Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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KLAMATH FALLS — It wasn’t easy, but the Phoenix boys soccer team made its league championship official with Monday’s win over Mazama. The Pirates used a second-half goal from freshman Victor Martinez to ward off the scrappy host Vikings for a 1-0 victory, giving the Pirates a three-peat in the Skyline Conference. “It was a good victory but we had to work really, really hard to get it which is good right before the playoffs,” said Pirates coach Dennis Flenner, who collected his 14th conference ti
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ASHLAND -- Forty-six Southern Oregon University student-athletes from the Raiders' fall sports teams have earned Academic All-Cascade Conference status, CCC Commissioner Rob Cashell announced Tuesday. To attain the distinction, one must have been enrolled at their current institution for at least one year and reached sophomore academic standing with a minimum institutional grade-point average of 3.2. SOU's women's soccer team had 15 honorees, the volleyball team had 11, the men's soccer team 10,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Medford police said a drive-by shooting this afternoon on Alta Street in south Medford likely was gang-related. The shooting occurred shortly after noon outside a home in the 900 block of Alta Street, drawing patrol officers, detectives and gang-prevention officers to the scene, according to Medford police Sgt. Steve Furst. No injuries were reported. Furst said the shooting at 916 Alta St. is still under investigation, but "initially appears to be gang related." Medford police closed Alta at the
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My husband and I noticed the other day new construction on North Phoenix Road in the vicinity of Centennial Golf Club. It looks like apartments or condos. Might you know what's going on there? We're looking at a possible move in the next year or so. — Joyce G., Ashland   What you are watching rise along North Phoenix Road are a combination of townhouses and condominiums being built by Pacific Trend Building and Developing. The project will be known as Miners Point, owned by a family
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Rogue Valley Adventist senior Savanah Zamora has been chosen to the first team in all-star voting by the Mountain Valley League volleyball coaches. Zamora is a 5-foot-5 setter and outside hitter. She’ll lead the Red Tail Hawks in a Class 1A first-round state playoff game at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Douglas. RVA is 14-8 overall and placed third in the MVL with a 9-4 record. The Hawks’ Paris Quave, a junior defensive specialist, received honorable mention. Mountain Valley League All-Conference Coach of
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Candidate Bill Froehlich is looking to replace incumbent candidate, Sheriff Nate Sickler in the Nov. 6th midterm election. We discuss jail over-crowding and local ballot Measure 181 among other subjects. Rosebud Media is dedicated to interviewing local candidates about the issues that are most important to young people and first-time voters. Make sure to check back for more interviews leading up to the Midterm Election!
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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KLAMATH FALLS — Phoenix senior Robbie Vos outdueled Lakeview senior Kyle Deiter to win the 5,000-meter boys race with a time of 16 minutes, 38 seconds, on Wednesday at the Henley Invitational. Vos ran his most aggressive race of the season — dealing with altitude, warm temperatures and dust from the dry track — largely due to the fact that Deiter (16:57) stayed right on his shoulder nearly from start to finish. “They really duked it out the entire race,” Pirate
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — A shooter opened fire during a baby naming ceremony at a Pittsburgh synagogue on Saturday, killing 11 people. At least six other people were wounded, including four police officers who dashed to the scene, authorities said. Police said a suspect was in custody after the attack at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. A law enforcement official identified the suspect as Robert Bowers and said he is in his 40s. The official wasn’t authorized to
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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The latest on a deadly shooting at a Pittburgh synagogue: 11:21 a.m.: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday lamented the “devastating” attack by a shooter on a Pittsburgh synagogue, saying it lays bare the “hate in our country” and speculating that the deadly violence would have been curbed if the building had had an armed guard. With both the death toll and details of the synagogue’s security still to be disclosed, Trump said gun control “has little to do with i
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North Medford football coach Mike Mitchell said last week that his team would be treating Friday’s 32nd edition of the Black and Blue Game against South Medford as a midseason “bowl game” to add further hype to the crosstown rivalry. South Medford head coach Bill Singler wasn’t willing to echo that sentiment as his Panthers seek an eighth win in the last 11 years of the series at Spiegelberg Stadium, but he knows full well the stakes at hand for the Southwest Conferen
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“Finding Neverland” is a backstory — a narrative behind the classic tale of Peter Pan that’s told again and again in books, movies and on stage. NETworks Presentations’ touring production of the poignant and magical musical, coming to the Craterian on Thursday, shows audiences how Joseph Matthew Barrie conceived his immortal characters and story. The ninth of 10 children, Barrie was born in 1860 Scotland and was educated there before moving to England, where he established himself as a successfu
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A lawyer representing the parents of a mentally ill man shot dead by Eagle Point police in a Carl’s Jr. bathroom said they plan to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the Eagle Point Police Department after seeing bodycam footage of the shooting released Wednesday. David Linthorst, with the Medford-based law firm of Andersen Morse & Linthorst, said he was with Mike and Vicki Graves when they saw the bodycam video for the first time. It shows how their son, 33-year-old Matthew Graves, was shot
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Owing to a sharp-nosed K-9 and unspecified DNA evidence, police arrested a man Saturday accused of robbing a sandwich shop last summer. Jason Michael Wright, 49, is suspected of robbing a clerk at gunpoint at the Subway restaurant in the 1600 block of Delta Waters Road. Wright allegedly ditched clothing worn in the robbery “quite a bit away from the Subway,” according to Medford police Lt. Mike Budreau, which a K-9 found shortly after. “That was the clue that we needed, and we got it thanks to t
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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A Medford street has reopened after police investigated a reported drive-by shooting this afternoon with no injuries off Barnett Road in Medford. A shooting was reported shortly after noon Saturday outside a home in the 900 block of Alta Street, drawing patrol officers, detectives and gang officers to the scene, according to Medford police Sgt. Steve Furst. Furst said the shooting at 916 Alta St. is still under investigation, but "initially appears to be gang related." Medford police closed Alta
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A Gold Hill woman has been convicted on manslaughter and assault charges in a car crash that killed her young daughter and injured her son. Necia Marie Hanson, 28, was found guilty of felony charges of second-degree manslaughter and third-degree assault, along with a misdemeanor charge of fourth-degree assault in the crash that killed 6-year-old Bella Keesee and injured Hanson's son, Bernie Robert Keesee, last year. She was acquitted on a more serious count of first-degree manslaughter and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Woodcarvers offer instruction for carvers of all ages from noon to 3 p.m. Saturdays at the Central Point Senior Center, 123 N. Second St., Central Point. Admission is $5. Call 541-944-4535 or see centralpointwoodcarvers.com. Friday, Oct. 26 Book Sale: A book sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Gold Hill library, 202 Dardanelles St. Look for new and gently used books, DVDs and CDs. Proceeds help fund programs, activities and li
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: The weekend starts with a small-craft advisory through this afternoon, with 10-knot winds but swells up to 11 feet. Saturday is forecast to bring 10-knot winds but see the swells die down to 8 feet, then things get uglier Sunday when the winds are forecast to hit 25 knots and crease swells up to 12 feet. The marine aggregate rockfish daily limit for bottomfishers is five fish. Cabezon must be released unharmed. Rockfish angling is open beyond the 30-fathom line, and it w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Multicultural dance troupe Complexions Contemporary Ballet, directed by Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden, was founded in 1994 and is committed to blending all styles of dance from ballet to hip-hop. Look for a passionate tribute to late rock star David Bowie. The show is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at the Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. Tickets are $32, $35 or $38, $22, $25 or $28 for ages 22 and younger, and can be purchased online at craterian.org, at the box offic
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Haunted houses, spooky tales, costume and dance parties — find your favorite seasonal fun with Tempo’s guide to October events. Halloween Carnival: Bellview Elementary will hold its 78th annual Halloween carnival from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, at 1070 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland. Every kid in a costume gets two free tickets. Tickets are two for $1 and dinner tickets are $2.50. Dinner options include Martolli’s Pizza or Katrina’s Tamales. Activities include carnival games and prizes, face-pai
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have detained a person in connection with the mail-bomb scare that widened to 12 suspicious packages, a Justice Department official said Friday. Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores said authorities planned to announce more information at a press conference. Earlier Friday, authorities said suspicious packages addressed to New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and former National Intelligence Director James Clapper — both similar to those containing pipe bombs se