Southern Oregon ballet enthusiasts are in for a holiday treat this December. 2019 marks Studio Roxander’s 10 year anniversary as Southern Oregon’s professional ballet school, as well as their 10th annual production of The Nutcracker.

Research has shown that a child’s brain grows more from pregnancy to preschool than at any other time in life, and that by age four, the foundation is set for all future physical, emotional and mental health. It was for that reason that Grandmas2Go-Family Coaches (G2G) was formed in Southern Oregon in 2015 by Linda A. Otto.

Luna Mexican Cuisine opened in February at 1310 Center Drive here in Medford (next to McGrath’s Fish House and Harry and David Country Village). And ever since day one the rave reviews have poured in.

Hanging a door is not as easy as it looks. I tried it once about 20 years ago, attempting to install a door into the rec room, and by the time I was done, it looked like something out of a prison riot. “Honey,” I said to my wife, “maybe we should call a professional.”

Brent Kenyon, owner of The Wharf Fresh Seafood Market & Eatery, was born here in Medford in 1974, but his Oregon roots go back over a century. “My grandfather George Handy came to Southern Oregon in the first part of the 1900s to work agriculture in the Earl Orchard where Bear Creek Corp now sits.