About 327,000 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine have reportedly arrived in California. According to the Oregon Health Authority, over 35,000 doses are being distributed to hospitals across Oregon. Frontline workers and residents of long-term care facilities in both states are first in line to get the vaccine. Dr. Jim Shames is Jackson County’s medical director. “The plan is that these very cold storage vaccines are going to go to some of our hospitals who have the capacity to receive them and they are going to turn around and vaccinate their staff — the people on the front lines — with…
Author: Tony Cooper
The Medford Police Department has launched a murder investigation after discovering a man’s body at the Best Western Horizon Inn on Sunday night. Officers responded to the motel on Barnett Road just after 8 p.m. for an assault report. Arriving at unit number 136, Medford Police said that they found the body of a 28-year-old man in the room. “Injuries to the deceased male were consistent with an assault,” Medford Police said in a brief statement. The victim was identified as 28-year-old Jeffrey Blackwood. Officers found a suspect in the assault, identified as 18-year-old Jackson Frischman, at the scene. He…
Help support our environment! Recycling Christmas trees is an annual project to benefit the environment. Recycling this renewable resource provides organic mulch and compost, so Christmas trees keep giving all year long. Real Christmas Tree Recycling The City of Hutchinson will be recycling REAL Christmas trees December 28, 2020 – January 25, 2021 DROP OFF LOCATIONS DRIFTRIDERS PARK………………………………West Shore Drive SW JAYCEES SOUTH PARK…………………………………..Goebel St SW KIMBERLY PARK………………………………………….Hilltop Drive NE LINDEN PARK……………………………..Sunset St SW NORTHWOODS PARK……………Northwoods Ave NE ROBERTS PARK………………………………………..…Roberts Rd SW ROLLING MEADOWS EAST PARK………………………….7th Ave NW SOUTH PARK…………………………………………………..4th Ave SW VFW PARK………………………………………………..Sherwood St SE WOMEN’S CLUB PARK…………………………………Campbell Ln NW
Rogue Community College on Tuesday outlined its tentative plan for fall classes, one that will include some on-campus learning for specific courses. Most fall classes will be offered online, but there will be some in-person lab instruction for science and career technical courses “that require hands-on learning that cannot be duplicated online,” RCC said in a statement. The on-campus courses will be noted in the fall schedule on the school’s website. Even those limited on-campus options will depend on further guidance from state or local public health authorities, RCC said. “If conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic change and make it impossible…
Jackson County Public Health on Thursday reported 60 new coronavirus cases and another fatality attributed to the virus. According to the agency, a 90-year-old woman tested positive on November 30 and died on December 7 at her residence. She had underlying conditions. This latest death brought Jackson County’s total to 45 since the pandemic began. “Flattening the curve remains an important goal during this pandemic,” Jackson County Public Health said. “To drive down the spread of COVID-19 in our communities, we all must act by wearing a mask, watching our distance, washing our hands, and limiting the number and size…
The fenced-in quarter-acre property located off the greenway in Medford provides 50 tent and pop-up shelter sites with water and sanitary facilities. The city is working with the landowner to expand the space and extend the lease into at least the spring. In the meantime, Rogue Retreat’s Matt Vorderstrasse says organizers hope to find a long-term solution. “We know that this is something that we want to see be more permanent in the community, and so the timeline going forward is we would like to find a suitable location for it to be located permanently,” Vorderstrasse says. Before fire tore…
A Medford man accused of shooting and killing another man in 2018 was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday in Jackson County Circuit Court. Police arrested Cody Templeton in January of 2018 after he allegedly shot a man who was staying in his apartment on Ellendale Avenue, 39-year-old Thomas Peterson. Peterson was originally taken to the hospital in critical condition, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He died a short time later. Upon Peterson’s death, Templeton was charged with murder. He was 23 years old at the time. Following a bench trial in November, Judge Lisa Greif…
It has been a slow, difficult and emotional rebuilding process for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Medford, Oregon whose homes were destroyed by the devastating wildfires. Despite the challenges, Latter-day Saints in the area have incredible hope, and have united together to rebuild as neighbors and as a community. The first of two major wildfires in the Medford area broke out on Sept. 8. The fires destroyed 2,483 homes and 173 commercial structures, leaving thousands of people homeless. UPDATED: NOVEMBER 30, 2020 AT 11:04 AM Volume 0% MEDFORD, Ore. — It has been a slow,…
More and more families are considering homeschooling their children as the Coronavirus Pandemic continues. According to a poll by the Federation for Children, 40% of families are more likely to homeschool after COVID-19 lockdowns. Local homeschooling community, Arrows, has already seen an increase in interest in programs. “I have information meetings once or twice a month and those have normally been 10 to 12 people that are interested and now its like 30 to 40. I have one tonight that’s 50 people,” said Arrows director, Becky Abrams, “We actually have some people joining us this fall who were already contemplating homeschooling…
The Medford School Board is poised to vote on a resolution that would urge Governor Brown to further loosen COVID-19 metrics for schools, bringing more students into classrooms.