Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-11
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. Excursions and educational activities geared toward teens are invaluable for clients of Medford’s Redemption Ridge, which houses and treats victims of sex trafficking. Seven girls between the ages of 15 and 18 are immersed in Red
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-11
Felony arrests Assault — Race Little Eagle, 33, of the 8000 block of Isabella Way, White City. Jackson County sheriff’s deputies Sunday arrested Little Eagle on charges of first-degree burglary and warrants charging him with second-degree and fourth-degree assault and harassment. He was lodged Sunday in the Jackson County Jail on $100,000 bail. Assault — Ariel Rose Zardozny, 27, no known address. Medford police Sunday arrested Zardozny on a charge of first-degree assault. She w
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-11
The woman charged with intentionally driving the wrong way on Interstate 5 and causing a Northern California crash that killed a 29-year-old father of three and former North Medford High School star athlete in January was sentenced to life in prison late last week. Judge Cara Beatty sentenced Grace Elizabeth Ward, of Red Bluff, to life in prison Friday after Ward pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon, according to a Shasta County District Attorne
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-28
TV legend Bryan Cranston loved soaring off Woodrat Mountain during four days of shooting for “The Upside,” according to local paragliders who helped on the set of the film. Cranston, who won fame for his roles in “Breaking Bad,” “Malcolm in the Middle” and “Seinfeld,” plays Phillip Lacasse, a French tycoon trying to recapture the joys of life after a paragliding crash causes him to become a paraplegic. Now in theaters, “The Upside” is b
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-27
Felony arrests Assault — Eric Jordan Torres, 18, of the 200 block of Homewood Road, Grants Pass. Medford police arrested Torres Friday on additional felony charges of second-degree assault and attempted second-degree assault. Jackson County Community Justice probation officers originally arrested Torres Wednesday for violating his probation on a prior third-degree assault conviction. He remained held in the Jackson County Jail Friday without bail. Drugs — Ronald Glenn Pollock, 38, no
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
EUGENE — A banner hung over an Interstate 5 bridge has upset Eugene community leaders who say the sign is racist. The banner reads "Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white" and includes a Celtic symbol co-opted by the white supremacist movement in the U.S. KVAL-TV reports the sign has drawn criticism from the city's Equity and Human Rights program manager, Michael Kinnison, who says he's "appalled" the sign went up. Hanging a banner from the bridge is illegal, no matter the content. The
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
Three people survived a water crash Sunday of an Erickson Air Crane helicopter into a reservoir in Australia while battling a wildfire, the second Erickson helicopter crash in less than a week. The crash has triggered Erickson to implement a “rolling, global safety stand-down” of its more than 40 helicopters as shifts resume around the world so crews can review safety protocols. “It’s working our way around the world and take pause in our operations to work through reinfo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
A 21-year-old Talent man will have to put his college hopes on hold after he lost $3,900 in a "secret shopper" scam that sent him a fake check and asked him to wire money to test Western Union's services, police said. "It's pretty clever how they do it," Talent Police Chief Mike Moran said Wednesday, noting he has seen ads around college campuses for mystery shoppers and consumer-service evaluators. "They prey on kids who need money, and there are not a lot of jobs out there," Moran said. Moran
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
We've read a lot about wolves in Oregon, including the now-famous OR-7. But my question is about a wolf-dog or wolf hybrid. Is it legal to breed, sell or own a wolf-dog? If you can have one, are there any restrictions in Oregon? — Jean T., Medford That's actually two questions, Jean. But we'll allow it because we can answer both with the same word: yes. Wolf hybrids are allowed in Oregon, and there are restrictions, at least locally. The state has no rules on hybrids, according to hybridla
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-29
A Medford man is in critical condition after suffering severe burns Monday afternoon when rust-removal chemicals he was heating on his kitchen stove flashed, authorities said. James Hickey, 74, suffered burns on his upper extremities and was the only one injured in the 1 p.m. fire at his house on the 3600 block of Camina Way in Medford, according to the Medford Police Department. Hickey restores motorbikes in his garage and apparently was heating the rust-removal chemicals when the fire occurred
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-27
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Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-28
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Health officials say the number of confirmed cases of measles in western Washington has grown to 34, with nine more cases suspected. Clark County Public Health said Sunday that the majority of the cases involve children younger than 10. Officials say 30 of the patients were not vaccinated against the highly contagious disease and in four cases it’s unclear whether the person was vaccinated. One person was hospitalized. Measles is a highly contagious viral illn
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-23
SALEM — When Oregon legislators convene on Tuesday, they could raise or lower your taxes, cut or boost government services and decide how much your landlord can hike the rent. Interest groups, from the pharmaceutical industry to labor unions, spend millions of dollars lobbying legislators and contributing to their campaigns. We asked former lawmakers and citizen advocates: How can an ordinary constituent, without the same cash or cachet, have an impact? Here’s their advice to help yo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-23
DETROIT (AP) — The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Native American protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial as his schoolmates chanted and laughed says he did nothing to provoke the man in the videotaped confrontation and was only trying to calm the situation. The student identified himself in an email statement Sunday evening as junior Nick Sandmann of Covington Catholic High School in a northern Kentucky suburb of Cincinnati. An official working with the fa
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-23
MEDFORD -- Ride-share providers that offer food delivery will have yet another service through which they can earn extra cash after DoorDash's debut in the Rogue Valley. Likewise, people who don't feel like driving to pick up food have an even wider array of places from which to order. Exclusively offering food delivery, not unlike Grubhub but with seemingly more variety and a more user-friendly app, DoorDash is unique in that it services restaurants that typically don't offer delivery. While fo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-23
As the keynote speaker for the Medford Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration, Marvin Woodard leaned on a few of the things he knows best: call-and-response, community-building and basketball. "Today when I'm talking to you, I'm talking to you as potential King dream team members," he said to the crowd partially filling the auditorium at Central Medford High School. He used the same cues to clap in response to his words that he has his basketball players do to engage the audience throughout his
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-23
City leaders want to make Talent a place where residents can remain comfortably for their entire lives. Talent City Council is sending a letter to AARP expressing interest in joining its Age-Friendly Communities program. The multiyear process includes creation of an action plan, then implementation and evaluation in the third to fifth years. The letter is "the city’s commitment to join the network and work on becoming age-friendly," said Bandana Shrestha, community engagement director for
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-23
The nonprofit group Max's Mission will give out test strips that can detect whether street drugs are laced with fentanyl -- the deadliest drug in America. The giveaway will take place from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Medford library, 205 S. Central Ave. Max's Mission will also hand out free naloxone, an easy-to-use nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose. Opioids include street drugs like heroin, as well as prescription pain pills such as oxycodone. Dealers have begun mixing fenta
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-16
CENTRAL POINT — A flip of a stocking-truck lever Tuesday sent 1,500 legal-sized trout from Cole Rivers Hatchery into the cool water of Expo Pond. It's part of a coming-out party for the popular trout pond, which is sporting a new look after undergoing a makeover that includes a new RV park adjacent to the Expo park. Gone are the muddy banks, heaps of garbage, burned mattresses and the occasional hypodermic needle. They've been replaced by a lush lawn, concrete pathways, landscaping, a
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-01-16
Winning a spot for an underwater mushroom on the Top 10 New Species list has made a big splash in the mycological world. But discoverer Robert Coffan brushes off the acclaim. "I feel very humbled, but I think, for some reason, nature just nudged me to open the window and find it," he says. The species, called Rogue mushroom and discovered in 2005 on the Upper Rogue, made the Top 10 list after publication in the professional journal Mycologia in January 2010. The Top 10 list is put out annually b