Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-21
A rural Central Point woman has been told her 59-year-old son and caretaker must remove his trailer off her property because it violates Jackson County ordinances, though it's been there for 15 years. Bonnie Orton, 75, said her son began caring for her in 1995, when she suffered a stroke, and has been living in a recreational vehicle behind her house on Table Rock Terrace near Kirkland Road ever since. Jackson County officials have notified her she must stop using the trailer as a separate resid
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-21
Arthur R. Dubs took the final walk home with our Father Jesus Christ on June 11, 2013. Arthur was born February 26, 1930, in Phoenix, Ore., to Reinhard Jacob Christian Dubs and Elsie Marie Frohreich. A Southern Oregon man through and through, he lived his entire life in the region. From a young age Arthur enjoyed working and playing in the outdoors. Arthur parlayed his strong work ethic into a successful development and custom home building business. Dubs Custom Homes populated the southern vall
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-21
A man believed to have headed the local chapter of a motorcycle gang has been sentenced to probation for his role in a firearms deal with undercover federal agents. Steven Jay Silva, 53, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Medford Wednesday morning to five years of probation for his role in buying illicit firearms from undercover Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents last summer. The guns included a sawed-off shotgun and a silencer Silva believed to be unmarked and unregistered. Sil
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-20
A vehicle crash on the Interstate 5 viaduct Thursday morning temporarily halted southbound traffic on the freeway stretch, the Oregon Department of Transportation reported. The crash happened at 8:02 a.m. near milepost 29, according to emergency dispatch records. Two vehicles, a passenger car and a semi truck, were involved, Oregon State Police said. OSP said there were no injuries reported, but an ambulance did respond to the scene. Traffic was temporary held to allow crews to sweep debris and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-21
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-21
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
Ashland’s Bellview Grange hosted Susan Noah, Oregon’s State Grange Master, and two of her advisers for a regional workshop on legislative awareness over the weekend. Local grangers want to know how to work with Oregon Grange lobbyists to take Grange policy issues into the state legislature. “It’s been the first time that we’ve done anything like this,” said Noah of the workshop. “It’s been a really good learning situation for all of us at the state level, about what our members want, what they w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
EUGENE — Although the North Medford girls soccer team attempted more shots and controlled time of possession, lack of execution and a defensive lapse midway through the second half proved costly for the Black Tornado in its Southwest Conference opener with host Sheldon on Saturday. The match was a stalemate until the 55th minute, when the Irish were able to penetrate the Black Tornado defense and tally the go-ahead goal for a 2-0 victory. “We controlled (the ball) for most of the game and we pla
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-20
Medford resident Tyler Tull returned home Friday to find his daughter’s room turned into a crime scene. “My neighbor, she texted me that police are around your house with guns,” Tull said. “I thought ‘OK, it was domestic violence or something.’ I didn’t think it was anything serious.” After the warning from his neighbor, Tull found a bullet hole in the ceiling of his apartment. He said his daughter’s door was taped off for two hours while police collected evidence. Tull and his family live in th
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
Felony arrests Contraband — Tara Augusta Logan, 43, of the 200 block of Vía Linda Circle, Gold Hill. Jackson Co unty Sheriff’s deputies arrested Logan Tuesday on a felony count of contraband. She was also charged with possession of meth and failing to appear on counts of forgery and possession of meth. She was lodged in the jail on $80,000 bail. Mail theft — Amanda Marie Sims, of the 2300 block of Antelope Road, White City. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Sims Tuesday on 100 counts of
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
"We recognize we want to live better, healthier lives -- but we have to get really uncomfortable for a minute to get to the other side." Jeanette Schneider is the author of "Lore: Harnessing Your Past to Create Your Future." The book came out just days ago and is meant to empower women based on what she's learned in her own life and her Love Letters project. Schneider was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Nevada, and was selected as a Vegas, Inc. “Woman to Watc
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
"We recognize we want to live better, healthier lives -- but we have to get really uncomfortable for a minute to get to the other side." Jeanette Schneider is the author of "Lore: Harnessing Your Past to Create Your Future." The book came out just days ago and is meant to empower women based on what she's learned in her own life and her Love Letters project. Schneider was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Nevada, and was selected as a Vegas, Inc. “Woman to Watc
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
Once adversaries on the streets, police officers and former drug addicts will face off against each other in the Cops & Robbers Allstar Softball Game Friday to show that recovery is possible. “It’s a great way to give back to the community and show that people can get along, you know, no matter where they come from. Back when I was in my addiction, I never thought this was possible or this would even happen,” said former addict Justin Hon, a member of the Robbers softball team. Once a regular at
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
GRANTS PASS — Ruben Rodriguez practiced what his coach preached and it paid off Saturday in the South Medford boys soccer team’s Southwest Conference opener against Grants Pass. Rodriguez stayed aggressive when he got a peak at the net and the junior forward knocked in two first-half goals for the Panthers, who topped the Cavemen 2-0 at Grants Pass High School “It seems obvious but I told the boys if you want to win, you have to shoot more,” said Villa. “That’s something we weren’t doing during
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
Frank Romano, a peace activist, lawyer and professor with Ashland roots, was released Sunday after being arrested Friday by Israeli border police for standing in front of a bulldozer that sought to level a Bedouin village on the West Bank, according to his longtime supporter and spokeswoman, Susan Alleman of the Applegate. He fasted for three days in jail. Speaking before a crowd of 500 after his release, Romano said, in a video on his Facebook page, that he was tossed in a prison with common cr
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
PHOENIX — The trip to the principal’s office at Phoenix Elementary School for inappropriate classroom behavior has been replaced with a visit to the HUGs room. HUGs stands for Hello, Update, Goodbye. It’s a new approach to cut down on disruptions in classes that cost learning time, and to help students. Early results appear to be promising for the program that works to build both emotional regulation and academic skills and tracks the interventions. Talent and Orchard Hill e
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
Collaborative Theatre Project’s 2019 season will feature new musicals, classics, contemporary works, women’s plays and holiday specials. In the lineup for the theater company’s third season are two classic dramas, “The Glass Menagerie” and “The Importance of Being Earnest,” two new musicals, “The Bridges of Madison County” and “Death Takes a Holiday,” Lauren Gunderson’s “Silent Sky,” and “Dancing at Lughnasa.” CTP founding member Susan Aversa-Orrego says she will bring in some of the Rogue Valle
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
Five is usually the magic number for marking an effective bone marrow registry drive, said Danielle Craig, lead organizer for Tuesday’s Be The Match drive. By the end of a four-hour event held in the lobby of the Mail Tribune, however, the nonprofit’s donor registry had increased by 18 — almost four times that benchmark. “What does this say about our community?” Craig asked, smiling. Her shirt in big gold letters read, “Because kids can’t fight cancer alone.” Bone and blood cancers, the focus di
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
TALENT — A landowner is uncertain whether he will appeal the latest denial for the proposed 26-acre Talent View Estates subdivision in the south part of town. “We haven’t made up our minds yet. We are doing our due diligence. We really don’t know,” said owner Tony Nieto. Among factors under consideration are costs of an appeal, he said. Talent Hearings Officer Roger Pearce denied an appeal Sept. 5 of an earlier rejection of the project by the city of Talent. Several attempts have been made over