A measure designed to block unscrupulous people from growing marijuana under the guise of growing hemp is in jeopardy in Josephine County.

A state moratorium on new licenses to grow hemp in the county was not renewed Jan. 1 because the county filed paperwork with the wrong state agency, according to the Oregon Department of Agriculture.

Eighth-ranked Willamette shot the lights out and dominated the boards in a 49-31 Southwest Conference girls' basketball win over sixth-ranked Grants Pass on Friday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.

The Wolverines (13-5, 6-1) displayed outstanding ball movement and patience on offense as they nailed nine 3-pointers to beat the Cavers (12-5, 4-3) for the second time this season and virtually sew up second place in the conference. Read More »

A telecommunications provider said internet outages impacting Southern Oregon and Northern California stemmed from an equipment failure.

Hunter Communications of Central Point blamed the problem on a "localized hardware failure," according to a prepared statement from the company's chief technology officer, Richard Holbo.

The "partial outages" were first reported at 8:27 a.m. Friday, according to the company's customer service page. Read More »

Celebrated, Grammy-nominated pianist Michelle Cann will perform two different works for piano and orchestra when she joins the Rogue Valley Symphony for its Masterworks 5 concert this month.

She will be featured on "Burleske" by Richard Strauss, and the Piano Concerto by Florence Price. Read More »