Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Solo hiker Karen deSousa will share photos, stories and tips from her 1,100-plus miles of section hiking on the Pacific Crest Trail from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24 at the Ashland Outdoor Store. DeSousa, a resident of Phoenix, has always had the hiking bug. She was in a high school hiking club with big old boots she’d never wear now and has always loved the outdoor life. For a couple of years she took time out for life and work, marriage and kids and then deSousa discovered the Pacific Crest
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Veterans in Oregon and across the country deserve quality care in a timely manner when they go to the VA. Unfortunately, long wait times at many facilities have resulted in delayed access to essential health services, especially in rural and underserved areas in Oregon. We can and must solve this problem, and I’ve sponsored legislation to help. Let’s start by making sure the VA is adequately staffed with qualified medical providers, and that these providers are able to devote their
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Abraham Lincoln Elementary students are learning that one kind word can change someone’s entire day, and that “someone” is likely going to be them thanks to many kind words splashed around their campus. Abraham Lincoln staff members Dyann Sowers, Kelly Dempsey and Laurie Staff spent two days during their summer vacation painting “Be Kind,” “You Matter” and “Kindness Changes Everything” across the top of all the mirrors in all the bathrooms. This was in addition to a giant blue square they painte
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
A just-built residential facility at the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics and newly redesigned outpatient programs were touted to U.S. Rep Greg Walden and the head of the House Veterans Committee. More than a year after the Department of Veterans Affairs rated the White City facility one star, new construction and restructured programs for homeless veterans were shown to the Republican congressman and Dr. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee. The tour Saturday showcased a residential facility
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Firefighters extinguished a blaze in electronic waste stored at the Rogue Disposal & Recycling Transfer Station today, stopping the spread of the fire to other flammable material like cardboard and motor oil at the site, as well as a nearby field of dry grass. When firefighters arrived at the early afternoon fire west of White City, computers, televisions and other electronics were on fire and flames were charring a new metal building constructed to house the e-waste, said Jackson County Fire Di
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Police are searching for a man who robbed a west Medford convenience store at gunpoint Sunday morning. The incident occurred just before 9 a.m. at the Peach Street Market, 424 S. Peach St. A male suspect, described as a black adult male approximately 6 feet tall with a “medium to heavy build,” according to police, entered the store with a handgun. The man pointed the gun, described in a news release as a black semi-automatic pistol, at the clerk and demanded money. The clerk complied, and the ma
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Readers responded to Sunday’s front-page editorial calling on our congressional leaders to decide upon – and fund – concrete policies now that will help prevent catastrophic wildfires and choking smoke in the future. It’s something we all care about deeply, and the Mail Tribune is going to keep on it. In the coming days, weeks and months, we’ll explore this multifaceted issue from all sides. We’ll report on what Congress has done to help reduce wildfire threat, and if it’s fallen short, who’s re
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
North Medford High track coach Mark Hodges was all smiles as he brought in his results from a dual meet against Klamath Union last Thursday. "Wait till you see the girls' 100-meter time," he said. "Emily Dunn set a school record." Dunn's time of 12.1 seconds indeed set a North Medford school record and tied the all-time Black Tornado mark established by Judi Morton in 1977. But the race was run at Klamath Union High, where many, if not most of the sprinters in the Southern Oregon Conference, reg
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
After deliberations lasting more than five hours, a jury Thursday night convicted Shane Anthony Zornes of murdering 27-year-old Isaac Deleon in 2015. Circuit Court Judge David Hoppe sentenced Zornes to life in prison after the late-night verdict was handed down in Jackson County Circuit Court, the mandatory minimum sentence under Oregon's Measure 11. Zornes, 27, will have to serve a minimum 25 years before he can apply for parole, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Jeremy
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
ROSEBURG — South Medford swept both the boys and girls junior/senior team race in the Southwest Conference Pre-District meet Wednesday at Stewart Park, with senior Tanner Sayers placing second overall to lead the Panthers in the boys race and South Medford’s Gabi Wisnovsky taking third in the girls run. The meet was divided by classes, with freshmen and sophomores competing in a 5,000-meter event, juniors and seniors doing the same and middle schoolers running a 3,000-meter race. The North Medfo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
“We are hostages in our own homes.” That’s how Jennifer, a mother from Medford, described to me what communities in Southern Oregon and across the West are enduring yet again: a summer filled with smoke and fire. Jennifer continued in her letter to me saying, “my children are robbed of being able to play outside. I absolutely hate that nothing is done to prevent this from happening.” As I traveled throughout Southern Oregon in recent weeks, I met with concerned citizens, veterans, small business
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
Felony arrests Drugs — Jacob Carl Lyon, 27, no known address. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies arrested Lyon Wednesday on an additional felony charge of possessing methamphetamine. Medford police originally arrested Lyon Monday for violating his parole on a prior meth possession conviction. He remained held in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday without bail. Drugs — Nicole Lee Kendall, 36, of the 600 block of South Columbus Avenue, Medford. The Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement task force a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
A Josephine County circuit judge has ordered a man with no prior criminal history be appointed a public defender — against the man's wishes — in a case charging him with murdering a 70-year-old man and destroying his body in a trailer fire. Troy Miles Dawson, 24, of Grants Pass, was charged Monday with murder with a firearm and three counts of first-degree arson for the killing of Michael Benedict Sr., whose body was dragged into an RV that was torched at Benedict's property outsid
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
Felony arrests Forgery — David Michael Sweitzer, 42, of the 1500 block of South Stage Road, Medford. Medford police arrested Switzer Monday for two counts of felony forgery. He was released from Jackson County Jail on his own recognizance. Drugs — Brandon Scott Paillon, 31, unknown address. Medford police arrested Paillon Monday for felony heroin possession and failure to appear for theft. He is being held on $12,500 bail. Assault — Terri Ann Ray, 59, unknown address. Medford police arrested Rey
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
A Sunday afternoon shooting in Medford has been deemed accidental following a police investigation, though officers still arrested a man they believed pulled the trigger.  Medford police reported on the agency's Facebook page that 24-year-old Daniel Delgado was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on charges of third-degree assault and reckless endangerment. He is no longer listed in the jail.  An investigation showed Delgado and the gunshot victim, a 30-year-old man, were sitting in a tr
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-22
Marilyn Ardith Jordan Marilyn Ardith Jordan, 75, of Phoenix, Ore., passed away December 23, 2006, in Medford. She was born November 5, 1931, in Waukesha, Wis. to William and Minnie Waltz, one of three daughters. On January 16th, 1958, she married Breck Jordan, who preceded her in death. Marilyn was an actress and pin-up girl in the 1950s', starring in Love Me Madly, and was one of only two women ever to be featured in Playboy magazine three times. She also owned a successful real estate business
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
While Oregon burns, Congress has bogged down in debate over how to lessen the impact of devastating wildfires that have taken a toll on people’s health and the region’s economy. “The hue and cry from our members — it’s almost deafening,” said Brad Hicks, president and chief executive officer of The Chamber of Medford/Jackson County. Businesses have reported revenue drops during the summer of smoke of as much as 40 percent, Hicks said. With wildfires becoming more common, the impact on tourism co
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
After Andrew David Moffatt threw his wife to the ground and kicked her in the face and chest, breaking her nose and a rib, Medford police used a new tool to assess whether Moffatt might severely harm or even murder her in the future. The research-based Domestic Violence Lethality Screen for First Responders questionnaire helps police identify victims of domestic violence who are at the greatest risk of being seriously injured or killed by their partners. Police interviewed Moffatt's wife and che
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
Bradley Robert Quillen will serve 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of 23-year-old Miguel Angel Delfin last spring following a fight outside the 7-Eleven in Phoenix. Belinda McCurdy, Delfin's mother, read a statement during the sentencing hearing that immediately followed the jury's verdict. "Mr. Quillen has ruined my life," McCurdy said between sobs. "I am a mess. My heart has been destroyed." Quillen, 27, didn't testify during the three-day
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-23
Oregon’s wine industry poured it on last year, topping the national growth rate by 1.6 percent. Grape growers and vintners in the Rogue, Applegate and Umpqua valleys helped propel the expansion, opening new wineries and harvesting a third more tonnage in 2017, according to a report released by the Oregon Wine Board this week. “By and large, the news was very, very good,” said Herb Quady, whose Applegate Vineyard Management farms 200 acres in the Applegate and Rogue valleys. “It just shows contin