The Eagle Point High School Music Department presents a Dinner Theater featuring music from Glee, Aida, Mamma Mia, Les Miserables and Hairspray in ” Celebration of the Century.” This promises to be a great night of entertainment for all. shows will be Friday, May 17 at 6 pm, Saturday, May 18 at 6 pm and a…
Explosions rock finish line of Boston Marathon
April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
1:30 p.m. BOSTON — Two bombs exploded near the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing two people, injuring 23 others and sending authorities rushing to aid wounded spectators, race organizers and police said. One runner, a Rhode Island state trooper, said he saw at least two dozen people with very serious injuries, including…
County Commissioners Report
April 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The only item of business on the agenda for the regular April 10 meeting of the county commissioners was the county operated resort, Howard Prairie. The Commissioners approved a state grant for $130,000 plus $5,000 cash, and $20,000 in-kind labor for the purpose of improving the restroom and shower facilities. These monies are in addition…
Eagle Point High School Car Show
April 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Eagle Point High School Thomas Ussary Memorial Car Show – April 27th, 2013 The Eagle Point High School Thomas Ussary Memorial Car Show has been an annual event at Eagle Point High School for a few years now and has been a great success. The proceeds from the show go to the Thomas Ussary Memorial…
Eagle Point Harnish Visitor Center Needs You!
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Volunteers are needed to staff three hour shifts Monday-Wednesday from May 1 through September 30. The shifts are from 10AM to 1 PM, and 1PM to 4 PM. The Visitor Center is well supplied with maps of the local as well as regional area, in addition to promotional material from local businesses and attractions, making…
Search Continues for Missing Skier
April 8, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is currently searching for missing skier, Carol Koon, 52, from Chiloquin, Oregon. Carol was last seen Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mt. Ashland ski lodge, when she told her family she going to ski the bowl area and would meet her husband at their car at…
Cascade Pool Cookbook now on sale
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Cascade Community Pool announces the arrival of its new, one-of-a-kind cookbook “50 years of fun and Fitness,” celebrating the 50th anniversary of the pool’s original construction in White city. All profits will fund children’s swim lesson scholarships. Cascade Pool members and friends have compiled their tastiest tried-and-true recipes into a single book that will be…
Commissioners approve three items
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Once again, several citizens of Jackson County addressed the Commissioners, requesting their representation. Talent residents gathered to voice their objections to a county notification for a land use permit for an asphalt plant near their homes. Floodplains, air quality, water quality, and noise were among the environmental issues concerning the residents of the neighboring mobile…
PremierWest merges
April 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
PremierWest Bank and American West Bank announced that holders of a majority of PremierWest Bancorp’s common stock have voted to approve the proposed merger of the two companies. The proxy vote was announced at the reconvened special meeting of shareholders in Medford on March 28. Regulatory approval has already been received; the merger is expected…
38 different PERS bill in this session
March 18, 2013 by Leave a Comment
by Senator Doug Whitsett A total of thirty eight bills have been introduced this legislative session relating to the Public employee Retirement System. Thirty six of those bills are sponsored by Republican Legislators. I am either the chief sponsor or co-sponsor of nearly twenty of those measures. It appears that all of the PERS related…
