Law enforcement officials say over 250 pounds of marijuana were seized on Tuesday alone, after a month-long investigation into several people associated with the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program.

Statewide, 15 out of 1,000 Oregonians are medical marijuana patients. Jackson County has more than twice that many, and Josephine County has more than triple the state average,

Once they got them all counted, it turns out that 257 animals were seized from a Cave Junction property in what officials consider the worst case of animal hoarding in Josephine County.

There's no room in the county jail for burglars and thieves. And the sheriff's department in a vast, rural corner of southwest Oregon has been reduced by budget cuts to three deputies on patrol eight hours a day, five days a week.

An Oregon jury ruled Tuesday a problem with an engine was responsible for the 2008 crash of a helicopter that killed nine firefighters during a wildfire in Northern California, including Scott Charlson, a 2001 graduate of Lifegate Christian School in Eugene.

Troopers say a family managed to escape uninjured, after their car rolled on Interstate 5 Sunday afternoon. One southbound lane was closed while crews investigated the crash.

Four boys on the Creswell High School soccer team face disciplinary action after an alleged hazing incident on Saturday on their bus ride home from a game in Southern Oregon.

Politicians and candidates from around the state are taking in some serious cash for next year's election cycle.