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Ashland New Plays Festival gets personal, political Clockwise from top left, Beth Kander, Michael Erickson, Stephanie Walker and Mike Teele are the four playwrights selected to participate in the Ashland New Plays Festival. Photos courtesy of ANPF Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 9:00 AM Oct 18, 2016 at 3:17 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous From a couple dealing with empty-nest syndrome to a doctor faced with pollution-linked diseases in a small
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Walker students bring tales of their lives to life Abram Katz, right, helps Sita Bernal with a writing project Tuesday at Walker Elementary School. Daily Tidings / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 17, 2016 at 7:30 AM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune Abram Katz flashed the victory sign with one hand and put his finger to his pursed lips with the other, the universal grade-school symbols for "pipe down, attention people," and the
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Early rains mean backyard chinook A chinook salmon takes a rest Thursday after fighting for spawning territory in Bear Creek near The Expo. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Spawning wild fall chinook salmon will be coming to backyard creeks from Central Point to Ashland this week as ideal water conditions will help spread the upper Rogue River's iconic fauna throughout the Bear Creek Basin. Since r
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DeBoer, Moro compete for Bates' seat in state Senate Alan DeBoer, Tonia Moro Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 18, 2016 at 5:55 PM Here are the two contenders for Oregon Senate District 3, which covers Medford and southern Jackson County. Ballots go out Friday, Oct. 21, and are due back to the Jackson County Elections Office by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Alan DeBoer and Tonia Moro will face off in a forum Thursday, Oct. 20, sponsored by the Ma
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Record run continues at Medford airport Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 3:11 PM Oct 17, 2016 at 5:11 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The Medford airport extended its run of record passenger counts in September when 74,411 travelers passed through the gates, giving the airport 25 straight record months. The total was 12.3 percent over the previous September's 66,285 passengers. Through nine months this year, the county-owned airport has se
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Vector Control collecting old tires this week Tuesday Aug 23, 2016 at 5:28 PM Local report As part of its mosquito control efforts, Jackson County Vector Control District will accept old automobile tires from from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, through Saturday, Aug. 27. Tires may be dropped off at the Vector Control District's offices at 555 Mosquito Lane, Central Point. Only automobile tires will be accepted, with a limit of 10 per residence or 30 per vehicle. Id
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Man shot by Grants Pass police was Gold Hill resident Shawn Pappe Friday Oct 14, 2016 at 3:15 PM Oct 14, 2016 at 3:48 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The man who was shot and killed by Grants Pass police Thursday morning was Shawn Pappe, 46, of Gold Hill, according to Oregon State Police. At about 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Pappe crashed into several parked cars in the parking lot of the Grants Pass Walmart store while driving a silver Chevrole
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Rain expected to continue through Monday Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:00 AM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT Record-breaking rains drenched the Rogue Valley Sunday and aren’t expected to let up until Tuesday afternoon. In Medford, more than inch of rain had fallen as of 8:30 p.m. Sunday — nearly twice the record for the date, set in 1969, of 0.56 inches, said National Weather Service meteorologist Tom Wright. The rain is expected to lighten up b
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Takin' the old road Sunday Jan 3, 1999 at 2:00 AM Dec 16, 2010 at 7:20 PM JONEL ALECCIA Highway 99 offers a mix of yesterday's charm and today's headaches A few miles to the east, Interstate 5 moans under the responsibility of rapid transit, groaning with the growl of truck brakes and the whir of car tires on a wintry morning. But here at the crest of the Pacific Highway, all is quiet. Rain mists the already-wet pavement rising north from Califor
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 17 Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 12:01 AM Writer's opinion is flawed Luke Reudiger’s opinion of the Nedsbar Timber Sale is flawed. Luke claims Nedsbar logs old-growth forests. Old-growth forests have specific, scientifically valid definitions, and are identified in the Medford District Resource Management Plan for uses other than logging. Apparently, Luke uses his own definition. Any project evaluated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that
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Giving back by the glass Wineries like EdenVale donate thousands of dollars' worth of wine, their time, energy and resources for the annual wine-tasting fundraiser for Children's Miracle Network. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Aug 22, 2016 at 1:28 PM Aug 22, 2016 at 1:28 PM By Hannah Golden Mail Tribune As summer begins to wind down, local wineries gear up for another year at the Oregon Wine Experience. In its 16th year, the eve
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Phoenix Elementary gets a resurfaced track Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune A month ago, the decomposed granite surface of the Phoenix Elementary School track was mostly missing or overgrown with grass. On Monday through Wednesday, students ran in a jog-a-thon to raise money for gym equipment on a rejuvenated track. “The track was down to its gravel and sharp rocks. This needed to be done,” said Amber Jacobson, who organized a
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Storm fizzles Angel Ramon peers into what is left of his 2003 Mustang after giant tree limb fell on it while he was at work in the nearby Dari Market in Coburg, Ore. Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP) Sunday Oct 16, 2016 at 6:33 PM Oct 16, 2016 at 6:33 PM By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE — Thousands of residents in the Pacific Northwest remained without power Sunday as the remnants of what was billed
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Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 23, 1916 Tuesday Aug 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM Aug. 23, 1916 BAND TO PLAY 'SPECIALS' IN FUTURE The City park has become a popular spot on Tuesday evenings when regularly at 8 o'clock the Medford band will be found ready for the first sign from the director to commence. "On the dot" is the slogan of the 1916 Medford band, and it is rarely at 8 o'clock an empty chair will be found, be it concert or rehearsal. The general opinion was that this week's crowd
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Ankerberg, Gordon vie for Ward 1 seat on Medford City Council Curt Ankerberg, Dick Gordon Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 18, 2016 at 5:58 PM Here are the two contenders for Medford City Council, Ward 1, which covers northeast Medford. Ballots go out Friday, Oct. 21, and are due back to the Jackson County Elections Office by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Curt Ankerberg Age: 63 Occupation: Certified public accountant, pro bono math tutor for Med
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Truck thief eludes police after chase Monday Aug 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM Aug 22, 2016 at 6:00 PM Local report Police came up empty-handed after chasing a stolen pickup truck from Grants Pass to Gold Hill early Sunday. According to Grants Pass police logs, the owner of the truck, who lives in the 1000 block of Madeline Way in the Redwood District, heard the Toyota Tacoma drive off around 2 a.m. Sunday. City police officers located the truck and follow
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Mannequin appears to be storm's only casualty Sunday Oct 16, 2016 at 6:50 PM Oct 16, 2016 at 6:51 PM A female mannequin appears to be the only casualty of Sunday’s storm. Dispatchers received a report shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday of a body in Bear Creek near the footbridge in Railroad Park. “Somebody saw a head and hair tangled up in the branches along the creek,” said Medford Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Kip Gray. Later, the c
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Children's coat drive runs through Oct. 21 Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 2:49 PM Oct 17, 2016 at 2:49 PM Windermere is teaming up with KDRV to collect children’s coats to help those in need stay warm during the winter. The public is invited to bring new or gently used child-sized coats to Windermere offices weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Oct. 21. Locations are: 375 Lithia Way, Ashland, 541-482-3786; 10558 Highway 62, Suite
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Report: Some Oregon schools improve, others persist in failure Thursday Oct 13, 2016 at 8:25 PM By Betsy Hammon The Oregonian/OregonLive PORTLAND — Oregon's highest-performing schools are concentrated mostly in places where parents have high levels of education, high incomes or both: Lake Oswego, Corvallis, Sherwood, West Linn. But Oregon's latest school performance ratings, released Thursday, also spotlight successes in some less likely places, including schools
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MSD considers parting ways with SOESD Sunday Oct 16, 2016 at 7:06 PM Oct 18, 2016 at 1:44 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT Medford School District officials believe they can save up to $500,000 a year by withdrawing from the Southern Oregon Education Service District. Chief Operations Officer Brad Earl informed the Medford School Board during a work session last Monday that, based on a preliminary analysis, the district would have a