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Grants Pass woman pleads to 22 charges in DUII crashes Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Troy Shinn of the Grants Pass Daily Courier Breanna White pleaded guilty Friday to all charges for two drunken-driving crashes barely one week apart last year, the second of which claimed the life of a teenage passenger and injured several others. A sentencing date was set for Thursday. White faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison. Josephine County Circuit Judge Thomas Hull
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Wet winter should be good for local pears, grapes A pruner works an orchard Monday on Payne Road east of Phoenix. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 5:11 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 5:59 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness You won't hear many complaints from Rogue Valley orchardists and vintners about the wet winter. Medford already has exceeded the 18.35-inch annual average precipitation total with 21.04 inches since Oct. 1, w
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 24 Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 12:01 AM Mrs. Clinton’s recession Indicators show the United States is faltering in every area of economic growth. Inventories are down. Producers’ prices are down. Retail sales have fallen. The Gross Domestic Product, the sum of all goods and services produced in a country, has been mostly below 2 percent for seven and a half years (3 to 4 percent is necessary for sustained growth). Trucking company shi
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Bybee Corner is now an all-way stop The junction of West Main Street and Highway 238 is changed to an all-way stop Monday with the addition of new signs and lane striping. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 2:53 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 2:55 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The intersection of West Main Street and Highway 238, also known as the Bybee Corner, has been converted to an all-way stop to reduce the incidence of
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Medford biker faces manslaughter charges in 2016 crash Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 2:31 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 4:51 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous A Medford motorcyclist is facing manslaughter charges for a May 29, 2016, crash in which his bike and the motorcycle of another rider both left Interstate 5 on a curve and crashed. Joshua Joseph Pose, 29, of the 3300 block of South Pacific Highway, faces charges of first-degree manslaughter, s
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Man gets 6 years for exploiting teen girl Ryan Herbert Trent Williams Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 4:16 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 5:02 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman A 32-year-old Medford man who had a sexual relationship with an underage girl, then fled to Louisiana last spring during the investigation, will spend more than six years in prison for electronic sex crimes involving the victim. Ryan Herbert Trent Williams, a registered sex offende
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Four vie for two spots on City Council Steve Mitchell and Linda Kristich; Chester Krupa and Shari Tarvin photos unavailable Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 24, 2016 at 8:28 AM The following are contenders for two four-year terms on the Shady Cove City Council. Ballots were mailed Friday and are due back to the Jackson County Elections Office by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Linda Kristich Age: 60 Occupation: Designer Education: Bachelor of Arts in I
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SOCS will move to Poplar Drive building Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 12:01 AM Oct 26, 2016 at 8:48 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Southern Oregon Credit Services plans to move into the former Umpqua Bank branch building at 2400 Poplar Drive in November. The two-story, 7,600-square-foot office, between Hilton Road and Crater Lake Highway, was built in 1989 for Valley of the Rogue Bank and acquired from Umpqua Bank in May for $810,000. SOCS
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Closing Bell: Stocks rise higher after strong jobs report; tech leads Specialist John McNierney, right, works with traders at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, March 10, 2017. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 2:16 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 2:16 PM Overall it was a slow week for stocks. The current bull market had its eighth anniversary, but six-week winning streaks for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended, and the Russ
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Driver-optional: Once-reluctant California opens a road A Google self-driving car is displayed at May 18, 2016, at Google's I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif. [AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File] Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 5:42 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 5:42 PM By Justin Pritchard Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Cars with no steering wheel, no pedals and nobody at all inside could be driving themselves on California roads by the end of the year, under p
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Cave Junction man gets life for slaying of man he called 'dad' Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 4:25 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 4:25 PM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier A Cave Junction man who gunned down a man he once considered a father figure was sentenced Thursday to life in prison. Stranger Davis, 30, must serve a minimum of 25 years before he becomes eligible for parole in the 2014 ambush-slaying of Michael "Dirty" MacDonald, 61, outside his cabin on
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Ethics law could stall Buckley's hiring Buckley Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 6:10 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 6:11 PM By Saul Hubbard The Register-Guard SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown made a noteworthy hire this week, turning to former longtime state Rep. Peter Buckley, an Ashland Democrat, to help her work on Oregon’s long-term state budget. Buckley, a key budget crafter in the Legislature for the past seven years, has accepted a position as Brownȁ
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Murder suspect found mentally unfit Robert Davies-Calhoun Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 5:40 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 5:58 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A man charged with murder for a 2015 shooting outside a Central Point convenience store has been found mentally unfit to participate in his own defense. Robert Kahlil Davies-Calhoun, 30, charged in the November 2015 shooting death of 53-year-old Douglas Mitchell Spaur outside a Stop 'n Go market on
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Veteran who threatened police on Oregon reservation gets probation Wednesday Jan 25, 2017 at 7:18 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — A veteran who threatened police during a seven-hour standoff outside his home on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation will serve no prison time after a federal judge agreed with concerns Wednesday that the isolation and inactivity would jeopardize the man's recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder. U.S. District Judge Robert Jones
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Since You Asked: Turkey vultures were late, but they're here Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM Every year around the first day of spring, hundreds of turkey vultures silently come gliding into the valley heading to their summer nesting areas. They usually come in two waves. The males come first, I think, and about three days later the females. Can you tell us any more about this annual event? — Lynn O., via email   We here at Since You Asked have often been t
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New superintendent hired for Ashland schools Kelly Raymond Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 5:53 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 5:55 PM Local report Kelly Raymond has been chosen from among three finalists to become the next Ashland School District superintendent, the district announced Friday. Raymond will officially begin work on July 1, at the conclusion of interim superintendent Suzanne Cusick's appointment. Cusick began work after previous Superintendent Jay Humm
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Jury convicts two of conspiracy in Burns standoff In this Jan. 9, 2016, file photo, a man stands guard after members of the "3% of Idaho" group, along with several other organizations, arrived at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns. [AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file] Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 12:27 PM Mar 10, 2017 at 12:46 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — A jury has convicted two men of conspiracy to impede federal officers during an a
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5 steps to homemade dumplings It's easier than you think to make dumplings at home. [Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune] Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Bill Daley Chicago Tribune Dumplings are nearly as fun to make as they are to eat, which is a good thing for those of us not satisfied with the usual six or eight pieces served at restaurants and takeout joints. Making dumplings at home means you can eat as many as you can make. That’s cause for a celebration.
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Cole Rivers now only Corps hatchery up for competitive bid Anglers depend on the spring chinook and other salmon and steelhead raised at Cole Rivers Hatchery, which is being put up for bid by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 11:32 AM Mar 8, 2017 at 11:37 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman The Rogue River Basin's Cole Rivers Hatchery will be Oregon's only one of seven federally owned
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Crowd rallies for press, is met by Trump backers Jessica Sage, second from right, speaks to Indivisible protesters outside the Mail Tribune Tuesday who gathered in support of a free press. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Tuesday Mar 7, 2017 at 5:07 PM Mar 7, 2017 at 5:41 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Southern Oregon University professor told several hundred anti-Trump demonstrators Tuesday that the president's attacks on the media ha