Gold Hill News

Andrew Lee Patterson still shaves his head, like he did back in his white supremacist skinhead days.

Andrew Lee Patterson still shaves his head, like he did back in his white supremacist skinhead days.

Whatever happened to the guy who started the fire east of Gold Hill and north of Blackwell Road? Was he prosecuted and/or made to pay for the cost of fighting the fire and property damage? We assume you're talking about the 315-acre fire from September 2010, Donald, which investigators blamed on sparks from a pickax being used to break quartz ... (more)

Gold Hill Historical Society and Museum will hold its annual Gold Dust Days celebration on Saturday, June 2. The festival, which is themed "Golden Memories," starts with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at the Grange, 404 Sixth Ave.

Plans are in place to build a new pedestrian bridge next to the existing Sardine Creek bridge in Gold Hill.

Craig Harper strolls cautiously along the thin ribbon of concrete walkway on state Highway 234's bridge over Sardine Creek, wary of getting clotheslined by the side mirror of a passing truck and glad he's not trying to cross on his bicycle.

Craig Harper walks along the narrow walkway on Highway 234 over Sardine Creek. Next year the walk will be safer, after a new pedestrian bridge is completed as part of the Rogue River Greenway.

The Brownell Motel along Highway 99 in Gold Hill relied on an intermittent tourist trade passing by its cabins, what George Brownell called "the impulse trade." Renovated a few more times over the years, George Brownell's cottages are located at 1102 N. Central Ave., between Liberty and Manzanita streets, in Medford.

Aaron Webb of Rapids, Wis., and Matt Lauer of Portage, Wis., team up to hunt for gold with a suction dredge on the Klamath River near Happy Camp, Calif., on Aug.

A woman who drove a 22-year-old man with a gunshot wound to a hospital in early April has been arrested on several charges suggesting she lied to police about what happened.

Police arrested a man Thursday they believe was involved in a November drive-by shooting, but officials at the Jackson County District Attorney's Office said they lack the evidence to charge him in the crime.

The Memorial Day holiday is just a couple weeks away, and with it, the unofficial start to the summer vacation season.

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.

A jury on Thursday found a former Gold Hill man guilty of attempting to kill his former neighbor in a dispute over a medical marijuana growing operation.

Month of wine Gov. John Kitzhaber has declared May to be "Oregon Wine Month," so you'll see lots of great local wine promotions at your favorite bottle shops, groceries, restaurants and wine bars over the month.