Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-15
Night after night, it sat there ... tormenting me. “Go ahead, turn out the light,” it taunted. “Try to get some sleep.” It wasn’t a shadow on the wall or a monster under the bed; this time at least, it was something far more intimidating ... a book. When we, as mere mortals, enter into a relationship with other people’s artistic endeavors, we make a pact. They present their talents for our inspection, and we absorb them. Most times, at least. We’ve all h
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: A hazardous seas warning is in effect through Sunday, with Friday sporting a serious event for stormwatchers. Forecasts call for 25-knot winds and swells up to 20 feet, with possible thunderstorms, followed Saturday by winds of 20 knots and swells ebbing to 16 feet. Sunday calls for 20-knot winds and wind waves of up to 8 feet. The marine aggregate rockfish daily limit for bottomfishers is five fish. Cabezon must be released unharmed. Rockfish angling is open beyond the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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A unanimous jury on Thursday convicted Michael Charles McNall on charges he caused the dramatic explosion that destroyed his mountain home near Lost Creek Lake in 2016, then attempted to collect $300,000 on a renters insurance policy. McNall, 50, was taken into custody immediately after he was sentenced to nearly three years in prison following a three-day trial in Jackson County Circuit Court. Judge David Orr prohibited a farewell hug between McNall and his wife, Karyl McNall, on grounds that s
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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SHADY COVE — Fishing guide Brady Rogers likes the dependability of summer steelhead fishing while in shorts on the upper Rogue River, but that pales in comparison to what comes with the new year’s first storms. When the air gets cold and the water levels yo-yo, Rogers can’t wait to hit the upper Rogue in search of the early winter steelhead powering past summer steelhead in upper Rogue riffles. “It’s the thrill of looking for these big, bright, shiny winter fish tha
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Art du Jour Gallery A reception for guest artist Carl Seyboldt will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at Art du Jour Gallery, 213 E. Main St., Medford. Look for fine art paintings and illustrations by Seyboldt as well as Roy Musitelli’s illustration work. Live music will be performed by Rod Petrone. Regular gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Find the gallery on Facebook, see artdujourgallery.com or call 541-770-3190. ‘The Lithia Water Diaries’
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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A power outage that affected more than 2,600 Pacific Power customers in northeast Jackson County has also caused Shady Cove School for the day, school district officials said. Originally, 2,687 outages were reported at 6:16 a.m. Friday, according to Pacific Power's website. Since then, the number has reportedly dropped to 140 customers affected, according to company spokesman Drew Hanson. Officials now estimate full restoration to those customers at about 11 a.m. The rest of Eagle Point School D
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off jumping into the 2020 presidential race, Sen. Elizabeth Warren had plans to meet voters in Las Vegas. The only problem: a government shutdown roiling Washington. The Massachusetts Democrat had to decide whether to keep her plans last month in a critical early voting state or stay in Washington in case her vote was needed in the Senate to end the impasse. She ultimately decided to remain in the capital and will make up for the cancellation by visiting Las Vegas o
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Promise made, promise kept. “The world is laughing at us,” Donald Trump often said during the campaign. The claim was not obviously true then, but Trump has made it so. The world is now laughing at us — specifically, at our president. “In less than two years, my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country,” Trump boasted, in typical fashion, to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. “So true
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Medford kindergarten students will be able to add another skill with the launch at Jackson Elementary next fall of the school district's first dual-language program. "I'm just thrilled," said Marisa Poling, Jackson's principal. "It's something that our district and teachers have really wanted for a really long time, being able to offer this special program to students and families." The district will start with a single kindergarten class composed half of native Spanish speakers and half native
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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PHOENIX (AP) — Amberkatherine DeCory carried photos of her daughter's birth certificate in her diaper bag in case she had to prove that the lighter-skinned girl was really hers. Cydnee Rafferty gives her husband a letter explaining that he has permission to travel with their 5-year-old biracial daughter. Families like theirs were not surprised when they heard that Cindy McCain had reported a woman to police for possible human trafficking because the widow of Sen. John McCain saw her at the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday approved a major public lands bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates five new national monuments. The measure, the largest public lands bill considered by Congress in a decade, combines more than 100 separate bills that designate more than 350 miles of river as wild and scenic, add 2,600 miles of new federal trails and create nearly 700,000 acres of new re
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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The Oregon Court of Appeals has rejected an attempt by a developer to bypass much of the usual state land-use process with an “expedited land division” request that sought to develop 26 acres on a hillside in the southern part of Talent. Developer Tony Nieto wanted to put 49 residences on a site west of the CORP railroad tracks. The project was denied by both the city of Talent and its hearings officer. The appeals court rejected Nieto’s appeal in January. In a recent letter to
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. BORDER SECURITY SEEMS NEAR A SERENE RESOLUTION Congress is set to resolve its clattering brawl with President Donald Trump in uncommonly bipartisan fashion as lawmakers prepare to pass a border security compromise. 2. FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL MASSACRE ONE YEAR LATER The anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre will primarily be about remembering the 14 students and three
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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I notice that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hasn’t altered the water releases from Lost Creek Lake in a while, holding steady at 1,050 cubic feet per second. When they do increase it, how long does it take the water to travel downstream in the Rogue River? Is there a gauge or chart for that? — T.T., email submission It’s interesting that you brought this up, because we at Since You Asked Central are real water nerds who also keep close tabs on the flows out of Lost Creek Lak
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"When you are doing something that is uncomfortable -- that is when the change is happening." -- Damona Hoffman I am so excited for today’s guests. Relationships have changed in the 21st century -- specifically finding relationships in the modern-day world where people meet on apps instead of in person. This is where Damona Hoffman comes in. Damona is a certified dating coach, radio host, and TV personality. She has made hundreds of media appearances on NBC, Fox, Animal Planet, Sirius Radi
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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"Life is a gift and even when it’s at its worst, there’s opportunity to find love, and happiness and hope and gratitude again." - Claudia Gerbasi I am so thrilled to introduce you to today’s guest, Claudia Ann Gerbasi- Ruggiere-Donovan. Claudia lost her husband on the day many of us watched terror unfolding on the television, Sept. 11, 2001. Her husband, Bart, was working at the World Trade Center that morning. Claudia and three other widows lifted each other up in the days and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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In the 1980s, the Slow Food movement originated as a reaction to “fast food.” Centered in Italy, the organization with chapters in more than 160 countries uses the words “good, clean and fair” to express its goal: fostering high-quality food produced in an environmentally responsible way, reasonably priced and accessible to consumers, with a fair reward for the people who produce it. An offshoot movement, Slow Wine, arose in 2010 to promote the same values in the wine ind
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Goodbyes can be hard, even when they're to robot explorers that have wandered on another planet for more than a decade. Just ask Matt Heverly, a former Medford resident who previously "drove" such a robot for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Its name was Opportunity, and it had been a denizen of Mars since arriving in 2004 with its twin, the Spirit Rover. Together, they made up the Mars Exploration Rover project, a mission that sought to hunt for rock and soil samples, along with clues to wheth
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As expert after expert pointed to dented metal debris in the rubble of what was once a mountain home near Lost Creek Lake as signs of the explosion’s origin, Michael Charles McNall’s lawyer made dogged attempts to cast doubt on what appeared to be prosecutors’ most damning piece of evidence. McNall was standing trial Wednesday for a second day in Jackson County Circuit Court on arson and attempted aggravated theft charges surrounding the April 9, 2016, explosion at his home at
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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SALEM — Oregonians could see their cellphone bills go up to raise money for expanding rural high-speed internet. Legislators are considering a surcharge on wireless calls to raise $10 million a year that utilities could use for internet projects in rural Oregon. The average cellphone user could see an increase of $4 to $8 a year. The surcharge would apply only to calls within the state and also cover voice-over internet protocols. The state created a special fund in 1999 to push telecommun