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Nothing Ruth Temple did could put an end to her 5-year-old granddaughter's tantrum in the middle of the auto service center at the Wal-Mart store in Grants Pass, where they were waiting for an oil change.

After several years of fielding nuisance complaints from neighbors around Holmes Park, the city of Medford is flinging its disc golf course to another part of town.

CENTRAL POINT — With a 13-week waiting list at its two Medford facilities, supporters for La Clinica's new health center on Hamrick Road have opened a temporary clinic on site and are pushing to meet an October grand opening after raising some $3.

I'm reading a book on Anne Morrow (wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh) by Dorothy Herrmann. On page 250, it mentions they will meet with William Randolph Hearst at his Medford, Ore., "Hearst Ranch.

We recently returned to the Rogue Valley after nearly 20 years and, most recently, lived in Arizona where it is legal to carry an unconcealed weapon — a handgun, for example — without a permit; the only exception was, I believe, in bars.

Felony arrests

WHITE CITY — As he gently strokes his electric guitar, Leo Chambers steps up to the microphone.

Dennis Gates has one of those jobs that make you wonder, 'Who Does That?'

As far as I'm concerned, this is entirely the fault of the 1,900 Mount Ashland skiers. They just had to have one more weekend of skiing, didn't they, and now nature's confused.

I was at a Medford restaurant on Friday and saw a woman carrying a small dog into the restaurant — I'm allergic to dogs and they're not supposed to be in restaurants anyway.

The poor turnout at last week's parents meeting held by local Girl Scout officials to discuss changes to policies and procedures to better protect children from sexual abuse was disappointing, but not surprising, experts say.

The Rogue Valley could see a few snowflakes again today as rainy weather sets in for the upcoming week, forecasters said.

Tony May holds up Vietnamese currency in the form of a new 10,000-dong bill containing Ho Chi Minh's mustachioed goatee.

Minutes after routine surgery for acute appendicitis in October 2003, Staff Sgt. Dean Witt, 25, was being moved to a recovery room at a Northern California military hospital when he gasped and stopped breathing.

Oregonians lead the nation in the abuse of prescription and over the counter drugs and are showing up at Asante's chemical recovery center in much larger numbers than users of meth, cocaine and heroin combined. Teens are helping expand that toll.

ASHLAND — John Price enthusiastically shared his club's dreams for an expanded hiking trail system in and around Ashland as visitors passed his booth on Saturday afternoon.

Girlie was friendly and trusting of everyone, even the dozens of drafted soldiers who were whistling at her from the windows of a World War I troop train.

In a nondescript warehouse in west Medford, more than 20,000 pieces of evidence are guarded under the watchful eye of Rhonda Buma.

After 21 years on the job, Ken Struck isn't about to get outsmarted by a water dog.

Brett Ellis admits it: He likes to paint the town.

Brittany Dicarolis fields a regular assortment of wisecracks and funny looks when she talks about her profession.