Author: Rogue River Press

Black-Market Cannabis Grow

Illegal Marijuana Enforcement Team (IMET) detectives served a search warrant yesterday morning at a black-market cannabis grow in the 4400 block of Colver Road in rural Phoenix. IMET detectives seized approximately 850 illegal marijuana plants, 40 lbs. of processed cannabis, and an assortment of THC and psilocybin mushroom products. There[Read More…]

Oregon Joins Federal Suit Against RealPage

Lawsuit Alleges Price-Fixing Cartel Harms Renters and Undercuts Fair Housing Market Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum joined the US Department of Justice (“USDOJ”) in an antitrust enforcement action against RealPage Inc. (“RealPage”),  filed in US District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina. Headquartered in Richardson, Texas, RealPage offers property[Read More…]

Oregon Receives Federal Grant Award

The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded more than $102 million in federal funding to Oregon, California, and Washington to install electric vehicle charging stations and hydrogen fueling stations for trucks along Interstate 5 and other key freight routes. The award will result in new, publicly accessible EV charging stations and[Read More…]

Indicted In Federal Court For Fraud

An indictment was unsealed in federal court charging the owners of a local real estate investment company with defrauding individual investors and commercial lenders out of more than $18 million. Robert D. Christensen, 54, of Sherwood, Oregon, and Anthony M. Matic, 55, of Damascus, Oregon, have been charged in a[Read More…]

Medford Roofing Contractor Fined $103,438

The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) has fined a Medford roofing company $103,438 for repeatedly failing to safeguard workers from fall hazards that could seriously injure or kill them. The division cited JAM Construction Inc. following an inspection of a jobsite in Central Point where work was[Read More…]

Dear Stranger Letter Exchange Project

For 10 years, Oregon Humanities’ Dear Stranger project has invited Oregonians to exchange letters with people they’ve never met. Since 2014, more than 1,000 people have sent letters to Dear Stranger and received letters from other writers in exchange. Participants have hailed from every county in Oregon, as well as[Read More…]