Talent News

As Ashland rents appear to be climbing with the mercury, Paulo Rocha, a junior at Southern Oregon University, is heading out of town - to Talent - to save cash, he said.

The 2009 Fourth of July Baby Contest was held June 28 at the Ashland Community Hospital.

Plein Air Society artists fan out across valley to make art 'in the open air' Loading... Above: Carol Cochran, left, and Bonnie Geiger work on cityscapes Thursday morning on Fourth Street in Ashland's railroad district.

The use of smokeless tobacco in Jackson County has steadily risen in recent years among teens and adults - and now, officials fear the introduction earlier this year of new, candy-flavored "dissolvable tobacco" lozenges will make matters worse.

Like an unexpected snow shower on a sunny spring day, white marble dust and flakes flurry behind Jack Langford's hammer and chisel.

Monday 8:51 a.m. - Police received a report of an assault that occurred in the Ashland area.

Building may be on the upswing after a slow fall and winter, if increased activity at the city's planning department is an accurate indicator.

City patrol officers who cite traffic violators stopped outside city limits have begun sending the citations to Jackson County Justice Court in Central Point rather than Circuit Court in Medford in an attempt to save staff time and possibly money, city officials said.

As historian Jan Wright compiled hundreds of images for a pictorial history book about Talent, she solved a long-standing mystery: the location of a 1912 fire.

Six Southern Oregon educators are among 800 U.S. instructors and administrators who will visit China beginning Monday on the Chinese government's tab as part of an effort to promote Chinese culture and language abroad and prepare students for a global economy.

Taste great wines and meet the vintners at local wineries in the Rogue and Applegate valleys.

KDRV Staff A June 23, 2009 A TALENT, Ore. - Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a house fire in Talent which displaced several families.

Fire investigators are working to determine the cause of a fire that damaged a Talent triplex, displacing three families.

The Phoenix-Talent School District will debut a pilot magnet program in the fall that will serve nearly 70 children in kindergarten through sixth grade.

It's a day devoted to dad, and several events in the Rogue Valley today aim to make the most of the holiday.

Calling all owners of pugs, yorkies, doxies and other diminutive dogs - bring those pint-sized pooches to the Downtowne Coffeehouse in Talent on Father's Day to compete in the second annual Small Dog Contest.

Whether she's playing foosball at the Talent Boys & Girls Club or climbing walls at the Rogue Rock Gym, 9-year-old Emma McCready experiences the world solely through hearing, touch, smell, taste and imagination.

It was a sunny Saturday morning last weekend that was about to turn into noon when my wife and I found ourselves driving into Talent after running some errands.

A man from Talent will spend 40 days in jail for slaying a litter of puppies and then dumping them at a local shelter.

Rows of bottles ready to catch viscous amber liquid aren't the most eye-grabbing display at the Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market.