Candidates of varying stripes have stirred up a lively May 21 primary race for the Jackson County commissioner seat now held by Dave Dotterrer. Denise Krause, who has spearheaded a trio of ballot measures to revamp the Board of Commissioners, will face the winner of the Republican primary race in the November election.
A political tug-of-war over three ballot measures that seek to transform the Jackson County Board of Commissioners is about to encounter its final battle on election day. A volunteer, grassroots effort known as Jackson County for All qualified three measures for the May 21 primary ballot, but it has hit a wall of opposition from sitting commissioners and prominent local Republicans.
Jackson County District Attorney Beth Heckert alleges Presiding Judge Benjamin Bloom violated the judicial code of conduct by vacating the order signed by a predecessor. She believes Judge David Orr is in violation for asking Bloom to do it.
A community forum Tuesday regarding the Jackson County animal shelter touched on everything from the facility’s history and a review of the past year’s events, to discussion of shelters elsewhere and criticism of county officials’ proposed animal service district.
A majority of U.S Supreme Court justices Monday seemed inclined to side with an Oregon town’s law that bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, in a case that could have broad implications for local ordinances related to homelessness across the country.
A community forum on the future of the Jackson County animal shelter — and stray or unwanted dogs and cats, in general — is set for Tuesday at the Medford library. The event at 5:30 p.m. is being hosted by an informal group of community members and shelter volunteers with concerns, they say, over the past year’s worth of happenings at the regional shelter located between Phoenix and Talent.
A record 163,581 voters are registered this election season in Jackson County, with nonaffiliated voters continuing to outnumber Republicans and Democrats. Behind nonaffiliates, Republicans represent the next-largest group at 48,810, and Democrats number 42,997.
Attributed in part to factors such as rising wages and insurance increases, Jackson County Administrator Danny Jordan presented a recommended county budget Tuesday of $640,479,766 for the upcoming fiscal year. The budget increase for fiscal year 2024-25 is up $28,905,314, or 4.7%, from the $611,574,452 budget adopted for the current fiscal year.
Newly hired Jackson County Animal Services manager Jody Sherry hit the ground running last week with a full shelter and a hefty to-do list. A career veterinary technician who spent much of the past two decades in management positions at the Oregon Humane Society and various private practices, Sherry said she was eager to get to work.
Capacity at the Jackson County animal shelter has exceeded acceptable levels since Tuesday. County officials said in a release Wednesday that the facility between Phoenix and Talent can no longer accept additional dogs — stray or otherwise — and that euthanasia rates will increase due to overcrowding.
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After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
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Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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