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2010 

Southern Oregon Film and Television - Letters From the Big Man.  The motion picture titled ‘Letters From the Big Man', written and directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Christopher Munch, wrapped here on the coast on November 2 of this year.  Makai Ohana Productions, along with SOFaT (Southern ...
01/10/2010
The Grants Pass Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is moving!  The Grants Pass DMV has been trying to renegotiate their lease at their current F Street location, but to no avail.  As a result, the Grants Pass DMV is relocating its office effective March 1, 2010.  The new office will be loc...
01/09/2010
6.5 Earthquake on the Northern California Coast Today!  I was sitting in my real estate office in Grants Pass Oregon chatting with a colleague today, when I noticed a little angel decoration on top of a filing cabinet started to shake.  I told my fellow agent; "look at that angel shaking, I wonde...
01/09/2010
Where did the Bay Area Sea Lions go... You got it, the Oregon Coast!  San Francisco Bay Pier 39 has been a little quiet since hundreds of sea lions left the area around Thanksgiving and apparently found a new home at another tourist attraction - 500 miles north on the Oregon coast.  Thousands of ...
01/09/2010
This Just Doesn't Happen In Grants Pass Oregon!  Here is a picture of a cup of hot coffee sitting on a sheet of ice in a Byrneville pool.  The photo was submitted by Angie Baker for NorthEscambia.com.  Angie Baker said; "I sat my hot coffee cup onto the frozen water of the pool and was able to ta...
01/09/2010
Here are the latest Grants Pass Southern Oregon Real Estate Statistics for December 2009. 851 - Active Residential Listings 87 - Homes Sold 34 - Listings Pending 122 - Average Days on Market $217,689. - Average Sold Price Statistics provided courtesy of Real Estate Cafe.  Source of information is...
01/06/2010
Gallagher Performs in  Grants Pass, Oregon - January 22, 2010. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about Gallagher: What is Gallagher's first name?  He is referred to as Gallagher. Does Gallagher have a fan club?  Gallagher does not have an official fan club, but all fan letters should be se...
01/06/2010
Southern Oregon Weather.  2009' finished the year as the fourth driest calender year on record for Medford Oregon since 1928.  Unfortunately, that means less water in rivers and streams, which may spell disaster for fire season in the summer months.  Perhaps El Nino isn't finished with Southern O...
01/04/2010
Southern Oregon's Telephone Service will be changing effective January 10, 2010.  All local Southern Oregon calls will need to include the area code and the phone number when placing a call.  The reason for the change is Oregon is preparing to add its fourth area code, 458.  The new area code wil...
01/03/2010
Porters Restaurant in Medford Oregon.  The city of Medford was born in the late 1800s when the Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad pushed south through a town called ‘Middleford' in the Rogue Valley. By 1910 Medford, renamed by a railroad engineer, was a rapidly growing, prosperous community and Ja...
01/03/2010
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