Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
Rogue Credit Union growth continues Rogue Credit Union remained on its growth track during the first three months of 2018. Rogue deposits swelled 10.9 percent to $1.32 billion during the first quarter, up from $1.19 billion a year ago. Lending growth more than doubled compared to the first quarter of 2017. The credit union’s portfolio expanded by $35.5 million, up from $17.5 million a year ago. That puts loan growth on a 13 percent trajectory. The Medford-based financial institution grew
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
The commercial Dungeness crab season will be delayed until mid-December along the entire Oregon Coast as state testing shows crabs are too low in meat yield. The lucrative fishery traditionally opens on Dec. 1, but has been delayed in recent years for a number of reasons. Last year, the season was delayed by the state twice because of low meat yield, but was then further delayed because of price negotiations and bad weather. This year, crab quality testing in early November showed crab in most t
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
A few weeks ago, we began a series on how to ACT with POWER. Within our ACT with POWER framework, there are 5 critical actions that powerful leaders must do to move forward on important issues and initiatives. Last week we looked at creating a shared vision with the W of the acronym POWER which stands for We-Focused Goal Setting and today we’re [...] Click here to read the full post
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
Two weeks ago, we began a 5-week series on how to ACT with POWER, the third step in the Leader in You framework (download our overview of this framework here). Within our ACT with POWER framework, there are 5 critical actions that powerful leaders must do to move forward on important issues and initiatives. The first week, we [...] Click here to read the full post
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
and GOSIA WOZNIACKA With independent consultants warning Oregon's health insurance exchange faced serious risks, the state official in charge of delivering the technology strode into a legislative committee to address questions from nervous lawmakers. "The state of Oregon is leading the nation," declared Carolyn Lawson, chief information officer for the Oregon Health Authority and the Department of Human Services. "According to the feds, we're easily nine months ahead of any other state. We have
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
Tip of the Week The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will revise emissions targets and reconsider California’s Clean Air Act Waiver to set emissions in its state. On April 2, the Environmental Protection Agency made it official. The targets that the auto industry has been required to work towards for the better part of a decade will be revised, meaning lowered. This is a move that auto industry and political experts saw coming following the presidential election resul
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
Two years ago, Karyn Krause and Carmelo Amore were embroiled in a custody battle over their two sons that spanned two continents and required the intervention of a Sicilian court associated with The Hague. Last month, the San Francisco Bay Area couple who once lived in Central Point with Krause's parents, Gary and Bonnie Miller, took the final step toward reconciliation by moving back in together with their sons, Emanuele, 7, and Nicolas, 5. The story about the couple's battle for their sons aft
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
Tip of the Week BestRide.com is working with Car Talk, MIT and the New England Motor Press Association to extend the research done in understanding how comfortable American drivers are with autonomous technology. The MIT AgeLab is again presenting a survey that asks pointed questions about your experience, interest and knowledge of autonomous technologies. To entice you a bit, if you take it before April 27, you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of 10 $50 Amazon Gift Cards. The last su
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
The Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission decided to accept the Japanese garden remodel design at Monday’s meeting despite a large resistance from citizens in attendance. The opposition stems from the removal of two healthy 100-year-old Douglas Fir trees. The trees were originally planted by the Ashland Boy Scout Troop in 1924, according to Bryan Holley, former tree commissioner. Holley said the trees should not be objectified because they are “not an object on a water color pastel
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
Threats and counter-threats of tariffs between the United States and China have rippled into the Rogue Valley. In response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum, China retaliated with tariffs on 128 products, including a 15 percent hit on fruit. “Any time there are talks that could affect the import/export business, there is concern fresh fruit and produce can get caught up in the fight,” said Scott Martinez, vice president of sales for Rivermaid Trading
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-30
Starting Friday, local Avista Utilities customers will see their usage rates decline. The Oregon Public Utility Commission announced Tuesday it approved rate decreases for all three of the state’s natural gas providers — Avista, NW Natural and Cascade Natural Gas Co. The PUC approved changes for Spokane-based Avista, to reflect declining wholesale prices that will lower customer costs by more than $7.8 million, or 8.3 percent, from November 2017 rates. Avista’s residential cust
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
The Britt Festival Orchestra has announced its 2019 summer season, anchoring Oregon’s Britt Music and Arts Festival with three weeks of open-air programming at its Jacksonville venue. Under the leadership of Music Director Teddy Abrams, the season features a combination of beloved staples of the repertoire and cutting-edge, 21st-century compositions. The season-opening concert is highlighted by a new Britt co-commission from Christopher Cerrone with soloists Third Coast Percussion, and fea
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-06-23
Oregon's sordid history of racial and ethnic discrimination is well known. Here in the Rogue Valley, a photo of the Ku Klux Klan parading through Ashland in the 1920s has been reprinted over and over when the issue of race relations comes up. What is less well known is that the state's criminal justice system still contains a relic of that intolerance. This month, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to take up a challenge to that relic. Today, in 2017, Oregon is one of only two states tha
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
The majority of new energy production built in the Northwest in the past dozen years has come from either wind or natural gas. There is a de facto public policy based on economics, even if it's not codified, that encourages natural gas energy production, Dan Kirschner, executive director of the Northwest Gas Association, told a Chamber of Medford/Jackson County Forum audience Monday. "There are explicit public policies that say: Build wind," Kirschner said. "There's implicit public policies that
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Those hoping for clear skies this Memorial Day weekend may be in for a letdown. With a blend of drizzle, gray skies, occasional downpours and cooler temperatures, the Rogue Valley has seen a mixture of shorts and sweatshirt weather over the past week, and meteorologists say that weather pattern will likely continue through Monday. "It looks like we may have a relatively dry Saturday, but as we get into Sunday and Monday, we have slight chances of showers and thunderstorms,” said National
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Hanna Russell can have a hard time finding the courage to speak her mind. Her mother, Paja, said Hanna began attending therapy in part to address the effects of years of bullying. “They all told me to shut up,” the 11-year-old said. “That happened a lot.” But in her seat at the table during one of Richard Stubbs’ group therapy sessions, Hanna usually can find her voice. There’s nothing like your teammate threatening to behead the troll whose help you need to advance to get you to speak up. Stubb
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
CENTRAL POINT — More than 80 residential units for senior living will open at Twin Creeks Crossing along Haskell Street this Fall. The community dubbed Pear Valley Senior Living will feature 60 assisted living apartments and 24 memory care studios, providing a range of care and allowing residents to “age in place” should they need memory care. Matt Tartaglio of Eagle Point was recently named campus administrator for Pear Valley, owned by Compass Senior Living of Eugene. Tartaglio moved to the Ro
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Central Point officials say they will ask voters whether they want to ban recreational and medical marijuana sales in town. "During January we are going to refer the marijuana legalization to the voters and ask if they want to ban the dispensaries and sales," said Mayor Hank Williams, a critic of recreational marijuana. "We didn't make it too easy, so we don't have any dispensaries yet," Williams said. "Looking back at the vote, when they legalized it for the state, Central Point was mostly agai
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
BOARDMAN — Portland General Electric has fired the general contractor in charge of building the Carty Generating Station near Boardman and will assume control of the project's final construction. Abeinsa, an affiliate of the Spanish multinational corporation Abengoa, was selected by PGE to build Carty in 2013. Abengoa is now in talks with creditors to try and avoid becoming the largest bankruptcy ever recorded in Spain. PGE provided interim financing to pay for construction at Carty in th
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Local report Voters in Phoenix, Gold Hill and Rogue River have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to turn in their ballots on local measures affecting their cities. In Phoenix, the city is asking for approval of city charter amendments that among other things would change the oath of office to no longer include oaths to uphold state and federal law. The city's attorney said that is inherent in the oath because city laws are based on state and federal laws. He said removing the oath requirements would allow co