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Hiking season comes to an end on Mount McLoughlin
MEDFORD, Ore. - Snow on Mount McLoughlin closes the trail to the summit of the 9,500-foot peak around this time every year, and no one will be happier to see the end of hiking season than Jackson County's search and rescue volunteers.
OSP: Drunk woman crashes into telephone pole while texting on cell phone
A 20-year old Klamath Falls resident was arrested early Friday morning after allegedly driving her car into a telephone pole while texting on her phone and being under the influence of intoxicants.
'Habitual criminal' in K.Falls headed to prison for drug crime
A Klamath Falls man has been sentenced to more than 4 years in prison for violating probation just two weeks after pleading guilty to selling meth near an elementary school.
11-year-old boy saves siblings from pit bull
An 11-year-old Oregon boy is being hailed as a hero after saving his younger siblings from an angry pit bull.
Ore. Century Part 35: The Spanish Flu
By Ron Brown A October 30, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - In the fall of 1918, the excitement of America's victory in World War I began to wear off just as a bigger holocaust was brewing, an influenza epidemic worse than any disease outbreak ever seen, arguably, even worse than the Black Plague.
Two Children Witness Mother's Death
Two Klamath County Elementary School children were at home when their mother was killed Friday night, according to the sheriff's department.
Skipping school could mean a fine in Jackson Co.
Youths could be fined or face community service for chronically skipping school under a new ordinance passed Wednesday by Jackson County commissioners.
Attorney splits from K. Falls murder suspect
Associated Press A October 27, 2009 A KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- A public defender has severed ties with one of two teenagers accused of killing an 18-year-old Klamath Falls man.
2 arrested after pit bull attacks Klamath Falls woman
A pit bull attack in Klamath Falls has led to the arrest of a 40-year-old woman and her adult son.
S. Oregon unemployment numbers hold steady
By Tove Tupper A October 19, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - Experts say the latest Jackson County jobless numbers are indicating that the recession may have hit bottom.
Owner could face charges after pit bull attacks boy
A pit bull had to be punched multiple times before it released an 11-year-old boy during an attack Thursday that put the boy in a Portland hospital for two days.
Air Quality and Burn Advisories Across Klamath County
Klamath falls environmental health is issuing air quality and burning advisories from noon Sunday until noon Monday.
Missing mushroom picker found near Chemult
Deputies in Klamath County found a mushroom picker who was reported missing near Chemult.
State Sen. Doug Whitsett, R-Klamath Falls, says a Klamath River dam removal agreement would kill the cattle industry in Klamath County.
Oregon's World War II balloon bomb fatalities remembered
A stone monument, set in a beautiful ponderosa pine forest 10 miles north of Bly in Klamath County, commemorates the only people killed in the mainland of America by enemy action during World War II.
Snow on the Pass...Expected Already
ODOT officials said they are expecting a 50% chance of snow on the Siskiyou Pass Saturday.
Air quality much improved ahead of Pacific storm
Air quality In the Rogue Valley is not great but it's much better than it was over the weekend, which saw "unhealthy" readings for smoke from several fires burning to the north of the Rogue Valley.
K.Falls jail stay reveals woman's Medicare fraud scheme
A woman convicted of faking a disability to scam the state Medicaid program was sentenced Monday to one year in jail.
More pickers heading into woods for matsutakes
By day they're unseen, slipping quietly and secretly into the forests of far northern Klamath County.
Oregon Century: Part 30 - Logging Railroads
By Ron Brown A September 25, 2009 A MEDFORD, Ore. - When the clatter of horses hooves and rattle of the wooden wheels gave way to the hiss of steam and the rumble of iron on steel rails, the pace of settlement and development in Southern Oregon took a giant step forward.
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