Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-08
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department is searching for two young girls and their mother, who have been missing since Tuesday. A family member reported Tanda Christiansen, 28, and her 6- and 7-year-old daughters missing at 9:08 p.m. Tuesday, according to a sheriff’s department news release. The three reportedly walked away from that family member’s home, located in the 2500 block of Holcomb Springs Road, where they also live, at about 10 a.m. “The family became concerned when they didn’t return
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
The Taylor Creek fire burning near Grants Pass grew to almost 25,000 acres Monday, prompting more evacuation orders and the closure of federal lands and recreation areas along the Rogue River north of the fire. According to a report released by the Joint Information Center, which is providing information on southwest Oregon fires, the Taylor Creek fire remains the largest of the fires started by a lightning storm on the morning of July 15. It is part of the larger Garner Complex, which totals ab
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
On Feb. 27, St. Mary‘s students received recognition for their academic successes at an awards ceremony. Students receiving a 3.5-3.89 grade-point average were awarded honors, students with a 3.9-3.99 grade-point average were awarded honors with distinction, and those with a 4.0 or higher grade-point average were awarded honors with special distinction. Honors with Special Distinction (4.0-plus) Seniors: Rachel Batzer, Benjamin Carr, Lindsay Gasik, Sara Godshall. Juniors: Elliot Anderson, L
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-30
Thanks to a $1.3 million grant, Lithia Park’s Japanese Garden will get a redesign that will make it “authentic” instead of the “Japanese-style garden” it is now. The Japanese Garden is a place of nostalgia for many Ashlanders, so city Parks & Recreation Director Michael Black wants to assure devotees that the makeover will be done carefully, with no harm to existing significant trees. To that end, he will hold two public meetings to gather input, at 6 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the Ashland Seni
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
With the ongoing waves of smoke and never-ending heat, we all need a breath of fresh air. It won’t be a huge change, but with cooler temperatures and a slight ease in air quality expected later this week, that small breath might be coming, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Smith. “Right now, the air is just poor and really unhealthy outside,” Smith said. “But we’re seeing a slight improvement later on in the week, so cross your fingers.” Early in the week, however, the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
Relentless triple-digit weather and warm nights have pushed the beginning of the Rogue Valley’s pear harvest into July this year. Naumes Inc. began picking Starkrimson pears Monday — a week earlier than last year’s early harvest — in two blocks off South Stage Road and off Carpenter Hill Road. “The pears were maturing a little faster than we assumed,” said Mike Naumes, president of Naumes Inc. “We could see the fruit was getting to a fairly good size.” When the usual first-to-harvest red pears w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
A 1-year-old whose tiny feet were scalded by a metal utility cover during triple-digit temperatures at Burns Park in White City is on the mend. Eagle Point resident Chelsea Welch’s daughter Paislee was with a child care provider July 16 at the splash park on Division Road, which they visit regularly. After playing for a while, Paislee pulled off her shoes and toddled across a hot metal covering. Temperatures that day were 105 degrees or more. When Paislee’s feet began to burn, she stood and scre
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-31
Watch Now SEARCH 1014225597 OR_Med_The_Whole_Dish.jpg Podcast: The Whole Dish — Veggie burgers with love BY Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune ... Homemade vegetarian burgers recommended by Southern Oregon food writer Sarah Lemon are more flavorful and healthful than packaged, processed versions. Share This Story Wildfires and fiery rhetoric during Wyden visit Man found dead in Bear Creek California wildfires claim more lives; crews make progress Emergency services, July 30 Tweets by Tennis
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-26
They’re about five feet apart in what once was the guest-room-slash-office … but lately has become the guest-room-slash-office-slash-excess-storage-room-slash-island-of-misfit-toys. The wicker rocking chair came from Massachusetts by way of Florida. The faux-bronze tin knight arrived from Virginia — with an unplanned lengthy layover in Seattle. Each is currently awaiting its fate. As anyone with half a brain will tell you, moving is no picnic. We know this for two certifiable reasons. First, pic
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-28
Air quality continues to register at unhealthful levels throughout southwest Oregon even as fire crews report increasing containment on many of the wildfires burning in the region. On Sunday night, air quality briefly took a dive into the “hazardous” category in Medford and Ashland. It was not much improved Monday, with Medford and Shady Cove air quality hitting the “very unhealthy” range into the afternoon hours. Klamath Falls, Ashland and Grants Pass were at “unhealthy” and Cave Junction had d
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-26
They’re about five feet apart in what once was the guest-room-slash-office … but lately has become the guest-room-slash-office-slash-excess-storage-room-slash-island-of-misfit-toys. The wicker rocking chair came from Massachusetts by way of Florida. The faux-bronze tin knight arrived from Virginia — with an unplanned lengthy layover in Seattle. Each is currently awaiting its fate. As anyone with half a brain will tell you, moving is no picnic. We know this for two certifiable reasons. First, pic
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-27
In dawn’s half light at Lake Selmac, as hundreds of firefighters gathered for a 6 a.m. Klondike East Zone fire briefing, the mood was serious. Wildfires are dangerous business after all — and this crowd looked exactly like the kind of people you’d want around during an emergency. Though after several presentations, ranging from fire behavior and meteorology to operations, it was the safety briefing that finally brought some levity to the crowd. Medical Unit Leader Meredith Lund lurched around on
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-28
It took a couple days following the aftermath of last week’s American Legion AAA state tournament chaos for the Medford Mustangs to get back to normal, but eighth-year manager Nate Mayben said he believes his team is steadily moving forward with the right mindset heading into this week’s Northwest Regionals. “Getting that whole appeal process done in two days and the boys some time off and a chance to reset and refocus and realize they’ve been given an opportunity I think was good for us,” said
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-26
One of two Carson Helicopter Inc. officials indicted on 22 federal charges related to a 2008 helicopter crash that killed nine people pleaded guilty to a single charge of fraud Monday in Medford's U.S. District Court. Levi Phillips, 46, of Grants Pass and Steven Metheny, 42, of Central Point were indicted in January by a federal grand jury in Medford on charges they schemed to defraud the U.S. Forest Service. On Monday, Phillips pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark D. Clarke to a sin
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-26
When a wildfire roars to life, helicopters race in for the initial attack, dropping loads of retardant or water to slow advancing flames. But conditions this summer have been particularly treacherous, with smoke cutting visibility so severely that pilots can’t fly at times. Visibility, wind and steep terrain are all factors pilots weigh before they decide to swoop in and make a drop. “For a pilot, you really can get caught up in the moment,” said Aaron Packer, a pilot with Reeder Flying Service.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-28
“Lend Me a Tenor” is a high-velocity, very funny operatic farce, and you don’t need to be an opera buff to enjoy it from the first door slam to the last. Based on the play by Ken Ludwig and directed here by Rick Robinson, “Lend Me a Tenor, the Musical,” opened last week at the Collaborative Theatre Project. The cast of “Lend Me a Tenor” gets a real workout, as do the six doors built into the set of Collaborative Theatre Project’s latest production. Timing is everything in comedy, and every actor
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-27
GOLD BEACH — Forgive Mark Gibbs if the Rogue River Bay and its bulging population of fall chinook have given him a warped view of salmon fishing. The Long Beach, California, man hopped in a guide boat for this first crack at salmon fishing and it didn’t take long for him to join the club. “I just put my line down in the water and, BAM,” I hooked him and he took off,” Gibbs says. Gibbs’ 18-pound salmon was followed quickly by a 28-pounder to cap the kind of day in the bay that some anglers wait y
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-26
Carson Helicopter's maintenance director was sentenced today to more than two years in federal prison for his role in lying to the Forest Service about helicopter flying capabilities that helped contribute to 2008's crash that killed nine people assigned to Northern California's Iron 44 fire. Levi Phillips created a formula to fraudulently compute helicopter weights that didn't match the machines' true weights and carrying capacities to land the Forest Service's lucrative firefighting contracts
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-16
DETROIT (AP) — Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” ?I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age 76 from advanced pancreatic cancer. Publicist Gwendolyn Quinn tells The Associated Press through a family statement that Franklin died Thursday at 9:50 a.m. at her home in Detroit. The statement said “Franklin’s official cause of death was due to advance p