Oregon State Police troopers are investigating a single vehicle fatal crash that occurred on Monday Nov. 14, at 9:40 AM, on Hwy 140 at milepost 9. According to Sergeant Randie Martz a 2011 Ford 15 passenger van registered to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs was en route to the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinic…
Grant provides new Mercy Flights facility
November 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
{gallery}11_01_11/hanger{/gallery} Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Perhaps no place in Oregon has that been better exemplified than in the Rogue Valley with the forming some 62 years ago of Mercy Flights. A young flight controller at the Medford Airport lost a friend with polio because they couldn’t get him to Portland fast enough…
Accident puts UR woman in Portland trauma center
November 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Family and friends are rallying around Kathy Love and her husband, Ted Baumer following critical injuries Kathy suffered in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 16. Kathy and Ted, each on their own bike, were part of a group heading back following from a trip to the coast. Kathy apparently was turning on the bike when…
Hwy. 140 accident critically injures two, including Eagle Point man
May 24, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Four people were injured, two critically and one seriously, Saturday, May 22, in a two vehicle collision on Highway 140 near the Kershaw Road intersection about two miles east of Medford. Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers are continuing the investigation. At about 3:15 p.m. a 2005 Dodge pickup operated by Benjamin Panter, age 30, from…
Woman crushed to death as major storm hits area
January 7, 2008 by Leave a Comment
Several trees and lots of debris clutter lawns and street in Eagle Point Friday morning as the storm roared through the valley. This light post had a live power line attached when it went down on Crystal Drive near Dianne. There were no injuries but lights blinked on and off several times as a result….
