Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
What is the best punishment for a student who vandalizes his school? • Suspension or expulsion from school. • Serving time in a juvenile detention center. • Spending spring break working alongside the school custodian cleaning up the building. If you picked the third option, you are a proponent of restorative justice. Formerly called Mediation Works, the Resolve Center for Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice in Medford is working to spread the alternative model of jus
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Puppetry, plain talkin’ and porn — that’s “Avenue Q.” Well, sort of. “Avenue Q,” the 2004 Tony triple-crown winner now playing at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland, is a puppet show for adults inspired by the childlike naivete of “Sesame Street,” using humor and satire to depict an adult despair, confusion and isolation. After finishing college, Princeton moves into a New York apartment managed by Gary Coleman. Princeton meets a full cadre of folks, including a promiscuous woman and a closet
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
This year’s Country Crossings Music Festival — the second to be held at the Expo — features headliners Cole Swindell, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley and Eric Church on the state-of-the-art Main Stage, and local and up-and-coming performers on the Boxcar Stage inside Seven Feathers Event Center. “We’re excited about our second year in Jackson County,” says Anne Hankins, president of Willamette Country Concerts. “Country Crossings Music Festival and Southern Oregon were made for each other.” The festi
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Ashland Public Works is moving ahead on a complex, multiyear project to redesign parklands and the bike path around the wastewater treatment plant and Ashland Pond, so as to create new wetlands and lower the fish-unfriendly temperature of treated effluent into creeks. The plan was detailed last week by Public Works Director Paula Brown to the city Parks & Recreation Commission, which manages much of the property. Commissioners expressed general approval of changes to parks, but did not vote on i
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
A Cascade Christian High School graduate who was critically injured by an improvised explosive device earlier this month near Pakistan faces a long recovery, his family says. Air Force Special Operations Combat Controller JD Day was severely injured July 10, resulting in amputation of his right leg above the knee and portions of his left hand. A gofundme page was posted within a day of his being injured with a $10,000 goal. Within hours, it reached $25,000 and by this morning had surpassed $103,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Drivers passing the Rogue Valley International Medford Airport recently may have noticed some really big planes.{br class="hardreturn" /} Two DC-10s, the largest firefighting air tankers flying in the nation, have been using an upgraded air tanker capability there to fight fires in the region.{br class="hardreturn" /} Medford is the only place in Oregon that can reload the DC-10s, with a portable base for what the agencies call “Very Large Air Tankers.” That, combined with the main b
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Plane bomb hoax suspect faces 10 years A man charged with making a bomb threat Monday against an America West flight from Medford was released from federal custody. Richard Allen Harrison Jr., 29, of Klamath Falls has been charged with using a telephone to convey false information regarding an attempt to damage or destroy an airplane with an explosive device. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison or a & 36;250,000 fine. Although Harrison has failed to appear in court on prev
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
Trucking companies expect snowstorms in winter to interrupt the flow between California and Oregon, but a wildfire shutting down Interstate 5 for days wasn’t something shippers or their customers were expecting before Wednesday’s Delta fire broke out between Dunsmuir and Shasta Lake. A head-on collision on the Highway 299 detour involving a truck only added to the angst. Southern Oregon retailers have encountered delayed shipments because of the closure of a major artery, which officials announc
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
Medford City Council candidate Glenda Wilson was pressured out of her city recorder job in 2015 over what she said was a misunderstanding about a threatening statement she made when her work environment became increasingly hostile. “I can own that I should have done things differently,” Wilson said. “It was a statement of frustration, not of intent.” Wilson, who is running against incumbent Kevin Stine and Don Libby in Ward 3, said her frustrations about working conditions began in 2014, but she
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
TALENT -— On a split vote, the Talent Urban Renewal Agency board approved an agreement with DOSO Properties LLC to create affordable senior housing, townhouses and a commercial building on the Gateway site at the corner of Highway 99 and West Valley View Road. DOSO would receive two of four lots for $1 each, would pay appraised market value for the townhouse site and have an option to purchase a fourth lot, according to the agreement, approved Wednesday. TURA would supply $590,000 to assist with
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-09
As a third harvest season looms near for the region’s newest state-sanctioned crop, those in Southern Oregon’s developing cannabis industry are adding long-established businesses to their Rolodex. With product names such as “Cheech & Char,” “Gnarley Marley” and “Spicoli Special” — the latter a reference to Sean Penn’s perpetually stoned surfer in “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” — there was little question which custom-made soil blends from Biomass One were tailored for cannabis growers. The White
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
The guest speaker in Scenic Middle School’s gym Friday afternoon was no stranger to public speaking. Anthony Newman has performed in front of crowds numbering in the thousands, sweating, shoving and running as a defensive back with the University of Oregon Ducks and then three teams in the National Football League. Several years now into retirement from football, Newman spends more time visiting Oregon schools to speak about healthy nutrition and regular exercise — it’s what brought him to the C
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
Kari May, Jackson County’s new library services director, likes to forge connections. “I like to connect people, whether it’s to a book they’re looking for in the library, to a staff person to direct them or to another agency in our community that can help meet their needs,” she said. “I’m hoping that will be of value here.” May, who started her job Aug. 6, replaces Jamar Rahming, who held the position since late 2016. “I really believe in the special role that libraries play in the communities
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-09
The massive Delta fire that forced the shutdown of a 14-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in Northern California this week continues to grow explosively, and the major north-south artery is expected to remain closed until at least Sunday morning, authorities said. By the end of the day Friday the wildfire had burned 31,325 acres, fire officials said. On Saturday, it had jumped to 36,970 acres. There is zero percent containment. More than 1,800 firefighters are battling the blaze, said Capt. Brandon V
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
Bear Camp Road, a popular backwoods route to the coast, will be closed at noon today because of the Klondike fire. The road will be closed to all non-fire traffic between the intersection of Merlin-Galice Road to Forest Service Road 33 near Agness until further notice, officials with the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest announced this morning. "Fire officials made the decision to close the road for the safety of both the public and fire personnel who continue their suppression efforts, and w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-10
Swimmers and waders were invited back into the water at Harris Beach after Friday’s lifting of a public-health advisory over high levels of fecal bacteria in the water. The voluntary advisory against water contact in the ocean and adjacent creeks and puddles went into effect Aug. 9 after routine water tests revealed the fecal bacteria, which can cause diarrhea, stomach cramps, skin rashes and other maladies, according to the Oregon Health Authority. Subsequent tests showed reduced levels of bact
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-10
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
A suspension of illegal camping enforcement that lasted exactly one day following a federal appellate court’s ruling for homeless rights sparked an outcry of frustration from locals facing the brunt of Medford’s transient problems. Prompted by a Tuesday 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that determined cities can’t prosecute people for sleeping on streets, several locals made impassioned pleas Thursday night at Medford’s City Council meeting, asking the council and city staff to stem what
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Josephine County is again considering a plan to create a fire protection ordinance that deals with private fire companies, whose uneasy co-existence has dogged rural firefighting for three decades. The ordinance, in draft form at this point, has yet to make the agenda of a weekly business session of the Board of Commissioners, and it could be months before commissioners vote on anything, said board Chairman Keith Heck. The proposal calls for a host of regulations, including firefighter safety st
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
{p class="sbyline"}By Nick Morgan {p class="sbylineattribution"}Mail Tribune {p class="sbodytypej"}A Medford teenager was sentenced Tuesday to more than seven years in prison after he admitted that he helped to attack and kidnap two men over drug debts. {p class="sbodytypej"}Damian Elijah Brown, 17, pleaded guilty in Jackson County Circuit Court to felony kidnapping and assault charges in two separate but similar cases. With good behavior, it's possible he could be released after 57 months, acco