Williams News

Like a lot of folks from Southern Oregon, Jim Krois has scheduled a trip to Mexico during our rainy season.

By Steven Sandberg A November 25, 2009 A WILLIAMS, Ore. - Finding a cell phone signal in one rural small Southern Oregon town is creating some debate.

A traffic stop near Ashland last week has led to the arrest of six people and the seizure in the Applegate of 220 pounds of marijuana, plus weapons and $10,000 in cash, according to police.

Cheri Williams does custom sewing and alterations from her Hanley Road home. Bob Pennell November 09, 2009 Editor's note: This is one in a weekly series of profiles on locally owned and operated businesses in Southern Oregon.

Gavin Smith, 86, of Lebanon passed away at his home on Oct. 24, 2009. Gavin was born Sept.

By Ron Brown A October 28, 2009 A WILLIAMS, Ore. -- Kids at Williams Elementary School got the day off Wednesday, thanks to a power outage that blanked out more than 900 Pacific Power customers in the Applegate Valley.

A car crashed into a power pole in front of the Williams Country Store at 120 East Fork Road Tuesday night, knocking out electrical service to more than 900 customers.

A 28-year old Grants Pass man died Monday when he ran onto Highway 238 and was hit by a car, police said.

The following is a press release from Oregon State Police: GRANTS PASS, Ore. - A 28-year-old Grants Pass man died Monday evening after running into the path of an eastbound vehicle on Highway 238 approximately nine miles east of Grants Pass.

It's a Tuesday in early September, the first day of school for area children. But Benny, Alec and Ruby Painter, ages 8, 10 and 12, will spend the day with their father and sister, selling doughnuts and juices at the Growers and Crafters Market in Ashland.

THE BIG BOARD in the sound booth stretches before George Relles like a wizard's grimoire.

The misty cloud cover cloaking the higher elevations of Jackson and Josephine counties in recent days has helped and hindered firefighters battling lightning-caused wildfires.

The misty cloud cover cloaking the higher elevations of Jackson and Josephine counties in recent days has helped and hindered firefighters battling lightning-caused wildfires.

A cluster of thunderstorms pelted the Rogue Valley with hail and lightning Saturday, sending emergency crews scrambling from one wild fire to another.

By Emily Wood A July 31, 2009 A NEAR WILLIAMS, Ore. - The Bureau of Land Management last week started the first of nine biomass projects funded by $1.4 million in federal stimulus.

If you have a craving for a homemade root-beer float on Saturday, head for the McKee Bridge.

Moths have munched on the scrunched old hat stored in the shop of the Krouse family ranch for the past half-century. "It's full of moth holes and beat all to hell," acknowledged Phil Krouse as he held it up for inspection.

Reggae and funk trio Indubious and acoustic hip-hop artist Alcyon Massive will perform Friday, June 5, at the Out of the Way Cafe in Williams.

Billowing flames and smoke consumed a van in a dramatic blaze early Friday that was sparked by a battery and charger for radio-controlled airplanes at a field hobbyists use at the Jackson County Sports Park.

The man who died Sunday when his Jeep rolled down a hill in the Applegate was from Missouri, police say.