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Schofield and lawyer get hearing moved to September, get two judges disqualified
MEDFORD, Ore. -- A former Medford nurse facing 44 criminal counts of felony assault of hospital patients is getting a second judge removed from her case, and she is getting her first hearing moved from this Monday to September. Today, 36-year-old Dani Schofield and her Portland lawyer Kristen Winemiller received...
Local galleries react to Jackson County closure of Ashland’s Gambrel Gallery
‘The Annex’ next door remains open, but gallery at couple’s home was found to be out of compliance with property zoning. The Gambrel Gallery on East Main Street in Ashland closed in late June after Jackson County found it in violation of land use regulations. The gallery, which...
Employment increases in Jackson and Josephine counties
OREGON – Jackson County and Josephine County saw employment increases last month. Both counties’ highest career increase was in leisure and hospitality. It accounted for 82% of Jackson County’s new jobs and 52% of Josephine County’s. Another sector on the incline for both counties was private...
Oregon State Fire Marshal Leads Efforts To Protect Communities From Wildfires
The wildfires in Oregon have created significant challenges due to hot temperatures and strong winds. The Oregon State Fire Marshal, Mariana Ruiz-Temple, has emphasized the importance of public awareness and preventive measures to avoid sparking new fires. The eastern part of the state is particularly vulnerable, with expectations of abundant lightning, gusty winds up to 60 miles per hour, and high temperatures.
Some of the HSJI’s participants may be part of our next generation of journalists
The world will always need journalists. Communities across the globe will always need reporters to hold those in power accountable and to be a voice for the afflicted. Even as the journalism industry continues to evolve, one thing we have known with certainty, is that we will always need journalists.
NewsChannel 21 to host Janelle Bynum-Lori Chavez-DeRemer debate, in one of the hottest House races in the US
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – After weeks of negotiations with the campaigns on a date and format, the two candidates in Oregon’s Fifth Congressional District, Republican Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer and Democratic challenger Janelle Bynum, have agreed to a debate this fall on NewsChannel 21, the station announced Friday. The hour-long debate is scheduled to take place The post NewsChannel 21 to host Janelle Bynum-Lori Chavez-DeRemer debate, in one of the hottest House races in the US appeared first on KTVZ.
A tanker plane crash has killed a firefighting pilot in Oregon as Western wildfires spread
Communities in the U.S. West and Canada were under siege from raging wildfires on Friday, as a fast-moving blaze sparked by lightning sent people fleeing on fire-ringed roads in rural Idaho and a human-caused inferno forced evacuations in northern California.
Coastal tribes, nonprofit work to bring sea otters back to Oregon: ‘It's a chance to really shift a paradigm’
CANNON BEACH, Ore. — Chanel Hason gets a lot of false reports of sea otters on the Oregon Coast. "I get email several times a month of someone saying they saw a sea otter running along the beach in Oregon somewhere,” said Hason. “It's very, very rare that it's actually a sea otter.”
Oregon public defense commission drafts ‘crisis plan’ to cut number of defendants without lawyers
Oregon’s public defense agency has released a 90-day crisis plan to address a backlog of criminal defendants without attorneys that also calls for longer-term fixes costing more than $100 million in additional state funding. The emergency plan would eliminate the number of people held in jail without a public...
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