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Pride Parade organizers hope to expand reach throughout region Participants said the Pride Parade, held in downtown Ashland Saturday, was an opportunity to celebrate diversity. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Saturday Oct 8, 2016 at 3:11 PM Oct 8, 2016 at 3:13 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Rogue Valley's LGBTQ community and allies showed their true colors and support for diversity Saturday, much as they have since 2010. As Lotus Rising Proj
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GOP candidate for governor calls Trump comments disturbing Saturday Oct 8, 2016 at 7:38 PM Oct 8, 2016 at 7:38 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — The Republican candidate for Oregon Governor has issued a statement calling Donald Trump's lewd comments about women "deeply disturbing" and said as governor he'll improve the lives of Oregon women. Bud Pierce issued a statement Saturday following the release of a video that included Trump making s
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Mollalla divided after patrol walk with guns Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 6:06 PM The Associated Press MOLALLA — An Oregon community is divided after a few residents openly carried firearms during a "community patrol event." The two-hour Wednesday night walk was meant to help police and suppress criminal activity in Moalla, organizers told the Oregonian. But City Councilor Leota Childress and others said the walk raises as many issues as it was supposed to solve. "The r
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Rand Scott Craig Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 2:00 AM December 17, 1956 - September 23, 2016 Rand Scott Craig, 59, of Rogue River, Ore. passed away September 23, 2016 at his residence. Rand was born December 17, 1956 in Leadville, Colorado to Wallace O. and Ruby Jean (Williams) Craig. He was the youngest of six. Rand lived in Alaska a great deal of his life, attended College of the Redwoods in Eureka, Calif., moved to Los Angeles for a couple of years, then moved to Oregon wher
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St. Vincent will give out school supplies Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 4:28 PM Aug 19, 2016 at 4:28 PM St. Vincent de Paul will distribute free school supplies to low-income Jackson County students in kindergarten through 12th grades from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, Aug. 29 through Sept. 1, at its dining room, 2424 N. Pacific Highway, Medford. Parents should bring Oregon Trail cards or Oregon Health Plan cards and identifi
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Focused on the building blocks of a good life Dee Anne Everson, executive director of United Way of Jackson County, proudly drives an "identifiable car." Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Steve Boyarsky for the Mail Tribune Editor's note: Community Builder is a periodic Q & A series providing perspectives from local individuals who have been involved in significant change in Southern Oregon. Today's conversation is with Dee Anne Everson,
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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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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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Miss California will always consider Oregon her home Tami Farrell, the new Miss California USA 2009 and former Phoenix High School graduate, is back in Southern Oregon this weekend for an engagment party with her future husband, Buddy Wyrick. Bob Pennell Sunday Aug 16, 2009 at 12:01 AM Two months after assuming the Miss California USA title after her predecessor was fired, Tami Farrell is home in Southern Oregon this weekend celebrating her marriage engagement and relaxi
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Since You Asked: PERS has a long and bumpy history Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:01 AM I know there have been several articles regarding PERS but I would like to see a simple explanation of how this all got started. How and when did it begin ? Who is responsible for creating the current contract that apparently cannot be amended ? What is the guaranteed interest rate paid on PERS investments? How much are public employees required to contribute to their own retirement fund? W
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Emergency services, Oct. 9 Sunday Oct 9, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Christopher Allen Alvarez, 31, of the 700 block of Royal Avenue, Medford. Medford police arrested Alvarez Friday on a felony charge of methamphetamine possession, and on a warrant for failing to appear in court on a previous charge of meth possession. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Friday and released because of overcrowding. Drugs — Tristan Charles Wood, 28, no known
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Medford man faces felony charge for allegedly pepper-spraying 10-year-old boy Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 11:01 AM Aug 19, 2016 at 5:12 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune MEDFORD — A west Medford man who allegedly pepper-sprayed a Jackson Elementary School student in May has been indicted on a felony charge of third-degree assault. William Roger Garner, 82, was indicted Aug. 4 and is scheduled to be arraigned on Sept. 1. He also faces two mi
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Since You Asked: Fire response time was faster than reported Saturday Aug 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM A few weeks ago, there was a story about a house fire in the 2900 block of Crater Lake Avenue, and it said the response time for the fire was seven minutes. But the house is only 3/4 of a mile from the nearest fire station. Why so long? — Billy J., Medford Well, Billy, this particular fire — which occurred July 20 — did report a seven-minute response t
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Seven officers involved in Medford police shooting; police release name of victim Andrew Shipley Tuesday Mar 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM Mar 17, 2015 at 4:39 PM Seven Medford police officers were placed on paid administrative leave today after a 19-hour standoff ended in the death of Andrew Charles Shipley, 49, at his home at 360 Argyle Court, Medford.   Though police communicated with Shipley throughout the standoff, which began at about 3:45 p.m.
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Ex-con accused of ramming police car Friday Oct 7, 2016 at 4:58 PM Oct 7, 2016 at 4:58 PM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier A motorist accused of injuring two deputies during a ramming incident last Tuesday in the Cave Junction area has a history of fleeing police — violently. Mitchell Wayne Thornton, 29, of Cave Junction is being held without bail on a probation detainer after a prosecutor called him a "threat to society" during a c
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Our View: Sheriff eyes strategic improvements Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM Jackson County Sheriff Corey Falls is eyeing some changes he can make to his department now, with existing resources, while he waits for the next funding cycle. That's a smart approach that should help him make the case for additional support later on. The Sheriff's Office commissioned a report by the Police Foundation in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit that provides guidance to local departments
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Clown watch eliminates pranks at area schools Friday Oct 7, 2016 at 5:26 PM Oct 7, 2016 at 5:42 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Rumors of clown-related pranks caused headaches for local school districts this week. The threat of scary clowns appearing at Medford schools was eliminated Thursday and Friday by the visible presence of police, campus monitors and school administrators on clown patrol, according to Medford School District spoke
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Emergency services, Oct. 8 Saturday Oct 8, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Burglary — Gary Lee Branam, 58, no known address. Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested Branam Thursday on felony warrants charging second-degree burglary and first-degree theft, misdemeanor warrants charging third-degree criminal mischief and third-degree theft, and on warrants for failing to appear in court on previous charges of first- and third-degree theft. He was lodged in jail T
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Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 19, 1916 Friday Aug 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM Aug. 19, 1916 ST. MARY'S OFFERS FULL COURSE FOR COMING YEAR Education, in its truest sense, must cultivate both mind and heart, it must look to the moral and physical as well as the mental development of the child, and it must result in a character sufficiently well rounded out to be able to cope with all the requirements of the home and society. Such an education is not impossible where there are fortunate
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St. Mary's going 'mod' Sixth-grade students review a homework assignment Thursday at St. Mary's School. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Oct 7, 2016 at 5:28 PM Oct 7, 2016 at 5:28 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT St. Mary’s officials plan to completely overhaul the school’s curriculum and calendar next year, giving students more class options and breaks and teachers smaller class loads. As of next fall, the school