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Felony arrestsTheft, drugs — Sabrina Koren Lee, 39, no known address. Medford police Tuesday arrested Lee on charges of first-degree theft and possession of hydrocodone. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail and released on her own recognizance.Drugs — Christian Zaragosa-Parra, 23, of the 200 block of Ross Lane, Medford. Medford police Tuesday arrested Zaragosa-Parra on charges of possession of methamphetamine, third-degree...
Oregon’s 2014, four-year graduation rate is the highest it's been in six years, according to data released today by the Department of Education.The state improved its graduation rate about 3 percent, from 68.7 percent in 2013...
Lawmakers in Salem are already bickering over an increase in the state gas tax to pay for road and bridge repairs that all agree are needed. The clash comes over a separate measure to extend limits on the carbon content of fuel sold in the...
Don't burn biomassI applaud Dr. Bob Palzer's recent letter (co-written with Paul Fouch) opposing SOU's proposed conversion from gas to biomass.My husband, Dr. Herschel King, and I became active in clear air efforts...
Jan. 29, 1915Affidavits refuting testimony given against Mrs. Hoffman in the divorce proceedings in the circuit court were introduced this morning. Testimony from a Mr. Davis, a milkman, Merle Davis (no...
"Yeah, there've been a couple of stumbles," John Boehner acknowledged Tuesday.The House speaker had spoken with dry understatement.What has happened since Republicans took full control of Congress three weeks ago has been less a...
Thursday, Jan. 29Choose the Right Computer: Is it time for a new computer? Do you have more questions than answers? Come to the latest Need2Know technology presentation...
My favorite journal is brown with antique maps wrapped around its cover. Just inside it carries a 2008 inscription from my husband. Words of love and encouragement. Words that urge me to “become intoxicated by the fragrance of every...
WEEK IN RELIGIONAs many as 800,000 people attended an event Jan. 19 in Russia’s Chechnya region to protest against images of the prophet Muhammad published in French publication Charlie Hebdo.Chechen leader...
Whatever happened with that crash where a bicyclist was struck by a car last Friday near Phoenix? I never saw anything in the paper or on the news.
After a year spent patiently waiting for his turn, North Medford junior Brian Schireman certainly is making the most of his opportunity these days for the eighth-ranked Black Tornado boys basketball team.Schireman was a casualty of a deep...
