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Medford Alert News has announced plans to redesign its website and shift to a new subscription model in order to serve readers better while reducing third-party ads (a move aimed at building a sustainable financial future).

The nonprofit also invites local businesses to partner and support continued independent reporting.

Boxing fans see local talent when the Medford Armory hosts the Superior Showdown tonight with amateur bouts that benefit a youth boxing scholarship fund, and the Rogue Valley Rumble XVI with pro fights takes place on Saturday, as local fighters aim for future titles & spark community pride.

Dee Anne Everson, the Exec Director of United Way of Jackson County, won the Chamber's First Citizen Award during the annual Excellence in Business Awards held at Rogue X today.

Business leaders praised her community service & leadership.

The seventh annual Gathering at the Oaks Automotive Experience is set for Sunday, Sept.

13 at Rogue Valley Country Club and will feature 128 invited vehicles plus a private Saturday driving tour for pre-registered guests at 1 p.m.

Jackson County Long Term Recovery Group (JCC LTRG) is using lessons learned from rebuilding efforts after past fires to enhance disaster response, and this summer the nonprofit coordinated livestock evacuation, public messaging, and volunteer support with the Red Cross to open emergency shelters in Southern Oregon.

Developers submitted preliminary documents to the city for a potential minor league baseball stadium at Hawthorne Park.

Detailed plans will be presented in October (the pre-application is solely a fact-finding effort and is not an approval) as officials review options for downtown economic growth.

Volunteers are placing gravel along Ashland Creek to boost steelhead spawning in an ongoing restoration effort led by Scott Howell through the Rogue River Restoration Council + local Trout Unlimited members aided the work to enhance natural habitat without taxpayer costs.

Six years after the Almeda fire, Rogue Food Unites runs free farmers’ markets in Medford, Eagle Point, and Talent to serve fire survivors and the community.

Today the nonprofit will distribute 4,000 pounds of produce at the Medford market (per Partnership Manager Billie Rose Galbraith).