Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
Jackson County Library’s new ukulele lending program is a hit with patrons. The waiting list for the 31 ukuleles donated by the Friends of the Medford Library in early September is long — so long that even Terra McLeod, manager of the Medford library, where the collection is based, can’t get her fingers on one. An instructive jam session for both novice and veteran strummers debuted earlier this month at the library, as well — and it was a standing-room-only affair. Why the ukulele? Like the lib
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
TALENT — A makerspace that will encourage local entrepreneurs and supply them with tools, equipment and space is close to opening its first component. The space will eventually allow budding inventors to create prototypes, take craftmanship classes and engage in small-scale manufacturing. Nonprofit Talent Maker City has nearly finished renovation of a former call center in the 300 block of Main Street that will accommodate a variety of activities. Woodworking classes will likely start in late Oc
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
It’s no secret that Ashland is low on buildable space and affordable housing for the workforce. Seeking to resolve this, Ashland City Council heard the public’s thoughts Tuesday on a plan for infill on the “Transit Triangle” formed by Ashland Street, Tolman Creek Road and Siskiyou Boulevard. Not everyone was happy about it. Developers have been building too many big units over the past decade and need to be “incentivized” to think small, hopefully with multistory buildings that have commercial s
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
Southern Oregon University’s future in renewable energy is coming into the light. More than 400 solar panels installed over the next few months are expected to increase the school’s energy-generating capacity by 57 percent. “We’re really excited for it,” said Roxane Beigel-Coryell, SOU’s sustainability and recycling coordinator. The three new installations will increase SOU’s number of solar arrays to eight. Combined, they are expected to produce 535,665 kilowatt hours per year. The first of the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
Ballot Measure 101 asks voters to approve or reject a funding plan adopted by the Legislature to keep providing health insurance coverage to as many as 350,000 low-income Oregonians under the Oregon Health Plan. It's complicated, and lawmakers might be able to come up with a better way to pay for it, but that seems unlikely. A yes vote is the best option available. In July, lawmakers passed House Bill 2391 to continue funding the Oregon Health Plan for the next two years. Part of that bill is a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
We got some strong reaction to our front page Tuesday, understandably so. In big lettering surrounding a picture of Medford City Council candidate Curt Ankerberg, we ran excerpts of his vile, public attacks against members of our community. Some of the words were so bad we used dashes, but their meaning was clear. I received angry phone calls from readers who did not want to see that filth on the front page. One noted those quotes would’ve been better “on a roll of toilet paper.” Another said ju
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Controversy over foreign meddling in the 2016 election has been swirling around Washington, D.C., since the day Donald Trump was elected president. But some Southern Oregon residents are convinced they’ve got their own case of foreign interference. And if it’s not OK for the Russians, they say, why would it be OK for Canadians? “Something sure smells, even if they somehow tweaked the system to make this appear legal,” said Larry Mangan of North Bend. Jordan Cove, a subsidiary of Calgary-based Pe
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
A Medford City Council candidate with a long history of profane and demeaning online posts has ramped up those attacks against other community members, referring to one Senate candidate as a “whore” and the leader of a children’s nonprofit group as a “dumbass slovenly pig.” Curt Ankerberg, who is running in Ward 1 in northeastern Medford, finished second in the Senate District 3 Republican primary in May to Jessica Gomez. Political observers say they fear he could win this council race as he has
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Director Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek poem “The Odyssey,” which opened in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre this weekend at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, is a spellbinding transformation of the written word into a hypnotic ballet of time and place. One of the oldest epics in western tradition, “The Odyssey” is a tale of capricious gods, a king lost at sea and a wife and son set upon by rapacious lords. Zimmerman was early entranced
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Tweens and teens will have an opportunity to “dream big” in a new STEM digital play space and homework help center being created at the Central Point library. Called “Spark Space,” the center will be a hub for youth to explore and implement rudimentary science, technology, engineering and math applications with activities like programming robots, creating music videos or publishing blogs and comics. The big reveal of the new space at 116 S. Third St. is set for noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Local report Grants and community donations will result in many upgrades to a massive Medford parks playground soon to be built, with new features ranging from a zip line to slides designed specifically to protect hearing-impaired kids. The work on the playground is set to begin Saturday and comes on the heels of the city of Medford receiving $559,117 in grants from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Commission. The grants will go toward the development of the Olsrud Family Community Playground and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
A longtime Jackson County scam involving bogus phone numbers, fake police and very real thefts of thousands of dollars is rearing its head again. Over the last two weeks, multiple Jackson County residents have reported being called by an individual alleging to be from either the Jackson County Sheriff's Department or Medford police. Phone call recipients are threatened with an arrest warrant, and the scammers say the only way to make the warrants go away is for victims to purchase pre-paid debit
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Thank you for doing such a good job of researching and answering anything and everything! Here’s another one. What is the difference between haze and smoke? They seem the same to me. When the weather report says “haze” it looks, feels and smells like smoke to me. — Sue When it comes to weather terms, the difference between smoke and haze is largely a matter of degree. “Haze is essentially just pollution or smoke that is not as concentrated. When we put smoke in the forecast, it’s usually more co
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Private Boeing 737s and other large corporate airplanes parked on the Medford airport tarmac will soon have a hangar of their own. Million Air Medford, which caters to business and leisure clients, is poised to build a $5 million, 35,000-square-foot hangar just west of the control tower. Crews demolished the old, 1940s-era former Jet Center and Southern Oregon Airways office building and hangar earlier this month, clearing the way for what will be among the largest hangars in the state. "It's lo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
If you are a fan of J.J. Abram’s “Cloverfield” franchise than look no further than the latest installment, “The Cloverfield Paradox” exclusively on Netflix, released earlier this year. Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Doctor Who,” “A Wrinkle in Time”) and Daniel Brühl (“Captain America: Civil War,” “The Alienist”) this film is a bit of a mash-up of genres and previously made movies. So far J.J. Abram has presented “Cloverfield” in the self-shot documentary style, a more modern thriller style and now a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Investigators have identified a 23-year-old Wimer resident whose credo on social media included "live fast or die trying" as the man who died Friday when his motorcycle crashed into a concrete wall north of Rogue River. Adam Christopher Haupt, of the 700 block of Covered Bridge Road, was driving his 2008 Harley-Davidson motorcycle on the 3500 block of East Evans Creek Road shortly before 11 p.m. Friday when the motorcycle left the roadway on a curve and crashed into a concrete block wall, accord
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
A 65-year-old Nevada man accused of stabbing a man and woman multiple times in Lithia Park last September has been found guilty of felony assault. Robert Obyrne Quinn, of Reno, was convicted during a jury trial today in Jackson County Circuit Court. He failed to appear for the verdict, but has since been arrested and is lodged in jail awaiting his sentencing, according to a release from the Jackson County District Attorney's Office. Ashland police have said the victims were walking in an ar
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-02
A collared gray wolf apparently has skipped out on its Rogue Pack family and moved to California, taking with it its GPS-transmitting collar that gave biologists' the ability to track Southern Oregon's largest, most famous — and lately predatory — pack. OR-54, a 2-year-old in April who is most likely one of the offspring of Rogue Pack patriarch OR-7, apparently crossed from Oregon into eastern Siskiyou County on or around Jan. 24, according to the California Department of Fish and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-02
When Medford Mayor C.E. Gates learned people were dying of the 1918 flu across the border in California, he took quick action. He ordered Medford residents to wear masks, told the railroad to stop bringing sick people into town and closed down schools, churches and other places where people gathered. But dozens of businessmen, a local doctor and Christian Scientists opposed the mayor’s actions — triggering what became known as the “Cheesecloth Battle” because of the material often used to make m