Walden presses Congress for fire prevention

U.S. Rep. Greg Walden said he is looking to congressional colleagues and agencies including the U.S. Forest Service to provide future relief from wildfire smoke, which had only slightly improved this week by the time of his Tuesday press conference in Medford. Standing in front of an orange S-64 Aircrane helicopter flanked by county commissioners from Jackson and Josephine counties, Walden detailed legislative work he was involved in prior to Congress' summer recess to address wildfire prevention in the House version of the farm bill.

DeBoer’s lead over Moro shrinks to 535 votes

It could take up until after Thanksgiving before Republican Alan DeBoer and Democrat Tonia Moro know who won their tight and sometimes testy race to replace the late Alan Bates in the Oregon Senate. The latest count this morning from the Jackson County Elections Office saw DeBoer's lead in the Senate District 3 race shrink a hair to 535 votes with 64,656 votes counted.