Brett joined the NewsWatch 12 team in July of 2020.

Title: Reporter/producer

Brett joined the NewsWatch 12 team in July of 2020.

Local Christmas tree farmers expect shortage of trees in the coming years

The last couple of years of drought and extreme heat have impacted hundreds of farmers across Southern Oregon, including Christmas tree famers. Although most expect to have enough trees available for the 2021 holiday season, one farmer expects that there could be a shortage of tree in the coming years because of consistent drought and extreme heat.

K-9 Zoro helps police officers track down suspect eluding police in Douglas County

When 36-year-old Travis John Byrd of Riddle began eluding police in Douglas County, he didn't expect that Zoro, a K-9 with the sheriff's office, would be the one to take him down.

Homicide suspect in custody after altercation in Chiloquin

36-year old Shay Michael Treetop is being charged with Criminally Negligent Homicide after police found that an altercation between Treetop and 22-year old Gabriel Moreno resulted in Moreno's death.

Record amount of fentanyl deaths reported in Jackson County

For the third year in a row, Jackson County has topped its previous year in fentanyl deaths. In 2019, there were six, in 2020 there 13 and in 2021 as of July there have been 14 reported deaths related to fentanyl overdoses.

Missing Central Point man found safe on Sunday

Reid Brumble, who was last seen on October 15th, has been found safe and is back home with his family.

Wind-driven wildfire found in Josephine County

Rural Metro Fire and ODF Southwest Oregon District units are on scene of 1+ acre wildfire being pushed by wind in the 500 block of Crow Rd, near the powerline right-of-way.

Several crashes keep law enforcement busy overnight in Josephine County

Law enforcement and first responders were kept very busy Saturday morning in Josephine County after having to respond to three separate crashes within the span of an hour and a half.

Coronavirus Watch: Local school creates pumpkin patch for students

Even after Sacred Heart Catholic School found out that they would have to cancel field trips for the second year in a row, parent volunteers and staff decided to create a pumpkin patch to bring a sense of normalcy to their student's lives.

Power restored to essentially all 25,000 customers impacted by Public Safety Power Shutoff

In addition, PG&E is continuing to monitor another weather system expected to bring dry offshore winds to Northern and Central California. Given this latest wind event, PG&E may need to call a second PSPS this week to reduce wildfire risk.

Asante hospitalizations down 75% since COVID peak on August 29th,

As of Saturday, Asante is reporting that only 38 people are in the hospital with COVID-19, a 75% decrease in hospitalizations according to the company since the peak of the pandemic across Jackson and Josephine Counties on August 29.

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 357526

Reported Deaths: 4284

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 4852216

Reported Deaths: 71350