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CRIME & SAFETY
One dead after crash in Jackson County
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. -- A 74-year-old woman from California is dead after a crash on Interstate 5 near milepost 43 in Jackson County. According to a news release from Oregon State Police, a Chevrolet Trailblazer struck a tire from a commercial vehicle that "was lying in the slow lane." "The...
Police locate missing man near Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. -- The Jacksonville Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue worked together to locate a missing and endangered 71-year-old man near Jacksonville on Wednesday. According to a news release from Thursday, the search went on for four hours, with the man being found at...
Fire crews respond to two fires overnight
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. -- Fire crews responded to a couple of vegetation fires early Friday morning in Cave Junction and Eagle Point. Both fires were around an 1/10th an acre and were put out by Fire Crews. "If you're driving down the road and you're discarding stuff out of the...
Police seize 850 plants from illegal grow site in Phoenix
PHOENIX, Ore. -- Two people have been arrested after police discovered an illegal grow site in the 4400 block of Colver Road in Phoenix. According to a news release from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office, police seized 850 plants, 40 pounds of processed marijuana and "an assortment of THC and psilocybin mushroom products."
Jackson County’s deflection program as drug recriminalization takes effect
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Drug recriminalization goes into effect September 1st, on Sunday. As part of House Bill 4002, counties are left to decide their own responses to addiction through deflection programs and some may even opt out of these deflection programs. In Jackson County, a collaboration of law...
YUCAIPA, CA VICTIM IDENTIFID IN FATAL CRASH ON INTERSTATE 5 IN JACKSON COUNTY, OREGON
JACKSON COUNTY, OR - Oregon State Police are reporting that on Monday, August 26, 2024, OSP responded to a single vehicle crash on Interstate 5, near milepost 43, in Jackson County. The preliminary investigation indicated a southbound Chevrolet Trailblazer, operated by Shawn L. Hayes, age 74 of Medford, struck a...
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