Government shouldn’t look at events as cash cows

Strong communities don’t just happen. They rely on connection—residents knowing what’s going on, businesses reaching the customers who keep them open, and citizens having the facts to make good decisions. Local newspapers provide that connection in ways no other source can. In today’s fractured media environment, trust is the rarest commodity. Confidence in “the media” is low. Only 18%...

It took less than five minutes for members of the Medford Planning Commission to give their blessing to a proposed plat for a residential subdivision on city-owned property south of CTH O.This is the second time commission members reviewed the plans for the 33-lot Johnson Subdivision. The subdivision will connect to the existing Simek Subdvision on the south side and to CTH O on the north side. Th...