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· snapshot 2021-04-26
COVID hospitalizations put reopening at risk By Vickie Aldous Updated: Apr 26, 2021 05:10 PM A A Jackson County could be pushed back into extreme risk restrictions The number of people hospitalized in Oregon with COVID-19 has surpassed 300 patients, putting Jackson County at risk of being pushed back into the extreme risk category, which brings restrictions such as no indoor restaurant dining. Oregon reported 319 hospitalized people with COVID-19 Monday, which was 28 more than Sunday. Seventy-se
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· snapshot 2021-04-21
Oregon to allow indoor, full-contact sports despite surge By AP Updated: Apr 21, 2021 01:59 PM A A PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — State officials say despite a fourth surge and rising numbers of patients hospitalized because of COVID-19, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown will ease restrictions by allowing “indoor full-contact sports” to restart by the end of the week. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the governor’s office and the Oregon Health Authority said the move is in recognition of “the importance of athletic
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
May ballots are heading to voters By Staff report Updated: Apr 26, 2021 03:53 PM A A Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Voters drop off ballots for the May election in 2020. The Jackson County Elections Office is reminding voters to look for ballots that will be coming in the mail for the May 18 election. Ballots will be delivered to a United States Postal Service processing center this Friday and will start showing up in mail boxes as soon as the next day. If you don’t receive a ballot by Friday, May 7
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
Kaleidoscope - Best Of The Best By Justin Umberson Updated: Apr 26, 2021 02:05 PM A A Kaleidoscope's pepperoni perfection: Spicy but not too, tasty marinara sauce, blended cheeses on a tender-crisp crust. Photo by Jim Flint
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
’They blew my mind’ By Joe Zavala Updated: Apr 26, 2021 11:12 AM A A St. Mary’s robotics teams roll through qualifier and into state Jamie Lusch / Mail TribuneIan Cool, left, and Vanessa Lim, test out a robot they helped create with the school's robotic team at St. Mary's on Thursday. Audrey Mills was testing the strength of some scavenged servo motors, looking for the strongest. “So far, no luck,” she said, meaning they were all falling short of her improvised grip test. Behind her, at another
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· snapshot 2018-04-11
Ex-North star Brown hopes to continue success with RockHounds By Dan Jones Apr 11, 2018 12:00 AM A A Minor league baseball player Seth Brown let the game come to him last year, and the rest is history. Brown, a 2010 North Medford High graduate, erupted for 30 home runs and 109 RBIs for the Stockton Ports, the Class A Advanced affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, in 2017. His RBI mark was a single-season franchise record. That August, Brown hit a grand slam off of rehabbing San Francisco Giants st
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· snapshot 2021-04-24
PREP BASEBALL: North duo blanks Ashland in sweep Updated: Apr 24, 2021 08:04 PM A A North Medford senior Gavin Schmidt, shown pitching earlier this season against South Medford, allowed one hit — as did his teammate Cody Borraggine — in Saturday’s doubleheader sweep at Ashland. Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune ASHLAND — North Medford senior pitchers Cody Borraggine and Gavin Schmidt weren’t in a giving mood Saturday, and that certainly didn’t bode well for Ashland’s baseball team at North Mountain P
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
The famous words likely were borne by Ashland resident By Paul Fattig Updated: Apr 26, 2021 11:27 AM A A Diane Newell Meyer Diane Newell Meyer doesn't recall what prompted her to come up with the slogan that spring day more than 45 years ago. But she remembers grabbing an envelope and writing boldly on the back, "Let's make love, not war!" She attached it to her sweater before attending an April 23, 1965, largely anti-war rally at the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she was a student. "It
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
Nonprofit begins construction on tiny homes for Almeda survivors By by Ambar Rodriguez Updated: Apr 26, 2021 11:39 AM A A Volunteers are seen working on the first two tiny homes for Almeda fire survivors. The project is being funded by the Tiny Pine Foundation, a nonprofit that builds tiny homes for people who lost their homes to a wildfire. (Ambar Rodriguez/News 10) After losing her home to a wildfire in 2008, a California resident along with volunteers are now helping Almeda survivors by build
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
Klamath Falls restaurant fined for 2nd time over COVID rules By AP Updated: Apr 26, 2021 11:53 AM A A Casey's Restaurant in Klamath Falls. (Kevin McNamara/KTVL) KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — A Klamath Falls restaurant landed a hefty fine Friday from state workplace safety officials amid COVID-19 for continuing to offer indoor dining after it was similarly fined last December for the same thing. Casey’s Restaurant was fined $27,660 by the Oregon Health and Safety Administration for four violations,
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· snapshot 2021-04-25
Emergency services, April 25 Apr 25, 2021 08:00 AM A A Felony arrests Officer Assault — Suzette Breeze Millican, 44, no known address. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested Millican Friday on a felony charge of assaulting a police or public safety officer and a misdemeanor charges of harassment. Millican was originally arrested Feb. 16 on warrants for failing to appear in court on previous charges of first- and second-degree theft, unlawfully possessing methamphetamine, resisting arrest and
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
Sheriff: One dead in White City explosion By By Ambar Rodriguez Updated: Apr 26, 2021 11:49 AM A A One person is dead and at least three people were injured Wednesday night in an explosion at an illegal cannabis operation in White City, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office reported. Two people were transported to Oregon Health and Science University in Portland with “severe" burns, JCSO said. On Friday, the sheriff's office confirmed that one of the men later died.
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· snapshot 2021-04-26
JP The Dog Guy: Franco the Frenchie is a Bully Pt. 1 By Teresa Standstipher Updated: Apr 26, 2021 08:00 AM A A JP the Dog Guy is headed to Kelly and Jeff’s house to meet Franco the Frenchie! Franco likes to meet guests at the door with barks and sometimes even tries to nip at them. Join JP as he meets the family and learns about Franco’s bad bully behavior.
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· snapshot 2021-05-03
Districts lay out summer plans By Joe Zavala May 03, 2021 06:30 PM A A Jamie Lusch / Mail TribuneSeventh grader Lily Jackson studies Friday at White Mountain Middle School in White City. Phoenix-Talent, Eagle Point, Ashland promise fun, plus credit retrieval option It’s been a school year like none other, so it should come as no surprise that the summer will bring more of the same, and about six weeks before the last day of the 2020-21 academic year local districts are scrambling to organize sum
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· snapshot 2019-09-10
Groups honored for innovative ways to fight addiction By Vickie Aldous of the Mail Tribune Sep 10, 2019 06:19 PM A A A local nonprofit is being recognized as one of nine programs around the state that are tackling addiction and saving lives in innovative ways. Julia and David Pinsky founded Max’s Mission after their son Max died of a heroin overdose in Ashland in 2013. Since 2016, Max’s Mission has given away more than 3,000 doses of naloxone, an easy-to-use nasal spray that reverses an opioid o
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· snapshot 2021-05-03
‘A Doll’s House, Part 2’ opens at Grizzly Peak Winery By Allayana Darrow Updated: May 03, 2021 04:21 PM A A ASHLAND — The Rogue Theater Company launches its 2021 season this week with “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” an outdoor, physically distanced live performance at Grizzly Peak Winery at 2 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, May 6-16. Live music starts a half-hour before each show. The cast for “A Doll’s House, Part 2,” a Tony Award-nominated comedy and drama written by Lucas Hnath, includes Peter Al
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· snapshot 2021-05-03
Libraries open to in-person browsing By Staff report Updated: May 03, 2021 04:10 PM A A Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune All 15 library branches in Jackson County have reopened to in-person browsing. Masks required inside library branches All 15 library branches in Jackson County have reopened to in-person browsing. The number of people allowed inside each branch may be limited to ensure social distancing requirements can be met. Patrons are being asked to use the self-service stations to check out ma
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· snapshot 2021-05-03
Jackson County reports 16 COVID-19 cases Monday By Vickie Aldous Updated: May 03, 2021 04:42 PM A A Jackson County reported 16 new COVID-19 cases Monday and appears likely to remain under the state’s extreme risk restrictions that have shut down indoor restaurant dining and curtailed gym capacity in 15 counties across the state. Jackson County Public Health reported that the county had 599 new COVID-19 cases during the two-week period that ended Saturday, which equals a case rate of 270.0 cases
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· snapshot 2021-05-03
Emergency services, May 4, 2021 Updated: May 03, 2021 08:07 PM A A Felony arrests Drugs — Mariah May Allen, 23, of the 700 block of Palm Street, Medford. Medford police arrested May Saturday on a charge of delivering methamphetamine. She was booked into jail and held on $25,000 bail. Assault — Michael Todd Atkins, 45, of the 7700 block of Ingalls Drive, White City. Medford police arrested Atkins Sunday on charges of interfering with making a report, assault in the fourth degree, harassment, and
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· snapshot 2021-05-03
Take A Look At This: Baby Born Mid-flight By Teresa Standstipher Updated: May 03, 2021 11:21 AM A A When you're headed for vacation the last thing you expect is to give birth mid-flight… Lavi Mounga was 7 months pregnant and on her way to Hawaii when her son and body decided it was time to give birth. Luckily there was a doctor and 3 NICU nurses on board who kept baby Raymond stable for the next three hours before they landed.