Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-14
NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say bomb threats sent to dozens of schools, universities and other locations across the U.S. appear to be a hoax. Medford police said on its Facebook page just now that city departments and schools across Southern Oregon have received the threat. The city of Medford's legal department, public works service center and regional water reclamation facility all received the email. Following standard procedure, staff at the two buildings evacuated and contacted police
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
A 26-year-old Eagle Point man died after being struck by a vehicle on Interstate 5 near Central Point Thursday morning, Oregon State Police confirmed. The crash happened at about 6:15 a.m. near milepost 33, according to dispatch records. The man, Richard Drew Wilson, was attempting to cross the northbound lanes of the freeway near the exit 33 interchange when a Nissan Xterra driven by Medford resident Jeri Renee Wiggins, 52, hit him, OSP reported. “Visibility in the area was limited by dar
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
Forest fires in 2017 created an incredible morel mushroom harvest last spring. And farm and ranch equipment retailer Coastal used the opportunity to raise nearly $8,000 for the Wildland Firefighters Foundation, a charitable nonprofit that helps families of firefighters killed or injured in the line of duty. Coastal partnered with Foods In Season to sell jars of dried morel mushrooms harvested from burn areas — known as “burn morels” or “fire morels” — to raise
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
Oregon law allows government officials to delay or withhold records that should be public, and there is little punishment for agencies that violate the law. Governments in Oregon unreasonably delay handing over public documents or charge too much for that access, and put records of elected officials sometimes nearly beyond reach of citizens, according to a new state report. Those are the findings of Ginger McCall, Oregon’s public records advocate, which were included in a formal report iss
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
The sun is not due to rise above the horizon for another four hours Wednesday when the first worshipers begin to congregate at the corner of 10th Street and Oakdale Avenue. As young and old file through the front and side doors of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church, their breath that forms mist in the near-freezing outside air is masked again by the sanctuary’s warmth. Before long, those breaths become songs and shouts of appreciation; their hands clap in time with a beat or in a round of ap
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
Has this ever happened to you? I hope so. I was in a crowded store recently, shopping for the items one needs (or believes are necessary) to support a happy holiday. I’d been making purchases all afternoon — my husband had expected me home hours earlier. My feet hurt, and I was tired. The checkout line I had been standing in for some time was long, and there were too few clerks. A lanky young man wearing the store’s name tag ambled over and tapped the arm of the customer behind
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
A former FedEx employee who stole valuable packages — including more than $200,000 worth of cash payments for illegal marijuana sales — from his delivery truck through an in-house scam will spend more than three years in federal prison for his crimes. Victor Manuel Chavez, 40, was sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court in Medford to 41 months in federal prison and fined $25,000 after pleading guilty in March to single counts of theft from an interstate shipment and money laundering.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
One proposed solar farm may have run into a land-use roadblock locally, but a second north of Medford will be able to turn on the lights for up to 2,000 homes at the end of December. The 37,000 sun-tracking panels are being positioned on 44 acres of a 68-acre property at 5842 McLoughlin Drive, along with inverters, power poles and driveways. The facility will produce 9.9 megawatts of electricity. "The power that we are producing is then put into the grid, and the local utility disperse
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
What are people supposed to do with deer that die on their property? It seems like dead deer get picked up off roads, but what about from private property? — John, Medford The city of Medford has a contract with Jackson County Animal Control for the county to remove deed dear off city streets, according to city staff. But people are largely on their own when it comes to removing dead deer from their property,n as city, county and federal government agencies generally don't pick up dead wil
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
Police are asking for clues to help break a sophisticated Medford burglary spree in which tens of thousands of dollars worth of construction equipment was taken. Multiple industrial businesses reported losses over the weekend involving a team of unknown men who were captured on surveillance video loading up a black cargo van with large industrial equipment, according to Medford police. The burglaries occurred between Friday night and Saturday morning at Robinson Brothers Construction and Bullet
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-13
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
Smoke-filled summers mean Duane Christensen’s family can no longer live together in the Rogue Valley. His 22-year-old daughter, who has the lung disease cystic fibrosis, had to move away. “It’s been devastating for us as a family. We wish our daughter could live with us,” Christensen told Jackson County Commissioners during a public hearing about wildfire and smoke impacts held Tuesday night at North Medford High School. Christensen said there are real people out there su
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would “take a bullet” for his boss, was sentenced Wednesday to three in prison for an array of crimes that included arranging the payment of hush money to two women that he says was done at the direction of Trump. The sentence was in line with what federal prosecutors asked for. Sentencing guidelines called for around four to five years behind bars, and prosecutors asked
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
SALEM — Oregon is collecting valuable information about opioid prescribers and their patients but state law hamstrings using the system to confront drug abuse, state auditors said Tuesday. Oregon, like all other states, collects information on prescriptions for controlled substances such as Oxycodone and Percocet. But Oregon’s program has little teeth, auditors found. Auditors blamed state lawmakers, saying that constraints they put in place on the program, created nearly a decade ag
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
A California man has admitted to his role in a drug trafficking ring that sold more than two pounds of cocaine to undercover agents based in Southern Oregon. Gonzalo Manzo Jr., 33, admitted Monday in U.S. District Court in Medford to drug conspiracy and firearms charges involving himself and two co-defendants stemming from a sting operation in summer 2017, which allegedly involved the sale of a kilogram of cocaine in exchange for $21,000 and firearms, according to a press release issued by the U
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
Editor’s note: Light One Candle is an annual series sponsored by the Mail Tribune that focuses on an individual, group or agency who could use a helping hand during the holiday season. Once that need is filled, donations may be distributed to others in need. Car trouble imperils this Eagle Point family’s route to work, school, child care, therapy and a better life. Lacking money for repairs, this 33-year-old mother of two young children is challenged to get to work and college classe
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
A Jacksonville woman died following a three-vehicle crash Tuesday night on Highway 238 outside Jacksonville, Oregon State Police reported. Nancy Asman, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened near milepost 38 just before 6 p.m., OSP said in a news release. Emergency personnel responded to the crash at 5:56 p.m. A preliminary investigation shows 21-year-old Charles Redlingshafer of Central Point had been driving a 1989 Ford pickup towing a trailer loaded with hay, though
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
Mt. Ashland’s ski season kicked off Friday with a crowd. More than 700 people hit the slopes to celebrate the start of the season, according to ski area’s General Manager Hiram Towle. In observation of “Day Onesie,” as the nonprofit ski area calls its opening day, skiers and snowboarders wearing one-piece snowsuits paraded around the mountain and were given first chairlift honors. All four lifts at the ski area are operating, though officials advise skiers and snowboarder
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
LOS ANGELES — Chris Sale’s final pitch for this Boston juggernaut triggered a celebration on the Dodger Stadium infield, among thousands of fans who made their way to California — and even outside Fenway Park back home. The quest is complete. Yes, these 2018 Red Sox really are that great. A team to remember from top to bottom. A season to savor from start to finish. David Price proved his postseason mettle, Steve Pearce homered twice and Boston beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-12
Another year of extensive wildfires, debilitating smoke, and several tragedies across the West have made it clear that Oregonians cannot afford forestry practices that continue to make this problem worse. The consequences of our forest management history and our changing climate have been illuminated by a hazy vermilion sun. The complex, fire-resilient forests of yesteryear have been replaced with younger, denser stands more likely to experience stand-replacing fires. Meanwhile, climate change i