Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-22
ASHLAND -- Freshman Anaya Dey said that it has been a challenge to find community with other black students at North Medford High School. "You barely see them," she said. But feelings of isolation were quelled for at least a day as 63 black high school students from across the valley gathered Thursday at the first Black Youth Leadership Summit at Southern Oregon University. "Being around people that have the same cultural experience as you, and look like you and have the same ancestors as you, w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-22
What's Streaming While millennials are often thought of as “entitled” — a generation coddled by technology, spared the struggles of previous generations and believing life is one big party — there is one who stands out as the grand master: Billy McFarland. A self-proclaimed marketing genius who invented a luxury, metal credit card for millennials, the man (boy?) proved to be far out of his depth when he embarked on what was supposed to be the party of the century in the B
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-22
Camelot Theatre presents: ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ Camelot Theatre presents one of the most celebrated musicals of the 2014 Broadway season, “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder.” Set in London in 1909, “A Gentleman’s Guide” tells the uproarious, farcical story of Monty Navarro, an heir to a family fortune who sets out to jump the line of succession by — you guessed it — eliminating the eight pesky relatives who sta
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Regarding the guest opinion in the Mail Tribune on Dec. 4 by Alan Journet about woody biomass not being carbon neutral: If the premise for an opinion is flawed to begin with, the conclusion will be wrong. If one assumes that live trees are harvested as feedstock for biomass power plants, his argument might hold merit. However, this is simply untrue. Biomass power plants are fueled by the byproduct of forest product primary and secondary manufacturing (bark, chips, sawdust, plytrim), tree and shr
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Nearly 50 Democratic lawmakers called for a watchdog investigation of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after the agency confirmed it had been force-feeding immigrant detainees on a hunger strike. Reporting by The Associated Press revealed late last month that nine Indian men who were refusing food at a Texas detention facility were being force-fed through nasal tubes against their will. On Thursday, all force-feeding at the detention center near the El Paso airport abruptly st
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Ashland City Council overruled Mayor John Stromberg’s veto Tuesday night on an ordinance to allow Uber and Lyft to operate in Ashland. The changes will go into effect in 30 days after Tuesday’s 4-2 vote, and it does not require the mayor’s signature. The council tried to negotiate with the transportation network companies to provide stricter requirements for drivers that are more closely aligned with what taxi cab companies use, including more in-depth background checks and req
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
OREGON CITY — Prosecutors who have resisted changes in Oregon's voter-approved mandatory minimum sentencing are proposing an alternative that includes reducing marijuana terms so that most offenders wouldn't go to prison. The proposal outlined Tuesday at an Oregon City news conference also would reduce presumptive sentences for other drug distribution offenses. The prosecutors are responding to a package presented by a public safety commission that Gov. John Kitzhaber asked to make budget-
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Local residents can make appointments for their pets’ spay/neuter surgeries at a new SNYP clinic at 111 N. Pacific Highway, in Talent. With this new clinic — the first stand-alone, low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Southern Oregon — SNYP projects its annual volume of spays and neuters will increase from 3,000 to 5,000 in the first year of operation, according to a press release issued Wednesday. In addition to providing spay/neuter support for shelter animals in Jackson, Josephine
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — A dog named Kingston is back with his family 101 days after he jumped out of their truck as they fled a devastating Northern California wildfire. The 12-year-old Akita was reunited Monday with the Ballejos family, who fled the town of Paradise late last year, Sacramento television station KXTV reported . "When I found out, (it) just about brought me to tears," said Gabriel Ballejos, Kingston's owner. "I'm so proud of him. I can't believe it. He's a true survivor, an
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
A backpack containing dealer quantities of methamphetamine hidden at a neighbor’s home has led to the arrests of a Medford man and his mother. Jesus Marcos Mota-Solis, 20, and his mother, Maria Alma Solis-Padilla, 47, each face felony charges of delivering and possessing meth following a monthlong investigation that began with a backpack left in the south Medford mobile home park where they live. At about 2:30 p.m. Jan. 14, Medford police and the multi-agency Medford Area Drug and Gang Enf
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Wildlife Images' "Saving Wildlife With LOVE" campaign brought in more than $12,000 Thursday and will feed its two 1,000-pound bears, Yak and Kodi, for an entire year. In exchange for $20 donations, donors received a photo of Yak or Kodi devouring a fish with their ex's name on it. Wildlife Images says it may take a few weeks to get the photos, because the two bears have a lot of eating to do. In addition to being well fed, the bears will get an improved habitat.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he would prevail over a multistate lawsuit challenging his emergency declaration to pay for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he expected to do "very well" against the suit, adding that he had an "absolute right" to make the declaration. "I think in the end we're going to be very successful with the lawsuit," Trump said. "I actually think we might do very well, even in the 9th Circu
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Two legal interns who say they were sexually harassed by former state Sen. Jeff Kruse of Roseburg have filed a lawsuit against him and the Legislative Assembly. The complaint, filed Monday in Marion County Circuit Court, seeks $6.7 million in damages and alleges sexual harassment, gender discrimination and negligent supervision. Kruse told The News-Review Tuesday he thinks that's unreasonable. "Quite honestly I think there's two young ladies that some lawyer has convinced them they can make mone
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
More than 300 people cheered the groundbreaking Tuesday for the Holly Theatre in downtown Medford, but what really got Michelle Ellis and many others pumped was standing next to one of their favorite movie stars, Jim Belushi. "I'm good now -- I got to touch him," Ellis said after her dizzying moment rubbing shoulders with Belushi, though the 41-year-old Medford resident who lives on Holly Street said she didn't want to bother him for an autograph. Belushi , honorary chair of the Holly Restoratio
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Isaiah Barnes almost didn't get to be in his third-grade class Wednesday morning. What stood between him and a brief exclusion from Mae Richardson Elementary School was a needle and band-aid: the dose of the Hepatitis A vaccine he was missing among Oregon's required immunizations for K-12 students. "He's my kid that would want to go to school," said his father, Hamilton Barnes. "My other kids would be like, 'wait if I don't get the shot, I don't get to go to school? OK, then I'm not interested.'
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Isaiah Barnes almost didn't get to be in his third-grade class Wednesday morning. What stood between him and a brief exclusion from Mae Richardson Elementary School was a needle and band-aid: the dose of the Hepatitis A vaccine he was missing among Oregon's required immunizations for K-12 students. "He's my kid that would want to go to school," said his father, Hamilton Barnes. "My other kids would be like, 'wait if I don't get the shot, I don't get to go to school? OK, then I'm not interested.'
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
NEW YORK (AP) — The chief executive and chief creative officer of luxury fashion powerhouse Burberry have apologized for putting a hoodie with strings tied in the shape of a noose on their London Fashion Week runway. The knotted strings surfaced after Sunday’s show when a model hired to walk (but not wear the outfit) complained both before the show and on Instagram, saying the noose not only evoked lynchings but also suicide. Marco Gobbetti, the brand’s CEO, said in a statement
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Christine Bynum, 17, can be charged and sentenced as an adult, drive on interstates with adults, work and pay income tax, but she can't vote. Bynum, daughter of state Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Happy Valley, went to the Capitol on Monday to urge legislators to change that. "If I can be tried as an adult, why can’t I vote like an adult?" said Bynum, who attends La Salle High School in Milwaukie said during a press conference Monday at the Capitol. "I pay income tax like an adult. I drive like an
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-20
Rogue Valley residents can expect rain possibly followed by up to an inch of snow on the valley floor Wednesday night during a storm front expected to move into the region Tuesday evening. Most of the snow Tuesday night will be at 2,000 feet and higher elevations, with heavier snow expected higher in the Cascades Tuesday evening and again Wednesday evening after a mix of rain and snow during the day Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. The Weather Service is predicting another 1