KMED NEWS FOR WEDNESDAY 2/18/26
THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS ARE ON 2-HOUR DELAY:
THREE RIVERS SCHOOL DISTRICT
PROSPECT CHARTER SCHOOL
BUTTE FALLS CHARTER SCHOOL
WILLOW CREEK ELEMENTARY
THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS IN PORTLAND IS OVER. OREGON LIVE REPORTS THE 9TH U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS GRANTS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S MOTION TO DISMISS ITS APPEAL OF AN OREGON JUDGE’S INJUNCTION BLOCKING THE DE PLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO THE CITY. OREGON ATTORNEY GENERAL DAN RAYFIELD DECLARES THE END OF THE LENGTHY LEGAL FIGHT A “WIN FOR OREGON.”
THREE MEN ARRESTED AFTER A STRONG-ARM ROBBERY AT THE LITTLE PANTRY MARKET PARKING LOT IN GRANTS PASS EARLY SATURDAY. THE VICTIM TOLD SHERIFFS DEPUTIES THAT 2 MEN ROBBED HIM AT GUN POINT, BEAT HIM WITH THE GUN, AND STOLE HIS SHOES, PANTS, AND WALLET. SHERIFFS STOPPED AND CAUGHT THE SUSPECTS JUST SOUTH OF THE ROGUE RIVER EXIT. IN THE JO COUNTY LOCKUP ARE ORDEE MARTIN, MANUEL MARTINEZ, AND KEVIN RHODES
ACCESS, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT KNOWN PROVIDING FOOD, HOUSING, AND SHELTER SERVICES HAS A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE BOARD APPOINTING KELLIE BATTAGLIA TO THE POSITION. BATTAGLIA HAD BEEN CO-INTERIM DIRECTOR AND HAS WORKED WITH THE FIRM SINCE 2018. SHE’LL TAKE OVER IN MARCH.
TODAY THE TEMPORARY BOARD MADE UP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY MEETS TO INTERVIEW NINE APPLICANTS FOR 2 OPEN POSITIONS FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. YOU MAY RECALL 5 HAD MADE THE CUT A FEW DAYS AGO. HOWEVER, ONE DROPPED OUT AND FIVE MORE WERE ADDED TO THE POOL USING A PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS. THE NINE CANDIDATES ARE COLENE MARTIN, LORNA JESSE, JONATHAN KNAPP, MATTHEW MOSER, RUSSEL MCALMOND, DARIUS ENGLEN, GARY RICHARDSON, MICHAEL BURDGE AND SIMON HARE. THE BOARD WILL MEET AGAIN TOMORROW TO CHOOSE THE 2 NEW COMMISSIONERS.