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A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug dealers in northeast Mexico left 25 of the suspects dead, the regional military said Thursday.

Despite a spate of rare late-August showers, Southern Oregon limped out of the 2009 water year Wednesday with rainfall tallies 13 percent below average — the fourth consecutive year of below-average precipitation.

Ashland Fire & Rescue Chief John Karns revealed more details of last week's fire — noting that deaths and more damage were barely avoided — during a tense Oak Knoll neighborhood meeting Wednesday.

For more than four years, Roger Linhart has endured jackhammers, asphalt grinders and the thud of heavy machinery at the Seven Oaks Interchange north of Central Point.

Watching the Israeli and Palestinian leaders trudge to Washington for one more peace summit, one might wonder why President Obama invited them. Why should the president invest his prestige in an effort that looks so unpromising?

Hyundai-Kia Motors is recalling more than 35,000 cars with fire-prone electrical wiring systems, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers.

The gunman who held three people hostage at the Discovery Channel headquarters was once convicted of smuggling an illegal immigrant into the country from Mexico.

First there was the discovery of dozens of bottles of 200-year-old champagne, but now salvage divers have recovered what they believe to be the world's oldest beer, taking advertisers' notion of 'drinkability' to another level.

CENTRAL POINT — A pan of oil inadvertently left on a hot burner likely started a fire that ripped through a home on Bransom Road Tuesday evening, fire investigators concluded.

The Carnegie library building, a landmark in downtown Medford's Alba Park since 1912, is getting a much-needed facelift.

The hunt continues for two masked robbers who invaded a Medford couple's home early Thursday and ransacked the house looking for money and prescription drugs.

A company hoping to build a liquefied natural gas pipeline from Coos Bay through the upper Rogue River watershed to Malin has sued the state of Oregon, charging it with wrongfully delaying the project.

AMedford man plans to petition the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police installed mobile tracking devices on his vehicle prior to arresting him on drug charges.

If better times were possible for Rogue Valley real estate agents than in 2005, Ron Galbreath can neither remember nor imagine it.

I was asked this question while visiting the (spray) park this past weekend. Can you please tell me whether the water within the water feature is recycled?

Felony arrests

A spate of cougar sightings in Crater Lake National Park has caught the attention of officials and prompted them to post advisory signs near one backcountry campground.

Tim W Wood CPA. "Of late there has been a lot of attention on the Hindenburg Omen and the excessive number of 90% volume days. I’ve been receiving e-mails and phone calls asking me about this and how it affects my work. In short, it doesn’t. Here’s why."

Frank Holmes. "I’ve done a number of interviews on gold recently and the number one question I get most from reporters is—can gold prices go higher? My answer is yes."