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Talent City Council will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed urban renewal plan at the Talent Community Center. [Mail Tribune/file photo] The City of Phoenix, Fire District No. 5 also opposes the plan The Talent City Council is trying to capitalize on the devastating Almeda fire with a proposed urban renewal plan that doesn’t take negative impacts into account, according to Jackson County commissioners. Commissioners this week sent a letter to the city of Talent opposing the plan. City councilors will review the input they received during a special meeting Tuesday to keep, change or reject the recommendations….

Operators of the Croman Mill property, a prime development plot, are understood to be carrying out a reclamation project on the site. The City of Ashland is investigating reports of an unpermitted commercial soil operation on the Croman Mill property south of Mistletoe Road in Ashland. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune] The Croman Mill property, east of Tolman Creek Road in Ashland, has been eyed for years as a prime development site, with plans calling for a mix of residential and commercial development. [Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune] A 60-acre site in southeast Ashland known as the Croman Mill District…

The Medford School District will host a back-to-school party for students and their families on Wednesday Tara Short, owner of Short Kutz Barber Shop & Salon, cuts Nate Short’s hair Thursday in Medford. Short and his staff will be offering free haircuts from 3 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, at Jackson Elementary School, 713 Summit Ave., Medford, as part of the Healthy Start Block Party. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Waiting on a couch Thursday at Short Kutz in downtown Medford, Nate Short didn’t wait long for his turn in the barber’s chair, where his mother, Tara Short, cut…

News from 100 years ago The following news items were taken from the Mail Tribune archives 100 years ago August 15, 1922 SUBJECT OF THE WATER SITUATION AT THE FORUM TOMORROW AT MIDDAY Communities, like individuals, often settle into a condition of self-satisfaction. This is often due to the prosperous situation of individual citizens who find very little time to devote to the problems of the community. Medford today lacks the support of its citizens on civic issues and the authorities are reluctant to proceed with much-needed improvements. The development of the water system is most necessary, and if this…

The city plans to create a new museum and GPS guided tours Jacksonville is planning a new museum in the old City Hall, along with GPS-guided walking tours of the history-rich city. [MT file photo] Jacksonville is investigating what it might take to turn the 1881 old city hall at Main and Oregon streets into a museum building. The City Council last week approved the action, which followed an investigation and report by Councilman Ken Gregg on what it would take to restore the museum’s features to the historic gold rush town. Gregg considers the old City Hall to be…

Gunmen have abducted the Assistant Secretary of the Spiritan University, Nneochi, Fr Chinedu Nwadike. Nwadike, a Catholic priest, was abducted on Friday along the Enugu-Okigwe road. The priest was kidnapped together with a seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor. Our correspondent gathered on Sunday that his kidnappers had established contact with his relations and demanded a ransom of 50mn. A family source said: “Rev. Fr. Dr. Chinedu Nwadike of Umuezeanoruo Eziama, Nkwerre LGA, Imo State, and a young seminarian, Emmanuel Nwafor, were kidnapped on Friday on their way to Enugu State , Umunnochi axis, along the Enugu-Okigwe road. “Both are members of the…