The Josephine County Board of Commissioners has made another adjustment to who has access, and what kind of access, to the county's financial accounts.

On Tuesday, the board unanimously passed an order giving the chair "administrative access" to the county's financial accounts, meaning the chair can view the accounts. However, transactional authorization, or the ability to move money and do financial transactions, is reserved for the elected county treasurer.

Grants Pass senior Callie Brandes was named to the Southwest Conference first team in the league's recently announced girls' soccer awards.

Brandes was joined on the first team by South Medford senior Avery Zahnhiser and North Medford seniors Olivia Boger and Isabella Driskell and junior Brycelin Endrikat. Read More »

A burglary suspect who caused a head-on crash during a police chase in Medford that sent three people to the hospital has been sentenced to 7-1/2 years in prison.

Daniel Silva-Ledezma, 35, of Medford also was placed on three years of post-prison supervision last week for his guilty plea in Jackson County Circuit Court to two counts of second-degree assault and one count each of third-degree assault, injury hit-and-run and attempting to elude. Read More »