Month: July 2022

The ownership of a Jackson Pollock collage, part of the millions of dollars of marital property at issue in former state Sen. Alex Kasser’s contentious divorce, got a little murkier Wednesday due to a federal court ruling of appeals. The Greenwich Democrat divorced Wall Street banker Seth Bergstein a year ago in the political news by announcing she was resigning from the General Assembly because the strain of the breakup made living in Greenwich impossible. A year earlier, he revealed that he is gay and had fallen in love with a member of the legislative staff. The signed Pollock hung…

The Republican Party’s local executive committee passed a resolution on July 8 stating that President Joe Biden’s election victory is illegitimate. The graffiti is being removed from the Jackson County Republican Party headquarters in Medford in March 2021. [ Mail Tribune/file photo] The Jackson County Republican Central Committee has officially rejected the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Republican Party’s local executive committee passed a resolution on July 8 in support of a Texas Republican convention that claims President Joe Biden’s election victory is illegitimate. This was followed on July 12 by a unanimous vote of the Jackson County…

Five livestock kills in just over two weeks have been attributed to wolves A remote camera captured this photo of OR-7 on May 3 in eastern Jackson County. Two more livestock kills this week in the gray wolf pack in the Fort Klamath area have brought the pack’s total dead to five since the beginning of July. According to an Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife report issued Wednesday, the latest depredation occurred on July 23. That morning a cattle producer found a dead, 825-pound steer in a private pasture that had been partially eaten. The cattle were estimated to…

Passenger numbers at Medford Airport so far this year are only about 3.5% behind the record set in 2019 Medford Airport in the first six months of 2022 has received 482,806 fliers, compared to 499,931 at the same time in 2019. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune] By mid-2022, the number of passengers at Medford Airport is approaching the record set in 2019. Through June 30, 482,806 passengers had arrived or departed from Jackson County Airport. This compares to 499,931 at the same time in 2019. Airport Director Jerry Brienza said it’s not easy to pinpoint the reasons for the strong…

A 70-year-old Holden woman died in what authorities believe was a drowning accident in the Tickfaw River. In a statement, Livingston Parish Sheriff Jason Ard said officers were dispatched near Tickfaw Acres Road to find a missing woman Thursday evening. Deputies learned that the woman, who has been identified as Lee Ann Collette, “often went swimming in the Tickfaw River located behind her home.” “A ground and air search led to a floating inner tube and later his body,” Ard said. Ard said there was “no indication of foul play” and the investigation is ongoing. No other available information was…

Walker police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred Tuesday night at the Subway restaurant located on Florida Boulevard. A spokesman for the Walker Police Department said the robbery happened around 6:20 p.m. Tuesday. According to the spokesman, a male suspect entered the restaurant, waited until all customers had left, placed an order and then pointed a small black handgun at the employee. The suspect then demanded the contents of the cash drawer before fleeing on foot. Authorities said he took “an undisclosed amount of cash, along with the sandwich he ordered.” Authorities said there were no injuries. On Wednesday,…

A man died Saturday when he crashed his car while eluding police. According to a news alert from the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, around 12:55 p.m. an officer attempted to pull over a driver near the 5500 block of Rockydale Road in Cave Junction. The vehicle accelerated and the driver began driving recklessly, so the deputy terminated the pursuit in the interest of public safety, the notice said. A short time later, the vehicle was found crashed into a power pole, a fence and trees on the side of the road. James Scott Mattox, 38, the sole occupant of the…