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Mail Tribune 100, Oct. 19, 1916 Wednesday Oct 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM Oct. 19, 1916 STUDENTS TRAVEL TO BERKELEY BY AUTO Bound for Berkeley, Cal., where they will witness the University of Oregon-University of California football game next Saturday, a party of U. of O students spent a few hours in Medford this morning. They left Eugene last night at 9 o'clock and arrived in Medford at 10 o'clock this morning. The party, of which James Vance of Medford has been elected chief
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Nike co-founder pledges $500 million Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 at 6:30 PM Oct 18, 2016 at 6:30 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife have pledged $500 million to the University of Oregon toward a new scientific research facility. The donation is the largest ever awarded to UO and is meant to launch a $1 billion, 10-year effort to build a three-building complex and add new graduate students and post-doctoral r
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Grants will support new works at Britt, OSF and Rogue Valley Symphony Tuesday Aug 23, 2016 at 2:33 PM Aug 23, 2016 at 2:33 PM The Oregon Community Foundation has awarded a total of $138,000 in new Creative Heights grants to several Jackson County organizations. The grants are among 20 totaling $966,890 announced this week. Local grants are: • The Peter Britt Gardens Music & Arts Festival Association received $13,000 to commission
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Curtis Salgado delivers with 'The Beautiful Lowdown' Curtis Salgado made a name for himself by his early 20s, playing in Eugene's bar scene with his band The Nighthawks, and later with The Robert Cray Band. Photo by Jessica Keaveny Wednesday Aug 24, 2016 at 11:48 AM Aug 24, 2016 at 11:48 AM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Curtis Salgado's 2016 release — "The Beautiful Lowdown" on Alligator Records — shows the blues and R&B singer at
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Emergency services, Aug. 24 Wednesday Aug 24, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Rosamber Lopez, 20, of the 1500 block of Meadows Lane, Medford. Medford police arrested Lopez Sunday on a felony charge of heroin possession and on warrants charging failure to appear in court on previous charges of failure to appear on previous charges of possession of methamphetamine, heroin and theft in the third degree. She was lodged in the Jackson County Jail Sunday an
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Ready for prime time Completion of the Phoenix freeway interchange, including a new four-lane bridge with bike lanes over Bear Creek, will be celebrated during a grand opening Thursday at the Shoppes at Exit 24. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:54 PM Oct 18, 2016 at 4:19 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune A $72 million interchange project that started construction in 2014 is mostly complete, giving the city of Phoenix a new l
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Burglar sentenced after shooting dog with shotgun Timothy Duane Qualls Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 3:23 PM Oct 17, 2016 at 8:59 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous An Eagle Point burglar was sentenced Monday to three years and five months in prison after shooting his neighbor's dog with a shotgun. The blast destroyed the dog's front leg, and she had to have her shoulder and leg amputated, said the dog's owner, Stephen Wyatt. Timothy Duane Qual
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Eugene moving roses to try to deter homeless camping In this Aug. 17, 2016 photo, Clay Manders and a crew of Eugene, Ore., city workers clear underbrush and trim back rosebushes along the entrance to the Owen Rose Garden after complaints of camping along the right of way. City workers in Eugene have pruned 11 large rosebushes that line the entry into the Owen Rose Garden next to the Willamette River in an attempt to deter illegal camping by homeless people. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via
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Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 24, 1916 Wednesday Aug 24, 2016 at 12:01 AM Aug. 24, 1916 A MARKED CONTRAST There is a marked contrast between the way Mr. Strahorn projects a railroad and the Medford method. Mr. Strahorn, as an expert, first studies the country thoroughly and ascertains just what tonnage can be developed — whether or not a railroad would pay. Then he spends a year or two surveying routes to secure the best location and ascertain the cost to a dollar. Then
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Police search for suspect following weekend hit-and-run Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 at 2:43 PM Oct 18, 2016 at 3:35 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil A woman is hospitalized in serious condition after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Antelope Road last weekend. Robin Crowley, 45, was out for a walk when she was hit at 7:17 p.m. Saturday between 24th and 25th streets in White City. Her ex-husband, John Crowley of Medford, said it's not known w
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Spencer Deane Gray Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 at 2:00 AM Spencer Deane Gray, 37, beloved son of Paul and Debra Gray, passed away October 9, 2016, after a long battle against brain cancer. Spencer was born in Evanston, Wyo. in 1979 and moved to southern Oregon in 1987. He attended North Medford High School and Southern Oregon University. In August of 2011, Spencer moved to Boulder, Colo. where he was employed as a web designer/senior front end developer at Mapleton Hill Media.
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Tackling a housing crisis Empty lots and vacant buildings on either side of Central Avenue are adding to west Medford's blight problem. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 6:35 PM Oct 18, 2016 at 5:58 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm The four candidates running for Ward 3 in northwest Medford say the city could do more to solve a housing crisis that plagues their neighborhoods, which have seen too much substandard housing,
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Blisteringly sexy 'Rocky Horror' a triumph Actor Galloway Stevens appears octopus-like in this scene from "The Rocky Horror Show" now on stage at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre. Photo by Bryon DeVore Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 5:40 PM Oct 17, 2016 at 5:46 PM By Jeffrey Gillespie for the Mail Tribune By the time this review hits the presses, it's my prediction that Oregon Cabaret Theatre will have sold out of tickets for "The Rocky Horror Show" and likely
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Protesters demand end to Ashland rent increases Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 7:20 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune Protesters gathered outside a property management company in Ashland Monday to demonstrate against rental price increases that they say amount to greed. “I say greed is horrible,” said McKenna Smith, a student at Southern Oregon University who held a sign demanding an end to frequent rent increases. She marched at Commercial Property Management
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Guest Opinion: Heritage District measure will preserve our past Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Scott Henselman It is with great honor that I am able to provide information on the Rogue Valley Heritage  District. Measure 15-164 will create this new district to insure funding for historical preservation which will allow 15 organizations and museums to be assured of their future, for the benefit of all our citizens. These organizations range in size from Buncom Hi
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Emergency services, Oct. 18 Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:52 PM Oct 17, 2016 at 8:33 PM Felony arrests Assault — Sonja Marina Lynne Hayward, 31, of the 2300 block of Tulane Avenue, Central Point. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Monday arrested Hayward on charges of third-degree assault, fourth-degree assault, two counts of harassment and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. She was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail on $100,000 b
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Since You Asked: Shady Cove opted out of heritage district vote Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM I just received my Voters' Pamphlet and I'm puzzled by Measure 15-164, which creates a countywide heritage district. Why does the measure specifically exclude the city of Shady Cove from the proposed district? — Mary B., by email Shady Cove is not included because Shady Cove city officials voted against inclusion in the Rogue Valley Heritage District. Local city counci
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Storms set rain records, but drier weather's coming Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 10:31 AM Oct 17, 2016 at 5:16 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Weekend storms dropped record quantities of rain in Jackson and Josephine counties, with counts ranging from 2.5 to almost 7 inches from Thursday to midnight Sunday. Medford received 3.73 inches during the period, while parts of Ashland received as much as 3.25 inches, Central Point got 2.5 inches, and Gra
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Family escapes Medford house fire Friday Oct 14, 2016 at 8:35 AM Oct 14, 2016 at 3:33 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil A family escaped injury from a Friday morning fire, but their home sustained substantial damage. The fire, at 469 Midway Road in northwest Medford off Merriman Road, was reported at 2:58 a.m. Medford Fire-Rescue and Jackson County Fire District 3 responded with four engines and found the house in flames, said Medford Fire-Re
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Nearly 1,600 Rogue Valley Pacific Power customers lose power Tuesday Oct 18, 2016 at 7:44 AM Oct 18, 2016 at 11:09 AM Close to 1,600 Pacific Power customers in Jackson County lost power at 4:19 a.m. today when a power pole insulator failed and knocked out electricity in Butte Falls, Eagle Point and Shady Cove. Company spokesman Tom Gauntt said insulator failures are common during rainy and windy weather. Over the weekend, storm systems dropp