Hagen, […]
Thousands of birds die of bird flu and botulism at wildlife refuges in southern Oregon
At least 5,000 birds have died so far this summer at a network of wildlife refuges on the Oregon-California border, sparking fears of another large outbreak of disease and calls for more water releases in a region roiled by drought and water uncertainty made worse by climate change. The deaths...
RMEF Support May Lead to New Oregon Wildlife Crossings
Help may be on the way for elk and other wildlife trying to cross a busy highway in central Oregon. The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation joined several other partners in supplying funding for a feasibility study to pinpoint locations along US Highway 20 between Bend and Suttle Lake for possible wildlife crossings.
Tourist in Oregon claims he only drove drunk to get away from gun-toting landowner
A Washington man who was charged with drunken driving while on an Oregon road trip offered a highly unusual defense during trial: He only got behind the wheel to flee from an angry, gun-toting Oregonian who wanted the man off his rural property. Michael Robert Ray Jackson, then 60, testified...
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