Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
The historic Nunan House with its columned veranda, pretentious Queen Ann-style embellishments and prospect of charming Jacksonville has caught the eye of many wives over the years, but only a few have been able to persuade their husbands to purchase the estate. Jeremiah Nunan was the first man to gift his bride the 4,088-square-foot mansion. Nunan, a successful businessman and entrepreneur, selected the house — Design No. 143 — from a catalog called “The Cottage S
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
A student from a Tampa suburb is facing misdemeanor charges after an apparent confrontation with his teacher who wanted him to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. The 11-year-old refused to recite the pledge, telling his teacher that he believes the flag is racist and America's national anthem is offensive to black people, according to a Bay News 9 report that cited a statement the teacher gave to district officials. The teacher, who was substituting at Lawton Chiles Middle Academy in Lakeland,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
Nearly after a century after he gave his life for his country, Newell Barber will be remembered on Veterans Day. Barber died when his plane was shot down over France three months before the end of World War I, in August 1918. Two years later, Medford's first public airfield, on the south end of town, was named in his honor. As the aviation industry advanced, the 1,500-foot-long, 25-foot-wide Newell Barber Field, adjacent to the old county fairgrounds became obsolete and a new municipal airport w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
Oregon’s graduation rate hovers between 78 percent for four-year cohorts and 85 percent including fifth-year and GED students (as the majority of states calculate graduation rates). Depending how you measure it, Oregon is either in 48th place, or just average — either result is failing kids. Last year’s bipartisan Joint Committee on Student Success traveled the state in hopes of identifying grass-roots solutions to increasing Oregon’s graduation rate and closing the achie
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump is prepared to issue the first veto of his term if Congress votes to disapprove his declaration of a national emergency along the U.S.-Mexico border, a top White House adviser said on Sunday. White House senior adviser Stephen Miller told "Fox News Sunday" that "the president is going to protect his national emergency declaration." Asked if that meant Trump was ready to veto a resolution of disapproval, Miller added, "He's going to protec
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
Frozen yogurt fans have a new choice with Yogurt In Love, opening Valentine's Day in the Medford Center. Yogurt In Love is at the 1,500-square-foot location occupied by a TCBY yogurt shop from the mid-1990s until the mid-2000s next to Senor Sam's. Yogurt In Love features 15 flavors of organic and kosher yogurt from Honey Hill Farms of Arkansas The franchisee is Don Miller, who once managed the Medford branch of Oregon Bank before going into the restaurant business as an Elmer's operator in Medfo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
A bout of snowy weather in February has sent snowpack levels in the Rogue and Umpqua river basins skyrocketing in just over two weeks. The Natural Resource Conservation Service’s snow survey showed the basins’ snowpack levels lifting from 67 percent of average on Feb. 6 to 91 percent of average by Feb. 17. “We’re getting some snow — finally,” said Julie Koeberle, hydrologist with the snow survey. She said February has seen between two to three times the normal
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
Mt. Ashland staff described their coworker who died Saturday as a “leader,” an “exceptional person” and an “important part of the Mt. Ashland family and community.” Johnathan Patrick Likeke Walker, known as Johnny to his coworkers, was killed Saturday afternoon in the mountain’s back country after an accident involving a tree well. Walker was a 23-year-old ski patrol member. Staff members’ grief and shock were sharply apparent after the Jackson Cou
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-18
What could be the largest flag in Oregon is flying near the Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop at 300 Union Ave. in Grants Pass. The 40-by-60-foot American flag was raised on a 154-foot flagpole Saturday before 1,000 people in a ceremony called "Forever Honor, Never Forget." Local businessman Dan Kirkman has worked for months to raise more than $50,000 from 500-plus donors for the flag, which was installed to honor veterans. The flag surpasses the size of Medford's 30-by-60-foot flag raised on a 120-
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-17
The man who killed five co-workers and wounded another and five police officers at a suburban Chicago manufacturing warehouse brought his gun to a meeting in which he was going to be fired, authorities said Saturday. Because Gary Martin brought his gun to Friday's meeting at the sprawling Henry Pratt Co. warehouse in Aurora, he likely knew it was possible he was about to lose the job he had held for 15 years, police Chief Kristen Ziman said at a news conference. Ziman said she didn't know what h
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-16
It's been nearly 10 years since the July 2002 lightning storm that sparked the 500,000 acre Biscuit fire. For many of us in Southern Oregon, the Biscuit fire was a defining event — beloved forests were drastically altered, the politics of logging and wildlands protection were turned on their heads and the realities of living in a fire-evolved landscape came home to roost. Ten years ago Biscuit was often viewed through the lens of pre-existing prejudices. Loggers saw the fire as a waste of
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-16
‘Alita: Battle Angel’ 2 stars out of 4 Cast: Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali, Ed Skrein Director: Robert Rodriguez Run time: 122 minutes Rating: PG-13. Sci-fi action, language, violence “Alita: Battle Angel” will never stand upon a massive pile of honors, nor will it be tossed into the garbage bin of failed movies. Any effort that has Robert Rodriguez (“El Mariachi”) as director and a screenplay from James Cameron (“Avata
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-17
A Southern Oregon man who stood trial against the Federal Trade Commission for his alleged involvement in a group of businesses that deceptively sold marked-up newspaper subscriptions is now looking to another case in a higher court as reason to postpone a ruling potentially worth tens of million of dollars. Jeffrey Hoyal, one of two accused ringleaders who spent weeks at trial in U.S. District Court in Medford for his role in a “common enterprise” selling overpriced subscriptions na
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-16
EAGLE POINT -- A meandering side channel and a row of bank-fortifying root wads finally have helped a stretch of Little Butte Creek shed its lingering hangover from the New Years Day flood of 1997. A $255,000 restoration project that was mostly completed last summer has taken hold on this stretch of creek outside of Eagle Point and created a more fish-friendly habitat while reducing bank erosion during rising water times like this week's rains. A side channel choked with non-native canary grass
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-17
Air and water temperatures just above freezing brought shivers to hundreds throughout Southern Oregon’s community, but their reasons were anything but cold-hearted. Roughly 300 folks — many in costumes, swim trunks or matching T-shirts — plunged into the Jackson Aquatic Center pool Saturday morning for the 10th annual Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Oregon. The 31 teams that dived in helped raise about $40,000, according to event manager Kim Andresen. Nine of those 31 teams h
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-17
A Wisconsin man is facing time in prison for his role in a massive tax-fraud investigation that was first reported by a Medford couple. Curtis S. Pethley, 62, will be sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Eugene after previously admitting to his roughly $400,000 role in a multimillion dollar tax fraud that led to Medford convictions of six Nigerian nationals in 2017 and 2018. The married couple reported to the IRS that someone had filed 2013 taxes in their name, sparking an investigation
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-17
By Aubrey WieberOregon Capital Bureau Oregonians would no longer be compelled by employers to avoid off-duty use of marijuana under a proposal being considered at the Legislature. Senate Bill 379 would make it illegal for employers to tell employees they can’t use marijuana outside of work hours. The Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony Feb. 7. The bill would conflict with federal law, which prohibits marijuana consumption. While the state allows Oregonians to buy and use marijuana,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-16
A Gold Hill medical marijuana dispensary that was the first legal store of its kind in Jackson County has become the first licensed recreational marijuana retailer in Oregon. Breeze Botanicals opened its doors June 14, 2014, in Gold Hill, followed by another store in Ashland in February 2015. "They will be No. 1 and No. 2," said Danica Hibpshman, director of statewide licensing for the Oregon Liquor Control Commission. "We were at a crossroads," said Brie Malarkey, owner of Breeze Botanical
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-15
Medford resident Jillian Mahon knows firsthand that addiction affects not just the user, but the whole family. "When you're in your addiction, the only thing you think about is the drug and getting the drug. When you have a child present, that's what they go through every day," Mahon said. "That kid gets dragged through the mud. That kid suffers everything that the parent is going through." A new clinic in Medford called the Oasis Center is founded on the understanding that addiction is a multig
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-15
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate resoundingly approved a border security compromise Thursday that ignores most of President Donald Trump's demands for building a wall with Mexico but would prevent a new government shutdown. The White House said Trump, as he's suggested for weeks, would quickly declare a national emergency and perhaps invoke other executive powers to try to shift money to wall-building from elsewhere in the federal budget. House passage and Trump's signature were assured, which