Numbers were down but enthusiasm was high for last weekend's Nativity Festival at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Williams Highway.

"It is beautiful," Lilliana Pellicier of Grant Pass said after touring the estimated 300 creches on display Saturday with her children, Archer, 7, and Aliana, 4. "I had to step away to take it in. It is touching." Read More »

Hidden Valley's Chris Woods and Jacob Hughes won titles Saturday at the nine-team Dan Vidlak Invitational wrestling tournament in Murphy to help the Mustangs finish third.

North Valley freshman Ryan Gaskin also won a title, leading the Knights to fourth place.

Woods, a senior, pinned Mazama's Troy Nichols in 1 minute, 33 seconds to win his title at 285 pounds. Read More »

MEDFORD — Two people killed in a plane crash near Rogue Valley International Medford Airport on Sunday evening have been identified.

Pilot Donald H. Sefton, 69, and passenger Valorie J. Serpa, 67, both of Fallon, Nevada, were killed when the plane crashed into a parking lot adjacent to Airport Chevrolet, 3001 Biddle Road, shortly after taking off from the airport at 4:52 p.m., according to the Medford Police Department. Read More »

Jim Ingraham's "Fall Creek" is the Caveman Camera Club's image of the month for December.

Fall Creek is off Highway 58, about an hour southeast of Eugene.

"It's a beautiful day hike with some impressive falls," Ingraham says. "The creek is wonderfully surrounded with greenery. This image was taken in June a couple years ago."

Ingraham shot with a Nikon D850 and 24mm lens on a tripod, with F16 at about a second and ISO 64.

The list of winners for December is: Read More »