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· snapshot 2021-04-15
Oregon Senate votes to extend grace period for past-due rent By SARA CLINE The Associated Press/Report for America Updated: Apr 15, 2021 03:15 PM A A AP FILE - This April 22, 2017 file photo shows For Rent signs in front of a house in Salem, Ore PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Senate voted in favor of a bill Wednesday that would give tenants struggling with financial hardships due to the pandemic more time to pay past-due rent. Currently, tenants have until July to pay back rent, but under the
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Actor suing Jackson County Jail seeks up to $706,000 By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 15, 2021 04:45 PM A A Deputies Michael Hammond and Brady Bjorkland walk away from Juan Anthony "Tony" Sancho after chaining him to a grate in a Jackson County Jail dry cell. Sancho filed a lawsuit surrounding his treatment at the jail earlier this week. Photo filed in U.S. District Court in Medford. A California stage actor has amended his excessive force lawsuit against the Jackson County Jail seeking damages well
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Medford schools to start early in 2021-22 By Joe Zavala Updated: Apr 15, 2021 04:55 PM A A Board approves calendar that includes first day on Aug. 23 School, backpack, educational. Medford students will start the 2021-22 school year two weeks earlier than the year before and will have an extra week of school overall during the academic year as the school board during its April 8 meeting adopted a calendar with an eye toward post-pandemic recovery. The first day of school is set for Aug. 23 and t
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ODFW calls for disposal of contaminated aquarium plant By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Apr 15, 2021 04:49 PM A A A screen shot from an Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife YouTube video shows an invasive zebra mussel, which the agency says has tainted a specific type of aquarium plant. It’s asking Rogue Valley residents to dispose safely of the plants, then disinfect their tanks. The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife is calling for the disposal of a contaminated aquarium plant sold by
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· snapshot 2021-04-16
Controlled burning in Ashland Watershed continues Friday By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Apr 16, 2021 08:04 AM A A FILE PHOTO A past controlled burn overseen by The Nature Conservancy, Lomakatsi and Grayback Forestry (Jamie Lusch/Mail Tribune) Forestry crews will continue controlled burning operations at two separate sites in the Ashland Watershed Friday and Saturday, with a trail closure again in place, according to a news release. The burns will be conducted near the Four Corners trailhead and
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Jackson County Animal Shelter needs pet food donations By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Apr 15, 2021 03:33 PM A A The Jackson County Animal Shelter has started a pet food drive to fill a “desperate need” for the shelter’s furry denizens, according to a news release. The shelter needs adult and puppy dry food and dry and canned kitten food, both with no dyes. Donations can be brought to the Animal Shelter, 5595 S. Pacific Highway, Phoenix, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and from
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RoseBud Superstar: Bryce Dyer By Teresa Standstipher Updated: Apr 16, 2021 08:00 AM A A Dribble. Shoot. Swish! Bryce Dyer is a star athlete and student who puts 100% effort into everything he does. From the football field to the basketball court to inside the classroom he’s a hype man for everyone encouraging others to be there best and give their all.
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· snapshot 2017-09-05
Reflecting on totality By Ryan Pfeil Sep 05, 2017 12:00 AM A A Waking up the day of the total solar eclipse was different for Reyna Kirschel. Aug. 21, 2017, had always been something to look forward to, a date that was years or months or weeks or days away. It had never been "today." But she wasn't just ready to view the eclipse from the ground. She was eager to get going on the senior project she and 10 other students had been working on the past two years: a NASA-coordinated effort to photogra
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Full immunization is the goal in Jackson County By Damian Mann Updated: Apr 15, 2021 03:40 PM A A Jamie Lusch / Mail TribuneThe Federal Emergency Management Agency will be aiding in an upcoming vaccination clinic at the Jackson County Expo. Every Jackson County resident 16 years or older could be vaccinated by the middle of June. Jackson County officials announced this goal Thursday after receiving help from Providence Health and Services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Oregon H
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ASF kicks off annual fund drive By Joe Zavala Updated: Apr 14, 2021 05:02 PM A A Drive was called off last year A Bellview Elementary second-grade student uses binoculars that were included in his new Outdoor Adventure Backpack, funded through an Ashland Schools Foundation Impact Grant this spring.(Photo courtesy of Susan Bacon) The Ashland Schools Foundation kicked off its annual fund drive Saturday, its first since 2019 after last year’s drive was called off to weather COVID-19. A nonprofit fo
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Grizzlies welcome back Marc Gasol, edge Thunder By The Associated Press Jan 15, 2014 12:00 AM A A MEMHIS, Tenn. — Courtney Lee scored a season-high 24 points, including the closing two free throws, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 90-87 on Tuesday night in Marc Gasol's return to the lineup. Zach Randolph had 23 points and 13 rebounds on the night his inside partner came back after missing almost eight weeks with a left knee injury. Gasol played 24 minutes and finished wit
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Emergency services, April 15 By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 14, 2021 07:20 PM A A Felony arrests Vehicle Theft ― Joseph Cruz Leyva III, 35, no known address. Medford police arrested Leyva Wednesday on a felony warrant charging him with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a misdemeanor warrant charging him with second-degree theft and for violating his parole on a prior conviction for delivering a Schedule III controlled substance to a minor. He was held in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday without
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RCC to host White City COVID-19 vaccine clinic By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Apr 15, 2021 02:59 PM A A FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2020 file photo, prepared COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine syringes are seen at Edward Hospital in Naperville, Ill. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) Rogue Community College will host a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for RCC students, staff and household members from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, April 19, at the college’s Table Rock Campus, 7800 Pacific Ave., White City. The drive-thru
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One person injured in Table Rock Road crash By Mail Tribune staff Updated: Apr 15, 2021 01:16 PM A A At least one person was injured in a two-vehicle crash Thursday morning at the intersection of Table Rock and Biddle roads in Medford, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Details on what caused the crash and the extent of the injuries were not immediately available. Sheriff’s deputies and Medford police responded to the crash at 7:53 a.m., according to sheriff’s department publi
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Trail to the Titans By Mark Freeman of the Mail Tribune Dec 17, 2020 06:30 PM A A 2 View all photos HIOUCHI, Calif. — Diego Hernandez scrambles out of the forest duff beneath a massive coastal redwood tree, covered in dew. He’s working with crewmates to create an elevated walkway through some of the most majestic redwoods ever seen, but only recently acknowledged by their overseers at California’s Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Where big-tree hunters once trampled, Hernandez is helping crea
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Recalling Big Al of Ashland burger fame By John Darling for the Tidings Sep 12, 2019 05:19 PM A A Over nearly half a century, “Big Al” Carver became an Ashland legend for his big, mustachioed smile, irrepressible support of Grizzly sports, his love of hot-air ballooning, his annual tennis tournament, and a highly successful “Big Al’s” burger joint, which he opened on North Main Street in 1973. Surrounded by his family and Donna, his wife of 58 years, Big Al died Sept. 7, at age 88. Overnight, th
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Coronavirus hug image named World Press Photo of the Year By MIKE CORDER Associated Press Updated: Apr 15, 2021 10:15 AM A A In this image released by World Press Photo, Thursday April 15, 2021, by Mads Nissen, Politiken, Panos Pictures, which won the World Press Photo of the Year award, and the first prize in the General News Singles category, titled The First Embrace, shows Rosa Luzia Lunardi (85) embraced by nurse Adriana Silva da Costa Souza, at Viva Bem care home, Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Augu
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D. Lorin Jacobs Mar 11, 2018 12:00 AM A A March 29, 1937 - February 27, 2018 D. Lorin Jacobs, local architect, loyal Oregon Duck fan, and lifelong Oregonian, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at his home. He was 80. Born March 29, 1937 in Medford, Oregon to Donald and Iva Jacobs, Lorin was one of 11 children. He attended Jackson Elementary School and was a 1955 graduate of Medford High. He continued his education at the University of Oregon where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degre
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· snapshot 2014-05-11
Opinion misrepresented public school music programs By Lynn Gervais May 11, 2014 12:00 AM A A I am dismayed at the misrepresentation shared by Roy Sutton concerning music in our valley's public schools in March (http://bit.ly/1mCUGfF). While he is in support of music, which is great, his knowledge of the current state of affairs in the Medford School District is inaccurate and potentially damaging to our programs. Why does a person I have never seen at a public school music concert and who has m
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· snapshot 2016-10-12
Life after breast cancer Oct 12, 2016 12:00 AM A A 3 View all photos Barbara Hansen In 2003, my yearly mammogram found a shadow in my left breast, and a needle biopsy confirmed it was cancer. A lumpectomy was done with no further treatment needed. In 2006, a repeat, this time in my right breast. Worse news this time — extremely malignant stage 3. This meant removal of the breast. Four days after coming home, my daughter had me over for dinner, and to my surprise it turned out to be a "Bye, Bye B