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American (Samoa) dream North Medford alum Isaac Silafau gets in a workout at the Black Tornado track prior to leaving for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Silafau was selected to compete in the 100 meters for American Samoa. PHOTO BY LARRY STAUTH JR. Saturday Jul 30, 2016 at 5:21 PM Jul 30, 2016 at 5:21 PM Dan Jones Mail Tribune @danjonesmt Not everyone can say that their personal trainer is an Olympian. Clients of Isaac Silafau can. The former No
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Three confirmed cattle attacks in OR-7's territory A remote camera captured this photo of OR-7 on May 3, 2014, in eastern Jackson County. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo Monday Oct 10, 2016 at 3:53 PM Oct 10, 2016 at 5:10 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Wolves killed two calves and wounded a third over a four-day period last week in a portion of western Klamath County known to be frequented by gray wolf OR-7 and his Rogue Pack,
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Giant flagpole rises, giant flag to follow Monday Oct 10, 2016 at 12:01 AM Alex Madison of the Daily Courier Dan Kirkman's dream is one step closer to becoming reality. Heads were crooked to the sky as a 150-foot flagpole was slowly but surely erected on a foggy Thursday morning. People gathered behind Kirkman's Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop at 300 Union Ave. to see something they had never seen before: the lifting of a 16,000-pound, steel flagpole, certainly the tallest
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Phoenix reserve officers happy to stay Monday Oct 10, 2016 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune A couple of new Phoenix reserve police officers may be around longer than most reserves. Reserves often join the department to get experience while they keep an eye out for a full-time job with another agency, said Chief Derek Bowker. Stability in the department’s ranks means there isn’t often a chance to join the nine-officer force. Kevin Miller and Teddy
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'Your house is on fire' Robert Theis retrieves a water bucket that survived in spite of heavy fire damage to the garage and roof Monday morning at his Springbrook Road home. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 10, 2016 at 11:53 AM Oct 10, 2016 at 5:10 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Robert Theis was sitting in front of his laptop Monday morning when an overhead light began to flicker. He didn't think much of it. Maybe it was time to ch
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Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 21, 1916 Sunday Aug 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Aug. 21, 1916 BARNUM'S CIRCUS HERE SEPTEMBER 11 ONE PERFORMANCE "Hold your horses, the elephants are coming!" The giddiest, gayest, grandest, glitteringest galaxy in the whole wide, wonderful world is trekking this way and will spread its acres of tents here on Monday, September 11, for one performance only, Saturday at 10 a.m. If one doesn't infer from this that reference is made to the Barnum &am
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Emergency services, Oct. 10 Monday Oct 10, 2016 at 2:00 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Victor Chavez Capetillo, 37, of the 0 block of Rose Avenue, Medford. Medford police Saturday arrested Capetillo on charges of probation violation, possession of heroin, possession of methamphetamine and second-degree criminal trespassing. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail without bail. Drugs — Matthew Robert Whaley, 39, of the 4000 block of South Pacific Highway, Medfor
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Fiery end to Mon Desir Jackson County Fire District No. 3 firefighters sort through rubble Monday morning at the former Mon Desir Inn in Central Point. The 1910 house was destroyed by a blaze reported at 4:12 a.m. Jim Craven Tuesday Jan 12, 2010 at 12:01 AM Jan 12, 2010 at 8:47 AM An early-morning blaze that destroyed a historic home best known as the restaurant Mon Desir remains under investigation by police and fire officials. By Anita Burke An
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Port of Portland director to visit SOREDI Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 4:44 PM Aug 19, 2016 at 4:44 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The Port of Portland generated more than $260 million in revenue in 2015, 70 percent from Portland International Airport operations. Revenue is expected to keep rising with a boost from Cathay Pacific Cargo, which is beginning twice-weekly 747 flights to Hong Kong in October. Daily international flights have gr
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Ski area parking lot expansion is under way Thursday Sep 5, 2013 at 12:01 AM Sep 5, 2013 at 9:45 AM Work has begun to expand the Mt. Ashland Ski Area's parking lot before the start of the winter ski season. By Vickie Aldous Work has begun to expand the Mt. Ashland Ski Area's parking lot before the start of the winter ski season. Crews cut trees on Tuesday to make way for the project. Excavation work was expected to begin Wednesday, according to s
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Winery owner fined for violating county ordinances Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 4:27 PM Aug 19, 2016 at 4:27 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness A Jackson County hearings officer has found Belle Fiore Winery owner Edward Kerwin in violation of two county ordinances. Hearings officer Rick Whitlock concluded that Kerwin operated a restaurant without approval and violated the prepacked foods provisions in his 2010 permit. Kerwin was fined $1,200.
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Since You Asked: Nothing 'on the front burner' for Barnett Road property Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 11:01 PM I'm curious about the property that used to be Molly Murphy's on East Barnett Road. It was for sale and the For Sale sign has been down for months. Are they ever going to do anything with that property? — Cindy J., Jacksonville Over the years, Mick's Ale House, Sand Piper and Streams, to name a few of the more popular operations, have occupied the 6,959-square-f
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Myra Rademacher of Eagle Point High School named Pear Blossom Queen John May, left, and Madison Murillo were chosen Saturday as king and queen at the annual Pear Blossom Junior Royalty Pageant. Photo courtesy of Randal Seymour Sunday Mar 27, 2016 at 2:00 AM Myra Rademacher, of Eagle Point High School, is the 2016 Pear Blossom Queen. She was chosen from a field of nine Jackson County high school senior girls who competed Saturday evening for the title at North Medfor
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Rogue Eagles' RC air show returning for 38th year Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 4:23 PM Aug 19, 2016 at 4:23 PM The Rogue Eagles RC Club will host its 38th annual air show Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 27-28, at Agate Skyways near the Stone Ridge Golf Course. Gates open at 11 a.m. both days, with the two-hour show starting at noon. The event will feature remote-control World War I and World War II fighter planes, jets and gliders. Snoopy, Batman and Superma
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Crash kills Rogue River woman Photo courtesy OSP Saturday Aug 20, 2016 at 12:27 PM Aug 20, 2016 at 12:27 PM One woman is dead after an early morning crash near Rogue River Saturday. Barbara Jean Holland-Morrow, 52, of Rogue River, was driving south on Highway 99 in her 2000 Mitsubishi Montero Sport SUV when the vehicle left the roadway and went down a steep embankment about 3:30 a.m. Saturday. Holland-Morrow was the vehicle's sole occupant, and w
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Democratic convention update: Moro, Moran, Talbert for interim The 13 candidates for Bates' seat are giving speeches at the Medford library tonight. Mail Tribune / Damian Mann Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 6:31 PM Aug 19, 2016 at 9:02 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Updated, 9:01 p.m. After several tries, Democrats finally settled on three candidates to present to Jackson County commissioners for filling the Senate District 3 seat in the in
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Saving the last remaining oak savannas One of the Rogue Valley's last surviving stands of legacy oaks is on Lower Table Rock. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman CENTRAL POINT — Looking back 30 years after his assignment to the U.S. Army outpost of Fort Lane near Lower Table Rock in the 1850s, Gen. Joseph Lane remarked in his memoir how much the landscape had been changed by settlers' habit
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Dana Milbank: One governor's defeat could be a watershed moment for gay rights Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:01 AM Not since Larry Craig widened his stance has a bathroom caused so much trouble for a politician. North Carolina's Republican governor, Pat McCrory, was a good bet for reelection earlier this year. But then he signed HB2 into law in March, eliminating municipal nondiscrimination ordinances and requiring transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender listed o
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Overdose antidote soon available to public The public will soon be able to get a drug-overdose antidote from a pharmacist without a prescription. Photo courtesy of washington.edu Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:01 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The public soon will be able to get a drug-overdose antidote from a pharmacist without a prescription. An Oregon rule change that went into effect Sept. 7 allows people who use heroin or opiate painkillers such as OxyContin
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Southern Oregon Journal: Poking around the past Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune Years ago, Dad and I scoured local auctions and antique stores. We were curious about former lifestyles and the countless odd gadgets that showed the way people lived back then. Dad would often find objects, such as cream separators, that he knew from childhood. We marveled over handmade craftsmanship and chuckled at seemingly crude implements compared with