Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-04
Central Point-based boatmaker Boice Jet is the subject of a police investigation alleging it falsified identification numbers on dozens of used boats, then resold them as new. Early Thursday, more than a dozen Jackson County sheriff's deputies went to Boice Jet in the 5800 block of Crater Lake Highway and served a search warrant at the business. Sheriff's marine investigator Tom Turk said business owner Court Boice was present and cooperative during the search. Deputies seized business records a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
In 1993, Glenn Archambault bought 20 acres in rural Phoenix with stunning views, a picturesque old barn and what he thought was a clean real estate record. Less than 12 hours after his purchase, he discovered a gas pipeline would be built through his property, but that was just the beginning of his troubles. He ultimately realized that his land hadn't been subdivided legally in 1977. "There is so much baggage with this property that it is unbelievable," said Archambault. "I would not wish this o
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Like all good stories, the tale of the Storytelling Guild's storage woes has a happy ending. Litter-eating dragons Rosabele, Pebbles and the familiar, handmade sights of the Children's Festival in Jacksonville have a new home, along with about 90 six-foot folding tables and 40 canopies. Six volunteers and four paid movers Saturday packed two moving vans full of the nonprofit Storytelling Guild's equipment from a Jackson County-owned storage facility in White City to a vacant warehouse at Medford
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to delay opening of the crab-fishing season as officials scramble to deal with a coastal algae bloom that has left Dungeness crabs with a potentially fatal toxin called domoic acid. Meeting by conference call, the commission voted 3-0 to delay the recreational crabbing season, which was supposed to begin Saturday. Officials said the season would open once the toxins, which the crabs flush out of their systems, are
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Medford's first legal medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors to customers Monday after getting a business license from the city. "It's a lot better than having to watch your back in the alleys," said customer Mike Sletten, a 57-year-old Medford veteran with back problems. Sletten, a former parachutist who blames his spinal problems on jumping out of airplanes too many times, was one of the first patients to walk into Patients Helping Patients, 2390 W. Main St., and he ordered two differen
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Owing to shifting winds and crews' backfires to keep the raging Klamathon wildfire from spreading too far beyond the California border, meteorologists expect smoke to build in the southernmost portions of Southern Oregon. As wind patterns shift northwest, smoke is forecast to build in the Ashland area Sunday afternoon and into the beginning of the week, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Connie Clarstrom. Clarstrom said the harder-hit areas will be the southern part of the Casca
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Corey Van Landingham and Christopher Kempf were married July 8, 2017, at Pennsylvania Hall at Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Corey and Chris met in the Stegner Fellowship creative writing program at Stanford University. They both were Emerging Writers Lecturers at Gettysburg College. The bride is the daughter of Christine Schumacher and the late David Van Landingham of Ashland. She graduated from Ashland High School, then went on to graduate from Lewis and Clark College and Pur
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Those heading north from Ashland should avoid the south on-ramp, ODOT advises. Oregon State Police blocked a single lane near Ashland Exit 14 on northbound Interstate 5 just before 5 p.m. Thursday, according to Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Gary Leaming.  Details about the investigation were not immediately available except that a single suspect was arrested during a traffic stop near mile-marker 15, according to Oregon State Police Sgt. Kyle Hove. Leaming said the clos
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
  SALEM — There's a quiet battle playing out between Oregon State University, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and Democrats in the state's congressional delegation who say the school and agency have fumbled a chance to make Oregon a hemp leader. Oregon's Democrats have publicly and privately criticized the agency and university for their apparent resistance to hemp. OSU and the Department of Agriculture responded for months with silence. The lawmakers are trying t
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Saturday, Oct. 10 Pride Parade and Festival: The sixth annual Southern Oregon Pride parade and festival begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, in downtown Ashland. Festival events, vendors and live music will follow the parade in Lithia Park until 2 p.m. See sopride.org. {p class="sbodytypej"}Free Expressions: Free drop-in art classes for children of all ages are offered from 10:30 to noon Saturdays at Ashland Art Center, 357 E. Main St., Ashland. On first Saturdays, the class will have the theme
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Monday, Oct. 12 Little Gnomes Class: Ashland Parks and Recreation holds its series of nature exploration classes geared toward preschoolers ages 2-5 and parents from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. second Mondays, at North Mountain Park Nature Center, 620 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland. Cost is $6 per child. Register online at ashland.or.us/register or call 541-488-6606. Jane Austen Play: Watch Kristin Hammargren in a one-woman play about Jane Austen called "Discovering Austen" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Monday, O
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Smells like medicine I have several marijuana grow sites in my neighborhood that are pungent in October. The reason I love the smell is that I've seen the true medicinal value of the plant. My husband of 37 years had more than 50 cancerous tumors on his liver. By ingesting oils of cannabis, every one of those tumors disappeared within a six-month period. Oregon Healthy Science University and his local doctor had never seen anything like this before. It was miraculous. This is an historic time. T
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-07
GRANTS PASS — A deadly salmon parasite is thriving in the drought, infecting nearly all the juvenile chinook in the Klamath River in Northern California as they prepare to migrate to the ocean. The Klamath Fish Healthy Advisory Team, made up of state and federal agencies and Indian tribes, warns a major fish kill is likely, and the Yurok Tribe and NOAA Fisheries Service have asked for extra water releases to flush out worms that carry the parasite, known as C shasta. But the U.S. Bureau o
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Public lands near the California border are closed while crews work to prevent the Klamathon fire's further spread into Oregon. Popular hiking areas southeast of Ashland near the state line are closed as of early this afternoon, according to a press release issued by the Bureau of Land Management Medford District and Oregon Department of Forestry. Areas closed include Emigrant Creek Road, Baldy Creek Road, Soda Mountain Road, Pilot Rock Road, the Lone Pilot Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail from
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-07
Felony arrests Supplying Contraband — John William Kohler IV, 29, of the 600 block of North Main Street, Ashland. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested Kohler Wednesday on a felony charge of supplying contraband. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday and released Friday on his own recognizance. Drugs — Joseph Emanuel Ledbetter, 22, of the 600 block of Palm Street, Medford. Medford police arrested Ledbetter Wednesday on a felony charge of possessing heroin, misdemeanor counts of
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-07
The second-seeded South Medford girls soccer team gave itself plenty of chances Saturday to win what turned into a double-overtime, penalty shootout match against 31st-seeded Forest Grove. But the underdog Vikings snuffed the Panthers every time in the Class 6A first-round playoff contest and triumphed, 1-0. South recorded 15 shots on goal to Forest Grove’s eight during regulation, and the Panthers looked in control for most of the match. “But when you leave it to penalty kicks to
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-07
A Williams organic seed farmer and an anti-GMO group will have a voice in a lawsuit against Josephine County by former farmers of genetically modified sugar beets. Circuit Court Judge Michael Newman ruled Wednesday against a motion by the farmers' attorney, John DiLorenzo, to keep Siskiyou Seeds and Oregonians for Safe Farms and Families from being granted intervenor status in the lawsuit. The lawsuit contends Robert and Shelley White of Cave Junction were harmed by Josephine County's ban on GMO
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-07
The Klamathon fire has crossed the Oregon border, the Oregon Department of Forestry has confirmed. The Northern California fire, last estimated at 21,803 acres, has spread less than a mile into Bureau of Land Management forestland in Oregon located east of Interstate 5 near the Soda Mountain Wilderness. Although the fire is threatening the biologically diverse Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, ODF spokeswoman Melissa Cano said ODF crews are using every resource they have to attack the fire, lo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-07
A Grants Pass man with a criminal history in Jackson County faces federal charges after allegedly stealing mail and using stolen credit cards to purchase about $7,000 worth of items in Medford. According to a federal indictment, Christopher Alan Page, 31, stole U.S. mail from over 100 victims in the Grants Pass area between February and March of this year. He used the stolen mail to obtain Chase credit cards in victims' names, and then used cards from three victims at Best Buy in Medford to buy