Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
Ruben Rodriguez scored the go-ahead goal in the final two minutes, lifting the South Medford boys soccer team to a 2-1 victory over Roseburg on Tuesday at South Medford High. Rodriguez, a sophomore midfielder/forward, recovered the ball from Roseburg defenders on the left side of the field, dribbled it toward the center and cracked it with his right foot into the upper right corner of the net, past the diving keeper. It was the first victory of the regular season and the Southwest Conference sea
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
A winter shelter for homeless people will open New Year's Day, and for the next three months organizers hope vagrancy problems that have plagued downtown Medford will lessen dramatically. "I don't want them back in Alba Park," said Chad McComas of Rogue Retreat. "If everything goes well, the community won't know they're here." Rogue Retreat is working with local churches to provide places for homeless people that will keep many of them off the street during the day, helping to avoid many of
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
Sept. 27, 1917 DIMMERS CAUSE OF AUTO ACCIDENT INJURING BOYLE  The Roseburg News gives the following account of the auto accident that befell R. H. Boyle of this city Monday evening near Roseburg: "Mr. Boyle had left the city early in the evening and was driving toward Dixonville, and at a point about a quarter of a mile this side of the Smick farm met another car occupied by Grant McLaughlin and Mace Tipton, who were en route to Roseburg from the fish hatchery on the North Umpqua. On seeing
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
President Donald Trump says in an Oval Office address that there is a "growing humanitarian and security crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border, though crossings have fallen in recent years. The president said tonight that all Americans are hurt by uncontrolled illegal immigration. He says it strains public resources and drives down jobs and wages. The president says among those hit hardest by illegal immigration are African-Americans and Hispanics, though he did not provide any evidence to back that
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
George Edward Knowles {br class="hardreturn" /} George E. Knowles, after 89 years of life, passed away July 26, 2015, surrounded by family in the home of one of his sons.{br class="hardreturn" /} George was the youngest of six children and spent many of his early years in Southern Oregon. He graduated from Prospect High School and then enlisted in the U.S. Navy where he served in the Pacific Theater during WWII. After the war, he took advantage of the GI Bill and graduated with a degree in Fores
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
BEND (AP) — A former public information officer for the Oregon State Police has pleaded guilty to one count of harassment involving his estranged wife. The Deschutes County District Attorney’s Office said Tuesday that a second count of harassment against Capt. Bill Fugate was dismissed as a result of the plea deal. He was sentenced to two days in jail, two years of probation and he must take a counseling course. Prosecutors say Fugate violently grabbed the arm of his estranged wife,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-09
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
Some places are temptations for all seasons. Consider the Wood River Wetland, a 3,200-acre area along the eastern shore of Agency Lake north of Klamath Falls. A recent 8-mile loop hike around the wetland was a visual delight, especially as layers of clouds blanketing Cascade peaks oh-so gradually peeled away. The last peak to fully appear was Mount Scott and, like the others — Aspen Butte, Pelican Butte, Devil’s Peak, Goosenest and more — its upper reaches were snow-covered. Th
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
It took some doing and quick action from several quarters, but Rogue Valley Microdevices is poised to expand locally. Owners Jessica Gomez and Patrick Kayatta had all but given up on finding a suitable place in Southern Oregon. Competitive demands meant more space was needed, and their chip-making business requires lots of power. "We were really hoping to find an existing building," said Gomez, the company's CEO and president. "We thought it would be the most cost effective." But they discovered
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
After the winter of 2017-18, when a lack of snow effectively kept the Willamette Pass Resort closed, people are again hitting the slopes. “We’re really hopeful of getting more snow,” says Tim Wiper, who has owned the ski area that straddles Klamath and Lane counties along Highway 58 since 1982. “We’d really like to have more snow, but we’ve been at full operations for the Christmas break.” Fickle snow conditions have limited operations in recent winters,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
Days of snow followed by rain resulted in damage to four of the animal enclosures at Wildlife Images last week. No animals were harmed, and all are safe in temporary housing, but one of the bird enclosures at the rehabilitation and education center west of Grants Pass was destroyed. Wildlife Images Executive Director Dave Siddon said the aviary, known as Compound No. 1, was built with help from an AmeriCorps team. "It's probably not repairable," he said. A red-tailed hawk was inside the enclosur
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
Hobby Lobby will expand into Southern Oregon next spring, occupying a significant chunk of the former Costco location on Crater Lake Highway. The Oklahoma City-based firm is the largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world, with 789 locations, more than 32,000 employees and stores in 47 states. A company spokesperson anticipates an April opening. "There isn't a scheduled grand opening date yet," Hobby Lobby's Diane Gudahl said. "There are a lot of things on the move when you're
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
Hobby Lobby will expand into Southern Oregon next spring, occupying a significant chunk of the former Costco location on Crater Lake Highway. The Oklahoma City-based firm is the largest privately owned arts-and-crafts retailer in the world, with 789 locations, more than 32,000 employees and stores in 47 states. A company spokesperson anticipates an April opening. "There isn't a scheduled grand opening date yet," Hobby Lobby's Diane Gudahl said. "There are a lot of things on the move when you're
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-04
Ashley HomeStore in the Medford Center will move into a 50-percent larger store next year at the former Costco building on Highway 62. "We've been looking for an ultimate location for quite a while," said Brent Loogman, who runs the furniture store with his wife, Rochelle, who is the company buyer. The current building is 32,000 square feet, but the new location in the right half of the Costco building will boost their space 47,000 square feet. Hobby Lobby will occupy the other part of the
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
BEND — Ula Chamberlin scored 27 points and had four of South Medford’s 14 steals and the Panthers erupted for a 19-point first-quarter lead en route to an 87-35 nonleague win over Mountain View on Saturday at Mountain View High School. The win wrapped up a successful two-game road trip for the Panthers (4-0), who crushed Bend by 20 points the night before. “I thought we played better the second day of the road trip,” said South Medford head coach Tom Cole, whose team was
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-14
Choral conductor Paul French and the Southern Oregon Repertory Singers enjoyed a good rehearsal last weekend, and French is feeling well enough about their holiday concert that he won’t have to move to Tibet and change his name, he says. “The weird thing about being a conductor is that you’re only as good as your last rehearsal,” French says with a laugh. SORS’ 60-voice ensemble is filled with professional and semi-professional singers under the direction of French,
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
CENTRAL POINT — Crater found itself in a dogfight for half of its boys basketball game against Henley Saturday. It was a different story after intermission. The Comets, ranked fifth in Class 5A, trailed by one at halftime before bolting to a 75-48 nonconference win over the 4A Hornets (1-3). Nathan Bittle scored 30 points and Nathan Horton 26 for Crater (3-1), which broke away from a 25-24 halftime deficit with 51 second-half points. “I’m really proud of the way this team respo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
Two of the Rogue Valley’s newest residents, Cameron Ray and his mother, Deborah Jones, are survivors. They awoke Nov. 9, in Paradise, California, with family urgently calling and texting about a fast-approaching fire. Get out, they said. But stuck in black-as-night smoke and surrounded by wind-whipped flames, they almost didn’t make it. They’d been evacuated many times before, so at first, neither took it that seriously. Ray, 32, said they’d likely be back in an hour or t
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
Oregon is an attractive place to move, especially when good-paying jobs are plenteous. Coming out of the Great Recession, Jackson County has followed the lead of other metro regions in the state. Business expansion, new jobs and in-migration all boosted Oregon population growth, which has ranked among the national leaders for several years. The growth rate is now declining, even though the raw numbers are comparable. The surge of newcomers to the state slowed last year to an annual rate of 1.3 p
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners approved a large-scale solar farm Wednesday that will have 45,000 panels spread over 46 acres on rural land between Medford and White City. "It's a new field in Jackson County. You'll be the first," Commissioner Doug Breidenthal said to the team of professionals who came to a public hearing to describe the proposal by California-based Cypress Creek Renewables. "This is the first of several projects likely to come before the board of commissioners," Breid