MailTribune.com Headlines: Medford, Oregon

Junior jazz concert date now Feb. 23

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00 EST

The date of a joint concert by the Medford Junior Jazz Ensemble and Hedrick and McLoughlin middle schools has been changed to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 23 at Hedrick Middle School.

Recall doesn't faze owners

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:00 EST

Local Toyota owners brushed off the massive recall effort by the Japanese car manufacturer as a slight inconvenience for them.

Taking the Plunge

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:45 EST

Sporting floral bikini tops and a grass skirt and futilely forbidding people to laugh at them, Medford City Council members Chris Corcoran and James Kuntz dove into the 48-degree pool at Medford's Hawthorne Park with about 20 other people Saturday.

Inside the shock of Haiti

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:45 EST

The devastation in Haiti is difficult for Americans to comprehend because we have so much of all the material things that Haitians lacked even before the earthquake, says a Medford man who spent 10 days working there.

Car chase leads to arrest of Medford-area transient

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

MEDFORD — A Medford-area transient is in jail after allegedly leading police on a brief car chase after he was spotted driving a vehicle stolen from a used car dealership.

Police search for 3 boys who beat, robbed woman

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

Medford police are looking for three teenage boys who allegedly beat and robbed a 54-year-old woman walking near Donahue-Frohnmayer Park Monday night.

Medford woman cited for hitting men on Riverside

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

The driver who struck and injured two pedestrians on Riverside Avenue last month has been cited for careless driving and failure to yield to a pedestrian on a sidewalk.

Farming expert will speak on sustainability

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

Joel Salatin of Virginia-based Polyface Farms, whose innovative, sustainable farming practices have been featured in books and a documentary film, will share his vision for establishing local food systems during a presentation Feb. 19 in Medford.

Spark of Electricity

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

In15-year-old Bonny Panchal's native country of India, people zooming to and from work and running errands on electric bicycles is a common sight.

Warning issued about rabies after deaths of animals

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

GRANTS PASS — Public health officials are warning people to protect themselves and their pets from rabies after a rabid goat and a dead fox were found in Cave Junction.

Prewitt runs for Gilmour's county position

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:25 EST

Craig Prewitt, an 18-year member of the Phoenix-Talent School Board and its current chairman, is running for a Jackson County Board of Commissioners' seat in the May 18 primary.

RCC could stamp out smoking

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 09:35 EST

Rogue Community College looks at campuswide tobacco ban at all three locations; other options, however, are being considered.

Medford emergency dispatch ready to join county at airport

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:30 EST

A long-sought goal of combining the city of Medford's 9-1-1 center with Jackson County received unanimous approval from the City Council Thursday.

City must provide benefits to retirees

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:30 EST

An Oregon Supreme Court ruling Thursday determined the city of Medford is obligated to provide health benefits to its retirees, but only under certain circumstances.

Lithia has 4th-quarter profit

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:45 EST

Slimmed-down Lithia Motors said in a preliminary report Wednesday that it earned a modest fourth-quarter profit in 2009 from continued operations.

Juvenile jailed in duplex arson

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:10 EST

MEDFORD — A 17-year-old juvenile was arrested Tuesday in connection with an attempted murder and arson in which he and two other men reportedly set fire to a porch of a duplex on Cottage Street.

Pair settles over faulty fuses blaze

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:10 EST

A disabled Medford man and his teenage son are back on solid financial ground after being compensated for the loss of their belongings in a fire that was caused by improper fuses.

New wiggle room for NICU

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:10 EST

Premature babies don't need much room, but the machinery that helps them thrive can fill up space in a hurry.

School Board OKs plan for old South Medford High

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:16 EST

MEDFORD — The Medford School Board Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to consolidate the school district's central administration, support services and an alternative secondary school at the South Medford High School on South Oakdale Avenue.

School bus strike averted

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:15 EST

First Student bus drivers who transport Medford and Prospect public school students voted Tuesday to accept a three-year labor contract, diverting a threatened strike.