Central Point News

"As It Was," the Jefferson Public Radio show featuring two-minute historical sketches from the Northern California and Southern Oregon region served by JPR's network of stations, has been named recipient of the Southern Oregon Historical Society's 2012 Heritage Award.

Assault - Steven Daniel Hellervik, 28, of the 600 block of Cherry Street, Central Point.

Alex Motes, 95, of Medford, is a World War II veteran who survived the Battle of Normandy and was wounded in Belgium.

The Oregon/Southwest Washington affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure awarded more than $2 million in grants to serve more than 45,000 women.

Kim Kreiner takes her horse Norman for a walk in a pasture off Payne Road in Medford Wednesday.

Drugs - Marci Lynne Curtis, 43, of the 900 block of Grant Avenue, Medford. Medford police Wednesday added charges of delivery of methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine and manufacture of methamphetamine.

Jean Weets, who lives near the Central Point Post Office, says the Postal Service's plan to relocate doesn't make financial sense.

Phoenix police are looking for a suspect who led an officer on a high-speed chase along Colver Road and South Pacific Highway Saturday morning.

A sliver of Bear Creek near downtown Medford is in the midst of a major makeover, and residents can check it out Saturday, pitch in or feel free to fire off a Tweet about it.

But two other distant territories have elbowed their way to the forefront in the state's $8.7 billion travel industry: Scandinavia and Australia, the state's top tourism official told the Chamber of Medford/Jackson County Forum gathering on Monday.

Invasive species technician Eric Ressel removes aquatic vegetation Friday from a boat at the Ashland port of entry on Interstate 5. Mail Tribune Photo / Jamie Lusch During last fall's only local police sweep of motorists violating Oregon's mandatory boat inspections for invasive species, more than two dozen boaters offered a bevy of excuses for why ... (more)

A top Oregon legislator who's compiled a massive email list from public records requests of state agencies crashed the Legislature's Web server earlier this year when he tried to send a newsletter and four large attachments to 475,477 people, according to a report by information technology specialists.

The Bear Creek Greenway path covers 17.5 miles between Ashland and Central Point and hosts bikers, joggers and walkers all the way.A Since it was constructed in 1973, there are some rough patches that need to be repaired and this summer that job will be started.

CENTRAL POINT, Ore. -- Several disasters and other emergencies around the globe have helped bring to light the movement of "prepping." In the first of a three part series, NewsWatch 12's Steven Sandberg gives a look at some of the people preparing for emergencies.

A dozen area restaurants will donate a portion of their proceeds from Tuesday, May 8, to the Start Making a Reader Today, or SMART, program.

U.S. Postal Service officials say the city's existing post office at 625 E. Pine St.

Glass artist Louis Colosimo works on a lamp shade Tuesday at Red Oak Glass in Central Point.

Federal law enforcement has lodged felony charges against six men tied to medical marijuana gardens that were raided by Drug Enforcement Administration agents last fall.

Nissan Leaf will save $1,000 a year in fuel bills. But the real reason I bought one? 9/11. In this March file photo, a Nissan Leaf tops off its battery in Central Point, Ore., at one of the charging stations along Interstate 5. Can all-electric cars enhance US security? I pass gas stations without thinking about them anymore.

Attempted escape - Devan Jay Wheeler, 22, no known address. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Monday arrested Wheeler on charges of attempted second-degree escape and second-degree criminal mischief.