Medford-Klamath Falls, Oregon News

Bear Creek Greenway's last link
After months of research, Medford officials Thursday endorsed the idea of building a $2.2 million pedestrian bridge over Barnett Road to complete the last link in the Bear Creek Greenway.
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Jacksonville cut from county process
Jacksonville — Jacksonville is no longer a participant in a countywide, nine-year effort to shape future growth after its City Council voted Tuesday to not sign a draft agreement, the chairwoman of the Regional Problem Solving Policy Committee...
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Used children's products aren't covered by new lead rules
A statement from the Consumer Product Safety Commission Thursday exempts thrift stores and secondhand stores from testing used children's toys for lead and other dangerous substances.
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Medford food co-op eyes former Kim's building
The owners of Medford's iconic Kim's Restaurant, shuttered more than three years ago after 55 years in business, have offered the vacant space to the Medford Market Co-op for $100 a month and building upgrades.
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Police drug dog sniffs out a pound of meth
With the help of a drug-sniffing dog, Medford police found a pound of methamphetamine in a Honda Accord just after midnight Thursday and arrested two Washington men.
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Pilaf restaurant in Ashland closes
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Police arrest 'Zombie Bandit,' suspected in Medford robbery, in Wyoming
The "Zombie Bandit," who robbed more than a dozen banks in the Midwest in the early 1990s and is a suspect in last week's robbery of a Medford bank, was arrested today in Wyoming, police said.
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Woman Responding to Craigslist Rental Ad Sexually Assaulted
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A Newport Beach man who posted a Craigslist "cottage by the ocean" room-for-rent advertisement on the Web site allegedly assaulted a woman who responded to the ad.
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Gold Hill Woman Gets 3 Years for Killing Abusive Husband
A Gold Hill woman has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to killing the husband who had abused her for years.
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