La Clinica Family Nurse Practioner Resident Donald Fitzgerald sits at a computer to log the day's charts at the Phoenix Health Center. La Clinica was one of three health centers that were recipents of a $6 million grant intended to recruit and train new nurse practitioners and physician associates, in order to serve rural communities in Jackson and Josephine counties.
By Emma Maple of the Daily Courier
PHOENIX — In fall 2025, recent Vanderbilt graduate Donald Fitzgerald packed his things and moved from Nashville to Medford to take part in a training program with La Clinica, a Rogue Valley healthcare organization. He had never been to the area before, and, as a Black man moving to a rural part of the country, he was wary.
North Valley senior Taylor Laird (6) follows through on one of her nine kills during Thursday night's season opener against Douglas in Merlin. The Knights captured the season-opening win in four sets over the Trojans.
By Travis Moore of the Daily Courier
MERLIN — North Valley’s two big hitters had strong matches on Thursday as the Knights kicked off the volleyball season with a 25-23, 21-25, 25-18, 25-18 non-league win over Douglas.
Taylor Laird led the way with nine kills in addition to nine digs for North Valley. Abbagayle Robinson added 10 aces, six kills and six digs in the victory.
Standing some 25 feet tall in the picturesque little valley behind our house is a handsome catalpa tree, something I referred to as a bean tree until Bill Varble enlightened me when he gave it to us as a sprouting seedling in a small pot some 15 years ago.
Kaz Chandler's oil painting, "Off the Leash," is one of the many pieces of artwork in the annual membership exhibition that opened this week at the Collier Gallery at Collaborative Theatre Project, inside the CTP Playhouse at 555 Medford Center in Medford.
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