Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
A White City woman was arrested Tuesday morning on more than 100 counts of mail theft and forgery with an unknown total loss to victims. The Pacific Northwest Violent Offenders Task Force found Amanda Marie Sims, 36, hiding in a mobile home park in the 3200 block of Antelope Road in White City, according to a Jackson County sheriff’s release. She faces an additional six counts of identity theft, six counts of forgery and one count of criminal possession of a forgery device. All are felony charge
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-19
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
Ashley Hanson, a 36-year-old Army veteran, arrived at the Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics in February with only the clothes on his back — a Hanes T-shirt, a jacket and a pair of jeans. He’d been homeless since Dec. 21 and under the influence of drugs and alcohol for much longer. “I started using when I was 13 years old — marijuana and alcohol — and then I stopped when I was in the military — other than alcohol &
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
Oregon's prison for women is filled beyond its capacity, forcing state lawmakers and counties to look for ways to address the burgeoning female prison population. With a capacity of 1,253 women, the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility in Wilsonville just south of Portland is chronically full, says Jamie Breyman, Oregon Department of Corrections Office of Population Management administrator. "We've been sitting at 1,300. It ebbs and flows daily," she says. The prison has added more double bunk bed
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
Relaxing on a set of overstuffed floral couches last week in a pristine cottage off Chestnut Street, Sandra Anderson and Lori Colburn — who until recently were homeless — marveled that they could end up in a house with clean wood floors, new matching furniture and a living room filled with friends. Part of a new “halfway house” provided by Medford’s First Presbyterian Church, with help from a local developer, the house is the first of what church officials hope will become long-term sober-living
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
A good-hearted effort to rapidly open a homeless warming shelter this winter in Medford has hit a rough patch as police report a spike in calls for service and building officials find fire safety issues with a basement area. "We've had a lot of significant issues come up at that center," Medford police Chief Randy Sparacino said. Over a one-month period, he received 33 calls for service at the Kelly Shelter in the basement of First United Methodist Church, 607 W. Main St. The
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
A downtown shelter that provides 55 beds for homeless people was closed Monday, reportedly because syringes flushed down the toilet caused a severe plumbing issue at the church building where the shelter operates. "One or more individuals ruined it for everyone by intentionally flushing hypodermic needles down the toilet," according to a post on the website for Rogue Retreat, which operates the Kelly Warming Shelter by leasing space from First United Methodist Church on West Main Street. "I
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
Today's First Thing podcast touches on these top stories: Murder victim identified. Full story here . Fires make history. 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 2018-09-18
The man accused of starting the Oak Knoll Fire, a 2010 blaze that destroyed 11 Ashland homes and led to the death of a firefighter, has died. John Thiry, 47, a transient well known to Rogue Valley police, mental health workers and courts officials, was found by Ashland Fire & Rescue near the intersection of Ashland Street and Clover Lane at 3 p.m. Sunday, according to police and fire officials. They responded to the scene following a 911 call for a welfare check. "He appeared to be very sick. Wh
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-17
Standup comedian Paula Poundstone is a postive thinker. While working on a chapter in her newest book, “The Totally Unscientific Study for the Search of Human Happiness,” published last year, Poundstone wrote positive self-talk phrases she found on the Internet on pieces of poster board and put them all over her house. Phrases such as “I choose joy” and “Today has limitless possibilities,” including some she penned herself, “I can handle whatever crap happens” and “I thought it was going to be a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
HILLSBORO — South Medford got the test it expected in a nonconference football game against Liberty Friday. The result was not what the Panthers sought. Liberty (3-0) opened a 17-0 lead in the second quarter, turned it into a 24-7 halftime lead, then held serve the rest of the way in a 38-20 triumph. South Medford opened the season with two wins, but Liberty represented its most difficult challenge. “This is a good football team,” said Panthers coach Bill Singler. “To see them at the end of last
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-17
The Oregon Cabaret’s 2019 season promises plenty of outstanding theater, with “Beehive, the 60s Musical,” “Mamma Mia!,” “Sweeny Todd,” a new Sherlock Holmes show and “Miracle on 34th Street.” With a lineup like this one, it’s clear that Managing Director Rick Robinson and Artistic Director Valerie Rachelle will bring some of the best theater in Ashland to the old church stage in its 34th year. Robinson calls their 2019 season epic. Why? “It’s bigger for one — because the number of locations, dep
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
Parents and students talk with the Mail Tribune and KTVL News 10 about how school shootings have heightened their awareness of school security as part of a joint three-day project, Teach and Protect. Simone Stewart is the mother of a junior at North Medford High School; Isabella Ash is a junior at Ashland High School; Ethan Frank is a freshman at North Medford; and Matthew Frank, his father, also has children in Medford elementary and middle schools. The full discussion will air in a special KTV
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
The Taylor Creek and Klondike fires have made it into the record books, roaring past the acreage devoured by the devastating Chetco Bar fire last year. A grand total of 193,071 acres have been enveloped by both the Klondike and Taylor Creek fires, with the Klondike at 140,232 acres and the Taylor Creek at 52,839. The two fires are burning west of Grants Pass. The Chetco Bar, which burned all the way to Brookings, engulfed 191,125 acres and was the second-worst fire this century in Oregon, eclips
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
A grass fire that torched almost a half acre of brush in a field next to the West Main Street Albertsons Sunday night was likely human-caused, but the specific ignition source has been deemed “undetermined,” according to fire officials. “It was likely transient-related, either a cooking fire or a discarded cigarette, but there were no other competent ignition sources around it,” said Deputy Fire Marshal Chase Browning of Medford Fire-Rescue. Browning said there were multiple campsites and foot p
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-18
No charges will be filed in the death of a pedestrian struck by a Dodge pickup June 13, the Jackson County District Attorney’s office has determined. The DA, in an official release, stated there is insufficient evidence to support beyond a reasonable doubt that Susan Alleman, the driver who struck 75-year-old Claudia Townsend, acted in a reckless or criminally negligent manner. Alleman told police that she made a left turn on West Main Street in Rogue River and slammed on her brakes when she saw
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-17
Should the unthinkable occur -- an active shooting near you -- being prepared could save your life. Authorities have developed training for the public based on insights gleaned from past shootings to help increase people’s chance of survival during active shooter events. In the Rogue Valley, many school districts are using ALICE: Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter and Evacuate. The training expands options for those caught in an unfolding shooting event beyond the traditional lockdown methods of h
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-17
SHADY COVE — Not the type of guy to be daunted by a bad fishing day or even a strong river current, Shady Cove resident Tom Bettencourt didn’t immediately feel like he might be in marital trouble when his new wedding ring slipped off his finger and sank to the bottom of the Rogue River on Sept. 7. After all, he’d just helped net a steelhead and the current was slow where his newly purchased gold and platinum wedding band had probably landed. Having spent the day with a friend on his boat, enjoyi
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-16
“I had never seen anything like it before, and I’ve never seen anything like it since,” John Neilsen said of the first time he witnessed hundreds of volunteers working dawn to dusk picking pears at the Medford Pear Orchard. Neilsen arrived in the Rogue Valley in 2002 just before pear harvest at the orchard — a project of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — and he’s in awe now just as he was 16 years ago. This year, despite the stifling heat and the thick blanket of smoke that hung
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-17
Suction dredge mining will be permanently banned from Western Oregon's wild salmon habitat under a bill that passed the Oregon House today, awaiting only Gov. Kate Brown's pledged signature to create stream protection once championed by the late Democratic Sen. Alan Bates. Senate Bill 3, which takes the place of a similar temporary ban now in place, passed the House today with a bipartisan vote of 37-20 after a log jam of bills bumped it from a floor vote nine consecutive days. Brown spokesman B