North Bend News

Cascade Clarinet Consort and Siskiyou Saxophone Orchestra, directed by music faculty Rhett Bender, will present "Music of Spring" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, in the Music Recital Hall on the Southern Oregon University campus, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland.

A quarter-ounce, left, and one ounce of marijuana surround a handful of joints at a dispensary in Colorado, where lawmakers, like those in nearby Washington state, struggle with how to best regulate retail purchases and distribution.

Gov. John Kitzhaber's attempts to limit Oregon casinos to one per tribe are getting a test from a video gambling establishment the Coquille Indian Tribe proposes in Medford.

Athletes who suffer concussions and career-ending head injuries are no stranger to news headlines.

The Coquille Indian Tribe wants to turn a bowling alley in Medford into a casino with 600 video gambling machines, adding to another casino it operates in North Bend.

Gov. John Kitzhaber has sent letters to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs strongly opposing the efforts by the Coquille tribe to build a casino in Medford.

Jeffrey Griffin Boyce , 30, is accused of carjacking a man outside a UPS store in Rohnert Park Monday and fleeing to Greenbrae, where he ditched the man's car, prosecutors said.

Jackson County's Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose a proposal for an American Indian casino in Medford, and will send a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs outlining its opposition this week.

The Douglas County Major Crime Team says 57-year-old Kirsten Elaine Englund of Castro Valley, Calif., was found dead Sunday at the Winchester Bay Wayfinding Point, located along U.S. Highway 101 about three miles south of Reedsport.

Xerox has announced it is closing call centers in Coos Bay and North Bend, an action that will cut 300 jobs from the South Coast.

A man arrested after a crime spree in the North Bay is the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body was found near Winchester Bay, Oregon State Police confirmed Wednesday.

Oregon State Police say a man arrested after a crime spree in Northern California is the prime suspect in the murder of a woman whose body was found near Winchester Bay.

Jackson County's Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose a proposal for an American Indian casino in Medford, and will send a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs outlining its opposition this week.

An Oregon man jailed in California after twin carjackings Monday got the attention of police investigating the death of a woman found Sunday on the southern Oregon Coast .

Bend has been named on several lists for being very pet friendly; in fact some tourists come to Bend because they can bring their dog and play in out great outdoors.

A proposal to turn a Medford bowling alley and restaurant into a tribal casino has drawn opposition at a public hearing and spotlighted a division between two tribes.

A person grabbing an early morning meal happened to be sitting in a restaurant when a fight broke out, and caught it all on camera.