Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-15
Just two days before the second anniversary of the crime that changed James Bowman’s life, one of the masterminds avoided prison. Daniel Dougherty, 37, was sentenced to 3 years probation Friday after pleading guilty to first-degree burglary in Jackson County Circuit Court. Dougherty admitted he aided and abetted in the home-invasion robbery in which at least five masked men stormed Bowman’s Wimer home , tortured him, filled a U-Haul truck with the licensed grower’s marijuana, t
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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After months of “agonizingly slow” delays, the Olsrud Family Community Playground at Bear Creek Park is finally ready for playtime. A ribbon-cutting is schedule for 11 a.m. Saturday, and city officials say the much-anticipated event will happen rain or shine. “I suppose it’s a little bit like Christmas,” said Al Densmore, the project’s fundraising coordinator. “The adults are out there getting ready for Christmas morning. It should feel that way hopefull
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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March 24, 1988 - January 7, 2018 Ryan John Folsom passed away January 7, 2018 when his car was struck by a wrong-way driver in Anderson, California. He was born March 24, 1988 in Cleveland, Ohio to David and Melinda Folsom. He attended North Medford High School and graduated with a masters degree in neuroscience from Brigham Young University. He still holds the single season Black Tornado rushing record and he has the 8th longest run (74 yards) in Cougar football history. He served an LDS missio
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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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. This Medford man’s car sits idle for want of repairs as he spends hours walking between work and other responsibilities. Intellectually disabled, the 33-year-old man lives independently in his own apartment with support services
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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UPDATE, 3:40 p.m.: All lanes are open, ODOT says. CENTRAL POINT — An RV caught fire on the Interstate-5 north of Central Point late Friday morning in the southbound lane near Exit 35, Blackwell Road. An elderly couple on a road trip from Washington was driving up a hill when their RV lost electrical power. When they pulled over on the side of the highway, they saw flames. One southbound lane is closed, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation. Traffic is moving slowly and is ba
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-14
The Mt. Ashland Ski Area is closed today because of high winds. "We are seeing sustained winds that are high enough to make it unsafe to operate the lifts at this time," according to its website, www.mtashland.com. "They are expected to decrease late this afternoon." There is some good news, however: The weather forecast calls for 2 to 4 inches of new snow today on top of a 21-inch base on the lower mountain. At the summit, the mountain has 20 inches of snow.
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Some things are givens during the holiday season. Television networks will be chock full of Christmas variety specials, heartwarming and/or stomach-churning, light romantic-comedies, and the ghosts of traditional favorites past. The stores run holiday songs on a continuous loop over their loudspeakers, while various and sundry big-name artists release heartwarming and/or stomach-churning Christmas albums. Theaters mount their winter productions — filled with familiar songs and heartwarming
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Annie Lee and Seungkyo Park reopened Mihama Teriyaki Grill in Ashland in July with a trimmed-down menu that features a poke bar and house specialties that are Chinese, Korean and Japanese favorites. Many of Mihama’s famed Godzilla figures still stand in homage, but the burgers are gone, and prices have increased marginally. Mihama’s Poke Bar offers a mix-and-match approach to sushi in a bowl. It’s easy to build your own bowl, carefully customized while you watch and select each
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday avoided a high-profile case by rejecting appeals from Kansas and Louisiana in their effort to strip Medicaid money from Planned Parenthood, over the dissenting votes of three justices. The court's order reflected a split among its conservative justices and an accusation from Justice Clarence Thomas that his colleagues seemed to be ducking the case for political reasons. New Justice Brett Kavanaugh was among the justices who opted not to hear the cas
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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A spiritual retreat founded on a vision sent from an Ashland plastic surgeon's dead son is now up for sale as the government continues the debate over its status as a church. The 11,000-square-foot retreat and 96-acre property known as the Circle of Teran just outside of Ashland is listed for $6.7 million by Royce Real Estate Services. The owner of the property, Sulara Young of Sulara LLC, confirmed the property was for sale but said she wouldn't comment on why she wanted to sell it. She is marr
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Eight months after the Medford Police Department began stocking an anti-overdose medication in its patrol cars, the drug is credited with reversing nine opiate overdoses. Chief Tim George says officers have used naloxone, also known as Narcan, nine times since March 9, about three months after the department first stocked the medication in its patrol cars.  George says the department has seen a rise in opiate overdoses as heroin use has surged, following pharmaceutical manufacturers' change
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Mail Tribune Western Bank, once a model of community banking, will disappear from the state's landscape this weekend. Workers are changing signs at 30 of the bank's remaining 31 branches. The branches will close Friday and re-open Tuesday as Washington Mutual offices. The exception is the 300 E. Main St. branch in Medford that will be abandoned. This week's activity is the final page of an epilogue that began when Washington Mutual completed acquisition of Western Bank in February 1996. Western'
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Lithia Artisans Holiday Market After 13 years in the Art Wing at Briscoe Elementary School in Ashland, Lithia Artisans will move its holiday market to the Medford Armory, 1701 S. Pacific Highway. Look for about 70 artists and artisans showcasing a diverse range of gift items, from homemade soap and evergreen wreaths to sculpture and fine art. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the armory. Admission is f
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Officers from nine Southern Oregon and state law enforcement agencies converged on two Grants Pass properties Tuesday in a massive drug bust that netted the seizure of several pounds of illegal drugs, eight firearms and stolen ATVs, Oregon State Police reported. The raids also resulted in four arrests. Officers from the Rogue Area Drug Enforcement (RADE) team issued search warrants Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at two adjacent properties — a house and a fifth-wheel trailer — at 2955 and 2989
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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One person is dead following a rollover crash near on Highway 140 near Fish Lake. Oregon State Police Capt. Tim Fox confirmed that the lone occupant died Thursday evening in a single vehicle crash. The driver’s identity and age were not released until next of kin could be notified, and the vehicle involved in the crash was not available at press time. The crash occurred at 5:04 p.m. on Highway 140 near milepost 30, according to Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon and Oregon Departm
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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"Willy Wonka," Teen Musical Theater of Oregon will stage Roald Dahl's story of five children and their families who walk through a fantastic chocolate factory and enter a world of pure imagination at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Craterian Theater, 23 S. Central Ave., Medford. Tickets are $24, $12 for ages 12 and younger, and can be purchased at craterian.org, at the box office, 16 S. Bartlett St., or by calling 541-779-3000. Ashland Contemporary Theatre: Ticket
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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An effort to hold people in jail who repeatedly skip their court dates has netted 79 people who were no-shows 2,270 times. The failure-to-appear initiative was launched in the spring by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office — which runs the jail — in cooperation with police departments, the District Attorney’s Office and Jackson County Circuit Court. The 79 people arrested so far this year had accumulated 437 unresolved court cases, according to statistics from the DA&rsquo
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Before a packed synagogue — with armed guard out front — Rabbi David Zaslow of Havurah Shir Hadash warned his congregation that anti-Semitism is on the rise. Just minutes earlier, Zaslow, the armed guard and members of a Community De-escalation Team formed a half-circle inside the entrance as they refused entry to two men who have been outspoken in anti-Semitic sentiments in the past. “This is a difficult time in the world, what with the growth of nationalism in many places, an
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
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Robin Downward believes there’s a little bit of Ebenezer Scrooge in all of us. “We all want redemption, and we all want to find out there’s more to life than work,” he says. The connection audiences have with the characters and themes of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is why the story has thrived for more than 170 years, Downward adds. “Weaving music through the classic tale of Scrooge’s reconciliation with Christmases past, present and
Mail Tribune (Medford, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-12-14
With dancing, reindeer, elves, gumdrops, mice and more, Studio Roxander creates its own tradition for the holidays. Elyse and David Roxander first staged “The Nutcracker” shortly after opening their Medford studio in 2009. Audience demand led to annual performances — totaling eight as of this season. Originally a two-act ballet with a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky, “The Nutcracker” began in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892. Based on the 19th-century story “The Nut