Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-20
Drought, hot summer weather and continued draw-down for irrigation needs have Emigrant, Hyatt and Howard Prairie lakes headed toward their lowest levels since 2014, leading to recreation closures and threatening to inflict future water headaches. Emigrant and Hyatt lakes — which like Howard Prairie are actually reservoirs — are forecast to drop below 10 percent of capacity by the time the Talent Irrigation District halts its irrigation season in mid September. That’s at least two weeks earlier t
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-20
Two massive wildfires that merged west of Grants Pass have been split into two management zones - one to protect inland towns like Merlin, Grants Pass and Cave Junction, and the other to slow the spread of the fires toward the Oregon coast. Sparked by a lightning storm that started fires throughout Southern Oregon on July 15, the 52,588-acre Taylor Creek fire is closest to Merlin and Grants Pass. It was 61 percent contained on Sunday. To the south, the 68,241-acre Klondike fire near Selma and Ca
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-20
Two massive wildfires that merged west of Grants Pass have been split into two management zones - one to protect inland towns like Merlin, Grants Pass and Cave Junction, and the other to slow the spread of the fires toward the Oregon coast. Sparked by a lightning storm that started fires throughout Southern Oregon on July 15, the 52,588-acre Taylor Creek fire is closest to Merlin and Grants Pass. It was 61 percent contained on Sunday. To the south, the 68,241-acre Klondike fire near Selma and Ca
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-20
  It's not fake news, exactly, but it's darn close. 24/7 Wall St., a "financial news and opinion company" that publishes online, is out with the "50 worst American cities to live in." Making the list at number 40: Medford, Oregon. If that made you do a double take and utter "say, what?" you're not alone. This is one of those dubious "best" and "worst" lists based on cherry-picked data that prove only that no one involved in producing the article ever visited the cities on the list. What's m
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-20
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
Editor's note: This is Part II of a three-day series. See Part I here . It was 3 a.m. on a December night when Estéban Gonzalez was awakened, removed from a cell that had housed him for four days and bundled into one of a line of white cars. He caught sight of his 11-year-old sister, Lizet, for the first time since they’d arrived at the Santa Cruz County Detention Center not quite three miles north of the Arizona border town of Nogales. Estéban felt the worry that had filled his mind during all
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
During President Obama’s first inauguration, a group of Republicans met in a downtown Washington, D.C., restaurant to construct the scaffolding that would later be characterized as sustained obstructionism. Their objective, as voiced by Mitch McConnell, on the floor of the Senate, was to make Barack Obama a one-term president. For the Republicans it was not about governing or putting the needs of the country before party (recall that we were just beginning Act I of the Great Recession). T
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected] Running the Rogue Wolf Loop Thursday, Aug. 16: Join world-renowned ultra marathon runner Ryan Ghelfi to get the inside scoop on running the Rogue Wolf Loop, in the Sky Lakes Wilderness, at 6:30 p.m. at REI, 85 Rossanley Drive, Medford. With just over 4,000 feet of elevation gain over 25 miles, this route features the Middle Fork Rogue River, a series of mountain lakes, old-growth forests and the Pacific Cres
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
The following are highlights of an interview with Barack Obama by Gary Nelson, Mail Tribune editorial page editor: Q: You mentioned timber payments to counties in passing in your speech. Do you support those payments? A: What I'd like to do is convene meetings between federal agencies, local and state governments and interested parties, and start hammering out a long-term solution that acknowledges the revenue issues that are at stake for local governments and preserves the natural resources tha
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-14
SALEM — Sparks flew Monday during a hearing attended by ranchers and environmentalists in the state Capitol on a proposal to turn 2.5 million acres of canyonlands and desert in southeastern Oregon into a federally protected monument. Cattlemen said their livelihoods could be threatened. Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe told a panel of state lawmakers that he was worried armed outsiders would exploit the situation, with families in the remote area having been involved in cattle business
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
A woman who allegedly collided with a bicyclist and left the scene has a warrant out for her arrest after she failed to appear in Jackson County Circuit Court Thursday. Rachel Nicole Graham-Stewart, 26, of the 500 block of Holly Street in Medford was scheduled to be arraigned on a charge of failure to perform the duties of a driver to an injured person. She didn’t show up and the warrant was issued for her arrest, court records show. Graham-Stewart has a long history of failing to appear in cour
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
An Ashland man is behind bars after he allegedly forced himself on a woman before her roommate intervened, prompting a series of events including a foot chase that culminated with him being tased in his home on Sunday, Aug. 5. William Dohrmann Pischel, 27, faces a string of felony charges that include attempted rape and burglary, along with misdemeanor escape, on accusations he forced himself on a woman in her apartment in the 2200 block of Siskiyou Boulevard, prompting the woman’s female roomma
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-13
As you might expect from looking out any window, air quality in Ashland and Medford is at "very unhealthy" levels today, according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. People should limit their exposure outside, as they may experience more serious health effects from wildfire smoke, the DEQ says. DEQ readings are measured by the presence of PM 2.5, microscopic pollutant particles smaller than the diameter of a human hair that can cause serious health problems as they can bury deep
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
I hope I’m wrong, but this could be the dullest Academy Awards show in Oscars’ 90-year history. With winners in the director and acting categories pretty much cemented into place, the only excitement probably won’t arrive until the very end when it comes time to announce the winner in the highly competitive race for Best Picture. Up until then, expect a lot of pandering to Hollywood’s sudden realization that women are people, too. But talk is cheap, and true equality
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
The thick Australian accent is a bit disconcerting when Ben Mendelsohn phones in from Los Angeles to talk about his role in Steven Spielberg’s new film “Ready Player One.” Mendelsohn had used that accent throughout his early career as a leading man, often playing romantic parts, in Australia. But after scoring a memorable bad guy role in the Australian film “Animal Kingdom,” he crossed over to Hollywood, getting work in small arthouse films (“The Place B
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
Ultramarathon runner Todd Ragsdale died of "undetermined natural causes," the Jackson County Sheriff's Department has determined. Toxicology tests returned to the department Tuesday revealed no new information about the cause of the runner's death, said Sheriff Corey Falls. Ragsdale's body was found Jan. 30 in Lithia Park, two days after he set out from his Talent home for a light run in the watershed. "All the variety of tests came back negative," Falls said. Toxicology tests gen
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
Ashland is the setting for "Coraline," a major motion picture opening in theaters today — but don't look for your favorite street or shop on screen. The animated film is based on a book written by Englishman Neil Gaiman, who placed it in his home country. For the movie, said chief animator Travis Knight, "we decided to relocate it to the States and wanted it consistent with the feeling of Neil's book, so we traded one cold, gray, dreary, waterlogged environment for another." Using 10-inch-
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
CAVE JUNCTION — Last Saturday's Krauss Lane fire started next to a road leading to the log deck at Rough & Ready lumber mill, but fire officials are not releasing the cause yet. Chuck Miller, Oregon Department of Forestry fire investigator, said on Thursday that he knew the cause, but per ODF policy wasn't revealing it. "At this point that's all I can say," Miller told the Daily Courier. "I couldn't tell you if I knew," added Rick Dryer, Grants Pass Unit forester for the ODF. On Thursday,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
JACKSONVILLE — The planned opening of a restaurant at the Nunan Estate in May marks the revival of hospitality operations at the 1892 Victorian home that dominates Oregon Street north of the city's center. Ashland hotel entrepreneurs Doug and Becky Neuman purchased the estate in May last year. Chef Mario Chavez and Elizabeth Wimberly will open Onyx restaurant in leased space formerly occupied by the Carriage House restaurant. The Neumans plan to add suites to the accommodations that alrea
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-09
Mail Tribune Dozens of career prospects were on display for nearly 500 local high school students Thursday at the fourth annual Careers in Gear Youth Success Expo. It didn't take Crater freshman Mikayla Miller long to size up her career interest at the expo, held at Central Medford High School. "I saw the Phagan's booth and I really want to go to cosmetology school," Mikayla said. "I like working all parts of cosmetology — hair, nails and face makeup. I learned that just being polite and a