Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
More than 1,800 customers who pay for city of Medford utility, permit and business license bills by credit or debit cards may have had financial information compromised. The city said Monday the security breach came in two waves — Feb. 18 to March 14 and March 29 to April 16. An unnamed financial institution notified the city its online payment system was possibly compromised on April 19. “They expressed concern for some kind of compromise, but didn’t know what was in our system,” Deputy City At
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Oregon boaters who have let their boat registrations lapse — sometimes for years — while still using their crafts on Oregon waterways better get into compliance fast or face big fines. Marine deputies in Southern Oregon and across the state will be cracking down on unlicensed powerboats whose owners financially stiff the Oregon State Marine Board yet still use boat ramps, floating toilets, marine law enforcement and rescue services. The Marine Board’s marine deputies will be out in force Aug. 4-
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
Northwest Jackson County residents were told to evacuate their homes late Sunday afternoon. Areas along the 6000 block and 7000 block of Pleasant Creek Road were given the word after Grave Creek Fire No. 3 kicked up Sunday. Oregon Department of Forestry said National Guard arrived Sunday morning to assist Garner Complex security at roadblocks in active fire areas and evacuation zones. A Red Cross Shelter is set up at Grants Pass High School The Oregon State Fire Marshall said it is adding three
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
Air quality has deteriorated to very unhealthy conditions for everyone in the Medford-Ashland area, and small children and pregnant women should consider leaving the valley, according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality on Monday. The DEQ’s air monitoring stations recorded very unhealthy air in Ashland, Medford and Klamath Falls Monday morning, with Shady Cove at hazardous levels. “We don’t expect conditions to improve much over the next several days,” said Katherine Benenati, spok
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
A rural Jacksonville couple were arrested on drug charges after an early-morning raid on their property turned up more than 300 pounds of processed marijuana and a pot plantation that was not licensed in Oregon, authorities said. Michael Davide Stanford, 49, and Melody O’Donnell-Stanford, 58, were arrested on charges of unlawful manufacture, possession and delivery of marijuana during the 7 a.m. raid at their property on the 100 block of Humbug Creek Road, according to the Jackson County Distric
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Heavy smoke has forced the Britt Festival to change venues for its classical shows on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, moving from the outdoor stage in Jacksonville to a smaller auditorium at North Medford High. It’s possible that more Britt concerts will be played elsewhere if the smoke continues. And the change will have an impact on the Britt’s bottom line. “Our pops concert on the 25th, we don’t have the capacity for the number of tickets,” said Mike Gantenbein, marketing director for the Bri
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
You want to keep your oven sparkling clean so you protect it by adding aluminum foil on racks, under food as it cooks and down on the oven floor where food drops and burns to a crisp. Instead of helping, you're hurting your oven. Foil placed on the oven floor reflects and intensifies heat which can cause the bake element to burn out prematurely. Foil placed under foods on the racks is bad because it traps heat in the bottom of the oven, keeping it from circulating and reaching the heat sensor ne
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
Today's First Thing podcast touches on this top story: Garner Complex grows to nearly 8,000 acres. Full story here . Listen to other Mail Tribune podcasts at www.mailtribune.com/podcasts . Reach web editor Ryan Pfeil at [email protected] or at 541-776-4468. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ryanpfeil .
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
It’s official: The worst air in the country at the moment is in Jackson and Klamath counties, according to the air quality monitoring website www.airnow.gov . On Monday morning, an air quality monitoring station in Shady Cove had dropped to “hazardous.” Stations in Ashland, Medford and Klamath Falls were all listed at “very unhealthy,” according to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Air Quality Index. Stations in the Applegate and Grants Pass were one level up at “unhealthy,” while C
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-29
With his natural inclination for the genre, plus a mix of sensitivity and passion, all Adam Gabriel needs is the right set of circumstances to transform himself into a successful rock musician. “It’s just been me and my acoustic guitar for the last 20 years,” says the 37-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist. “I’ve done it long enough to know that just because other musicians are interested in playing with me doesn’t mean it’s going to be a good fit. It’s not just about the music, not about
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Throughout 2017 and earlier this year, a string of municipalities using online bill paying system Click2Gov — including Medford — discovered they had been hacked . Customers’ personal, credit and debit card data were exposed when they paid for utility bills, business licenses, permits, and in some cities, parking fines. Although forensic investigators were able to identify malware as the hacking method, it’s not so easy to explain why potential targets weren’t notified and cardholders themselves
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
As those of us of a certain age are compelled to do by the forces of nature, I found myself awake in the middle of the night, making my way in the dark (so as not to wake the home’s other occupants) toward the smallest room in the house — when I stumbled in the hall after catching my foot on a cardboard box. The cat was disturbed by this minor annoyance. The wife slept soundly through this calamity. We have more than our fair share of cardboard boxes in our home these days. Some are folded into
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden used his Sunday visit to Medford to thank firefighters for their efforts battling current blazes, asking what Congress can do to help, and expressing concerns about the remainder of fire season. Southern Oregon regional managers from the U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department of Forestry and Bureau of Land Management briefed Wyden on firefighting efforts during a meeting in the Medford Interagency Office Sunday. In the Interagency Office, maps pinned in neat lines on both wal
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Fire officials who met with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden Sunday said difficult terrain and ongoing dry weather are complicating their efforts to beat back blazes that have now burned more than 70,000 acres in Southern Oregon. These are particularly true within the Klondike fire, which is burning in an area affected last year by the Chetco Bar fire and the 2002 Biscuit fire before that. Firefighters are resurrecting dozer lines (fire lines constructed with the front blade of a bulldozer) used during both
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
A Japanese bullet snapped through a tree branch just inches from Hubert’s head. His lieutenant was missing — maybe dead. Hubert was an Army platoon sergeant. He was supposed to be taking care of his men — but how? In this sweltering jungle with brush and trees so thick you were lucky to see 15 yards ahead or behind — even luckier if that rifle barrel, just a few feet away, was gripped in the hands of a friend, and not the man who was trying to kill you. Surges of Japanese machine-gun fire ravage
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Felony arrests Contraband — Vanessa Shaylee Marie McFall, 21, of the 1100 block of Meadows Road, White City. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested McFall on a felony contraband count July 27. She was lodged in the Jackson County Jail through the weekend on $32,500. Drugs — James Duwayne Atchley, 57, of the 100 block of Morton Street, Ashland. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Atchley on a felony count of drug possession and a misdemeanor count of driving while suspended. He was boo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Note: Jackson County Jail arrest logs were not available Saturday evening. The log will pick up where it left off tomorrow. Crime reports Theft — 500 block of South Central Avenue, Medford. Medford police took a report of a stolen KLTS bicycle at 7:39 a.m. Friday. The loss was valued at $250. Burglary — 1500 block of Siskiyou Boulevard, Medford. Medford police took a report of burglary to a residence at 4:20 p.m. Friday. Items reported stolen included a bicycle with black and green rims and a wh
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Today's First Thing podcast touches on these top stories: California wildfires claim more lives; crews make progress. Full story here . Medford and other cities left hacked customers in the dark. Full story here . Listen to other Mail Tribune podcasts at www.mailtribune.com/podcasts . Reach web editor Ryan Pfeil at [email protected] or at 541-776-4468. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ryanpfeil .
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Throughout 2017 and earlier this year, a string of municipalities using online bill paying system Click2Gov — including Medford — discovered they had been hacked . Customers’ personal, credit and debit card data were exposed when they paid for utility bills, business licenses, permits, and in some cities, parking fines. Although forensic investigators were able to identify malware as the hacking method, it’s not so easy to explain why potential targets weren’t notified and cardholders themselves