Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) articles from September 2001

Mail Tribune (Medford, OR) archives from September 2001

Medford, Ore.-Area Jobless Rate Drops.
September 28, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 28--Jackson County continues to hold its own economically, at least for the time being, according to the latest data from the Oregon Employment Department. State Employment Department figures for August show...

Rogue River Press Plans Central Point, Ore., Newspaper.
September 22, 2001... Sep. 22--CENTRAL POINT, Ore.--The publishers of the Rogue River Press plan to begin operating a weekly paper for Central Point later this year. "They're a growing community and they deserve to have their own paper," said publisher Dave...

Medford, Ore., Auto Dealers Set Sales Records.
September 21, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 21--General Motors this week slashed interest rates on all 2001 cars and trucks to reinvigorate demand after last week's terrorist attacks, but Medford dealers said Thursday they were already surpassing previous...

Jackson County, Ore., Home Sales Decline in Recent Weeks.
September 19, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 19--Homeowners are keeping appraisers busy with refinancing reports, but Jackson County home sales have declined in recent weeks. "All of the appraisers are running their tails off because of home...

Oregon Utility Regulators Order Qwest to Reduce Revenue.
September 19, 2001... Sep. 19--Many Rogue Valley phone customers will see their monthly extended area service fees reduced on Jan. 1, while Gold Hill, Jacksonville and Rogue River will see a slight increase. The changes result from Oregon Public Utilities...

Medford, Ore.-Area Stock Brokers Report Increase in Buyers.
September 19, 2001... Byline: Bill Kettler Sep. 19--After Monday's big selloff on Wall Street, Southern Oregon stock brokers were wondering who the sellers were. "I got more calls from people who were asking what they should be buying today," said James...

Oregon Business Agency Representative Gives Foreign-Trade Talk to Women Voters.
September 15, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 15--The names of more than a half-dozen foreign owned Rogue Valley firms rolled off Bruce Laird's lips as he talked foreign trade with the League of Women Voters on Thursday. From French-held Alstom to...

Restriction of U.S. Postal Service Operations Delays Medford, Ore.-Area Mail.
September 14, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 14--The U.S. Postal Service has been reduced to overland operations much of this week and there's no telling how soon mail will move as easily as it did before Tuesday. That means the former West Coast...

Medford, Ore., Mall Reopens Doors.
September 13, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 13--The Rogue Valley Mall returned to life a day after the death of thousands on the other side of the continent silenced the shopping center's cash registers and locked its doors. "It wasn't a financial...

Toyota Dealership Donates Money to Medford, Ore.-Area High Schools.
September 8, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 8--Rich Summers admits he winced when hearing North Medford's final scores last football season. The Black Tornado's prolific scoring habits were costing his company $25 every time North Medford tumbled into...

Medford, Ore.-Area Banks Not Spooked by Recent Citibank ATM Debacle.
September 7, 2001... Sep. 7--Rogue Valley ATM card users, who deal with major banks such as U.S. Bank, Wells Fargo and Washington Mutual, needn't worry about irksome computer crashes like the one that hit New York's Citibank earlier this week. Citibank's...

Medford, Ore.-Based Gift-Catalog Parent Company Reaps Bumper Crop of Pears.
September 7, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 7--Dry weather did little to hinder what is shaping up as a bumper crop of beautiful Comice pears for Bear Creek Corp. The fruit destined for mail-order gift packs, however, outshines the Fruit Growers League...

Medford, Ore.-Area Lunch-Box Fruit Company Targets Schools.
September 6, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 6--Students' return to classrooms and lunchrooms figures to give a Northwest fruit company a back-to-school shot in the arm once reserved for apparel retailers. Crunch Pak -- refrigerated sliced apples -- has...

Microbrewery in Medford, Ore., Area Aims to Succeed.
September 2, 2001... Byline: Greg Stiles Sep. 2--Jim Mills missed the great microbrewery gusher of the late 1980s and early 1990s. That might have been for the best. Although microbrews have created small fortunes, the industry's failure rate over...