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AP source: Suspect in Capitol attack suffered delusions By AP Updated: Apr 03, 2021 05:19 PM A A The American flag at the U.S. Capitol is lowered to half-staff in honor of Capitol Police officer William Evans who was killed after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol, killing one of them before he
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45th Pear Blossom Run will be a virtual repeat By Tim Trower Updated: Apr 03, 2021 08:51 PM A A Heather Johnson, the 2020 virtual women's winner, pushed her baby's stroller during training runs. Mail Tribune file photo Pear Blossom Run organizers were hopeful last year’s 44th edition would be a one-off: a virtual experience unlike any other as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Well, now it’s a two-off. Again, fingers are crossed it will be the last such approach. “We really didn’t,” race co-dir
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Phoenix-Talent students taking charter buses, for now Updated: Apr 03, 2021 04:55 PM A A Why are Phoenix-Talent students being picked up and dropped off by Emerald Charters buses? — no name given Because those are the only local buses available. Phoenix-Talent Superintendent Brent Barry said administrators found out on the Friday of spring break, March 26, that First Student, the company that supplies bus service for most of the schools in the Rogue Valley, would not be able to cover the mid-day
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Jackson County at 9,357 cases By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 03, 2021 04:55 PM A A Jackson County recorded 36 new coronavirus cases Saturday, bringing the state’s latest case count to 9,357. The new Jackson County cases are among 476 COVID-19 cases recorded across the state Saturday, according to a release from the Oregon Health Authority, bringing the state’s latest case count to 166,480. The state separately recorded six new coronavirus fatalities, including one in neighboring Josephine County, w
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Medford coffee shop fined more than $9,000 By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 03, 2021 02:25 PM A A Oregon OSHA fined Forage Coffee in Medford $9,250 for “willful” violations of the state’s COVID-19 restrictions State regulators fined a Medford coffee shop $9,250 for violating Oregon’s coronavirus restrictions that included ignoring the state’s ban on indoor dining for nine days in November. According to a release from Oregon OSHA, the vast majority of the fine against Forage Coffee Company is because
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Crash into Medford medical building was intentional, police say By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 03, 2021 04:01 PM A A Medford police say a 1994 Dodge RAM 1500 pickup crashed into a Providence Medford Medical Center building adjacent to the hspital Friday afternoon was intentional, but that the driver was having a mental health crisis. Medford police photo. Police believe the driver was having a mental health crisis during the crash Medford police say that a crash into a building on the Providence Me
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South Medford overhauls North Medford with dramatic rally By Kris Henry Updated: Apr 02, 2021 10:56 PM A A Andy Atkinson / Mail TribuneSouth Medford celebrates after overtaking North Medford, 35-34, in the 35th Black and Blue Bowl. It didn’t seem possible, and yet it was Friday night at Spiegelberg Stadium. In one of the wildest comebacks in Black and Blue Bowl history, South Medford roared back from a 20-0 deficit with a fourth-quarter flurry, stunning North Medford with a go-ahead touchdown an
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Prep football: Eaton’s five TD passes carry Crater Updated: Apr 02, 2021 10:26 PM A A Crater quarterback Blake Eaton (11), shown in an earlier game. Mail Tribune file photo ROSEBURG — Blake Eaton threw five touchdown passes, including three long ones, as Crater rolled to a 42-7 football victory over Roseburg Friday. The Comets (3-2) opened a 28-0 halftime lead, then kick-started a running clock when they went ahead 35-0 midway through the third quarter. Crater improved to 3-2 and will end its se
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Medford schools to fully reopen April 12 By Joe Zavala Updated: Apr 02, 2021 06:21 PM A A Perry Dudley, Medford School District Head Custodian, and Ron Havniear, Medford School District Manager, separate desks at Griffin Creek Elementary School in this Mail Tribune file photo. The Medford School District will open all its schools to full-day in-person learning beginning April 12, with the first week to include one remote learning day Wednesday, and every week thereafter shifting to full five-day
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Fight undercurrent of bigotry and hatred By The Daily Astorian Apr 03, 2021 12:00 AM A A The hatefulness and plundering that accompanied the internment of Japanese Americans 80 years ago is our region’s most notorious racist episode in recent times, though bias against Native Americans and historical pogroms directed at Chinese immigrants also stain our past. It must be said Japanese families were supported by many friends and supporters in our community, people who welcomed them back as World W
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Accused pot robber tried to obtain date rape drug in jail, feds say By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 02, 2021 08:03 PM A A Shannon Christopher Harrop Feds say he wanted to initiate a medical emergency that would get him out of jail A man who allegedly planned a series of robberies targeting marijuana growers also devised an apparent scheme to get released from jail by using the date rape drug to fake an emergency, according to federal prosecutors. Shannon Christopher Harrop, 31, allegedly came close
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SOU roundup: Raiders drop men’s hoop opener Updated: Apr 02, 2021 08:00 PM A A Southern Oregon University men’s basketball. Mail Tribune file photo KLAMATH FALLS — Southern Oregon led for most of the first half but faded down the stretch in an 86-71 season-opening loss to Oregon Tech on Friday afternoon at Danny Miles Court. The Owls, playing their fifth game, rode senior Garret Albrecht’s career-high 32 points. The senior forward shot 13 of 16 from the field and pulled down 11 rebounds, helping
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Suspect arrested in Bear Creek Greenway homicide By Nick Morgan Updated: Apr 02, 2021 07:11 PM A A In the span of a week, Medford police have gone from an unidentified body to a suspect in custody on a murder charge. Richard Kemo John Hall, 43, was arrested Thursday night on second-degree murder and abuse of a corpse charges accusing him of killing 46-year-old Aaron Michael Mather last month and burying his body off the Bear Creek Greenway, according to Medford police Lt. Mike Budreau. Police’s
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Prep roundup: Cascade Christian caps unbeaten league season Updated: Apr 02, 2021 08:22 PM A A Cascade Christian soccer. Mail Tribune file photo Cascade Christian soccer. Mail Tribune file photo Cascade Christian built a comfortable first-half lead and defeated Rogue Valley Adventist, 4-2, in boys soccer action Friday at U.S. Cellular Community Park to claim the District 5 crown. The Challengers, in their first season under coach Javier De La Mora, finished the regular season with an 8-1 record
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South’s Boutwell, North’s Morris lead state skiers Updated: Apr 02, 2021 09:18 PM A A Prep skiing. Mail Tribune file photo Five skiers representing the Southern Oregon Ski Education Foundation high school league placed in the top 25 during the alpine state championships last month at Mt. Hood Skibowl. The local contingent was paced on the girls side by South Medford’s Jaeda Boutwell, who placed 11th in the combined results, and on the boys side by North Medford’s Nolan Morris, who was 14th. Bout
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This Day In Music: April 4th By Jake Higgins Apr 03, 2021 05:00 PM A A On This Day In Music: April 4th, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis in 1968, Frank Sinatra won an Oscar for Best Original Song in the movie 'A Hole In The Head', Styx went #1 for the concept album 'Paradise Theatre', and New Kids On The Block announced a 2008 reunion tour.
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Medford bans Greenway camping during fire season By Damian Mann Updated: Apr 02, 2021 04:09 PM A A Mail Tribune file photo The Medford City Council voted Thursday to ban camping on the Bear Creek Greenway duing fire season. Medford City Council passed a law Thursday banning any form of camping on the Bear Creek Greenway during fire season. The ordinance, partially a reaction to the devastating Almeda fire last summer, prohibits camping along the Greenway in Medford from May 1 to Sept. 30, or lon
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Forest fire project gets $500k state funding By Tony Boom Updated: Apr 02, 2021 04:06 PM A A Lomakatsi worker Braulio Cortez falls a tree near the top of Tolman Creek Road as part of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Project's aim to reduce wildfire risk in the Ashland watershed. File photo A $500,000 grant from the Oregon Department of Forestry will fund forest resiliency and fire-adapted community safety work on land that straddles ridges from Griffin Creek to Anderson Creek. Ashland-based Lomakat
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Fully vaccinated people can travel safely again, CDC says By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press Updated: Apr 02, 2021 04:41 PM A A FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 file photo, a passenger wears a face mask during an airline flight after taking off from Atlanta. On Friday, April 2, 20201, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance to say fully vaccinated people can travel within the U.S. without getting tested for the coronavirus or going into quarantine afterward. (AP P