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Mental Health Minute: Building Resilience through Peer Support
This Mental Health Minute features Tiffany Atkinson from the Pathfinder Network, a Jackson Care Connect community partner offering peer support services for individuals impacted by the justice system. She shares about the Recovery Resilience Project, which focuses on assisting with essential needs and providing peer support. Sponsored by Jackson Care...
Minimum wage in Oregon increases
OREGON – Oregon’s minimum wage increased by 50 cents today as part of the annual schedule that was put in place back in 2016. Oregon has three separate minimum wages – a standard wage, a higher wage for the Portland metro area, and a lower wage for non-urban counties.
2024 World Elk Calling Competition winner from Oregon
MISSOULA, Mont. – A man from Vernonia, Oregon took home the top prize in an elk calling competition marking his first professional division title. Tony Gilbertson first picked up elk calling two decades ago. The competition is convened by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF) each year. According to...
BLM increasing public use restrictions due to fire dangers
JACKSON and JOSEPHINE COUNTIES, Ore. – With the weather continuing to warm and fire danger on the rise, the BLM is increasing public use restrictions. The Bureau of Land Management Medford District is restricting certain activities on BLM-managed lands in Jackson and Josephine Counties starting July 1st. Campfires will...
Pedestrian dies after being struck by minivan in Ashland
ASHLAND, Ore. – Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash in Ashland. On Saturday, June 29 at around 9:35 p.m. a pedestrian was struck in the 500 block of South Valley View Road. The suspect’s vehicle, a minivan was still on scene when...
Providence Minute: Reducing anxiety about scans
This week on Providence Minute, Tyrone Holmes from Oregon Advance Imaging talks about how different scanning methods can help reduce anxiety and claustrophobia. Learn how these techniques make imaging more comfortable for everyone. Sponsored by Providence Medford Medical Center. © 2024 KOBI-TV NBC5. All rights reserved unless otherwise stated.
Lance Nevis AKA Big Red Chicken has a new children’s book out: Fish-Story
MEDFORD, Ore — Lance Nevis is an author of children’s books, and writes under the pen name “Big Red Chicken”. He says he got the name from a child who saw him fishing on the Rogue River and shouted out to his father “Look it’s Big Red Chicken!”, the father replied “Son, you don’t know him well enough to call him that.” The child responded “No Dad… That’s Big Red Chicken!”, and the name stuck.
Last weekend of racing at Grants Pass Downs
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Sunday marked the last day of the series of exciting horse racing action in Grants Pass. But you still have a chance to visit on the 4th of July. Put on by the Southern Oregon Horse Racing Association, racing began Sunday at 1:00 p.m. All...
Get ‘Behind the Counter’ at Jacksonville’s historic Beekman Bank
JACKSONVILLE, Ore. – People in Jacksonville got a taste of the Old West and the area’s gold mining days. Every weekend from Memorial Day through Labor Day, the 1863 Beekman Bank building, the first financial institution North of San Francisco, opens it’s doors to the public. Saturday...
Mercedes-Benz of Medford boasts new facility additions
MEDFORD, Ore. – Mercedes-Benz of Medford held a grand re-opening and party to celebrate some of the new additions to the facility, Friday. This includes their new electric eSprinter commercial vehicle. Staff say it has the highest pay-load capacity and longest driving range of any other electric commercial vehicles....
Amid SCOTUS ruling, Grants Pass feels need for homeless shelters
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The highest court in the nation’s Friday ruling on a Grants Pass camping ban is sure to have its effects felt across the country, but what shelters are available now to the people facing homelessness in Grants Pass?. Friday’s Supreme Court ruling and the...
Starting Monday Oregon Beavers will no longer be classified as predators
OREGON – Whether it’s a duck or a beaver, Oregon has some great mascots and one is getting some much-needed protection. The new law dubbed the ‘Beaver Bill’ goes into effect July 1. Under HB 3464, it makes it much harder to kill a beaver, as...
David’s Chair expands to Coos Bay area
COOS COUNTY, Ore. – David’s Chair is expanding services to the Coos Bay area. The non-profit works to give everyone the chance to get outdoors with its all-terrain mobility systems. The City of Coos Bay has worked together with the American Legion and Elks Lodge to bring the...
Visual art performance by Beca Blake at Ashland Independent Film Festival
ASHLAND, Ore. – The Ashland Independent Film Festival held a visual art performance on Saturday evening. The performative art statement was done by interdisciplinary artist Beca Blake. It was about intersecting identities in the post-pandemic era. The event was called “Origin: Intersecting,” which refers to the identity art garment...
Second missing person rally held by JOCO Missing Person Project
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The Josephine County Missing Person Project held it’s second rally on Saturday. The rally was done outside the Josephine County Circuit Court in Grants Pass from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. According to the project, this was done to help raise awareness for Josephine...
Free medieval sword fighting event held by Eagle Point Library and SCA
EAGLE POINT, Ore. – The Eagle Point Library hosted a medieval sword fighting event free for all ages on Saturday. The library partnered with the Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA) for the event and invited Rogue Valley residents to participate. It featured blunted swords, foam swords, and educational displays.
It’s been four years since mysterious disappearance of Fauna Frey
GRANTS PASS, Ore. —Saturday marks four years since a Lane County woman vanished in Josephine County. 45-year-old Fauna Frey came to Grants Pass to visit her brother’s friend. Police say she was last seen at Big 5 Sporting Goods in Grants Pass. Her car was found in the Galice area, but she was nowhere to be seen.
Providence Medford says nurses rejected federal mediation
MEDFORD, Ore. – Providence Medford says union nurses have rejected mediated bargaining sessions. In a statement, Providence Medford says the Oregon Nurses Association is refusing federal mediation to reach a contract. Providence says a session was available for July 10, but union leaders have refused to attend, despite earlier...
Grants Pass skate park contractor did not attend renovations meeting
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Grants Pass city leadership met with the community Friday morning to discuss the city’s recently renovated skate park. The contractor that completed the work for the park was invited, but did not show up. City council members said they did not know why. The...
GPSD & RCC Foundation partnership increases college-credit opportunities
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Grants Pass School District 7 (GPSD) and Rogue Community College (RCC) Foundation are collaborating to expand educational opportunities for students. This partnership will be used to increase college-credit opportunities for students. The RCC Foundation will be receiving approximately 350 acres of land on Stringer Gap...
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KOBI Television (Channel 5) was put on the air by pioneer broadcaster William B. Smullin, in 1953. Mr. Smullin put KOTI (Channel 2) on the air in Klamath Falls in 1956. His daughter, Patricia C. Smullin, has succeeded him as KOBI’s and KOTI’s President and owner. KOBI and KOTI are the only locally owned TV stations in the Rogue Valley and the Klamath Basin. Viewers in 12 counties in Oregon and California receive programming from Channels 5 and 2. The stations hold a number of television “firsts” in their over 50 year history. KOBI was the first VHF television station in Oregon. It was the first TV station in Medford to offer local color programming, the first station to operate in stereo, the first Medford station to employ electronic news gathering technology, and was the first Medford station with statewide microwave news coverage. KOBI’s and KOTI’s parent company is California Oregon Broadcasting Inc., located in Medford. COBi is the longest, continuously independent broadcast group in the West and one of the three oldest in the country. KOBI and KOTI are NBC affiliates. Their number one interest is localism!
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