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Ham radio enthusiasts on the air in times of disaster Curt Hadley, with The Cascade Amateur Radio Enthusiasts, works with his ham radio at his home in Medford on Friday. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Tammy Asnicar for the Mail Tribune Curt Hadley plugged into the world of amateur radio five years ago as part of his strategy to be better prepared in emergencies. The capability of transmitting and receiving broadcasts with modest equipment
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GrandMas2Go will pair mentors with new parents and their babies Linda Otto of GrandMas2Go visits Tuesday with Jaxon Spencer, 19 months, and his infant brother Johny. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 20, 2017 at 6:35 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune With his hands more than full raising two sons under age 2 on his own, Medford dad Steve Spencer is always excited to see Linda Otto walk through the front door.
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Preventing opiate deaths is Max's Mission Julia Pinsky holds Naloxone sprays that can be carried in a purse or car and used to give life-saving treatment to someone suffering from an opioid overdose. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 5:28 PM Feb 20, 2017 at 5:29 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Max Pinsky was a chef, loved to write poetry and was known for being kind, thoughtful and a deep thinker about society. A
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ACT's 'Roosevelt' shines with Tank on stage Cynthia Tank as Eleanor Roosevelt. [Photo by William Babishoff] Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Jeffrey Gillespie for the Mail Tribune Strong women in politics are nothing new to a 21st century observer, but before there was a Hillary, a Nancy or a Betty, there was Eleanor Roosevelt.  In an intimate and detailed look at the character of the former First Lady, the Ashland Contemporary Theatre production of "Eleanor
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Incoming: Heavy rain, snow to hit region again Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 3:04 PM Feb 20, 2017 at 4:33 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Strong winds, heavy rains and as much as 2 feet of snow at upper elevations is expected tonight and Tuesday in Northern California from a storm front expected to only sideswipe the Rogue Valley during another wacky weather week here. Yet another atmospheric river barreling in from the southwest is expect
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Update: Driver shot by officer in Central Point Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 1:49 PM Feb 20, 2017 at 3:16 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A Central Point police officer shot and severely injured a man holding a firearm after an early Sunday vehicle chase ended at Don Jones Memorial Park off Hamrick Road. Oregon State Police say the driver had potentially life threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital. "We will proba
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Since You Asked: Historic plaques are part of downtown tour Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM On one of the downtown government buildings, there is a plaque that says, "Historic Tour 14." What tour is this referencing, and what all is on the tour? — Thomas R., Medford   "That tour is a brochure," quipped local history expert Ben Truwe. Actually, the plaques on the buildings are described in a brochure prepared by Travel Medford that lists 21 buildings in the do
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State legislators to host budget town hall meeting in Ashland Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM Staff report The Oregon Legislative Assembly’s budget-writing Joint Ways and Means Committee will hold a public hearing in Ashland on Friday, Feb. 24, one of a series of seven meetings in cities across the state that began Feb. 10. The town hall events will create opportunities for Oregonians to provide input into the 2017-19 biennial state budget, according to state Rep.
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Emergency services, Feb. 21 Monday Feb 20, 2017 at 4:33 PM Feb 20, 2017 at 8:19 PM Felony arrests Drugs — Christopher Michael Rock, 33, no known address. Medford police Monday arrested Rock on charges of possession and delivery of methamphetamine and for violating the conditions of his parole on a previous vehicle-theft conviction. He was lodged Monday in jail on without bail. Drugs — Rocky Allen Rockwell, 22, no
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Price gouging of lifesaving drugs raises alarms, threatens budgets Some pharmaceutical companies are employing predatory tactics to buy up drugs that have been on the market for decades, then jack up the prices, according to a U.S. Senate investigative report. [Illustration by 123rf.com] Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 20, 2017 at 1:42 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Skyrocketing drug prices are causing politicians on both sides of
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'We must learn from our history' Japanese evacuees move into a war relocation authority center June 19, 1942, in Manzanar, Calif. Roughly 120,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans were sent to desolate camps that dotted the West because the government claimed they might plot against the U.S. [AP Photo/File] Saturday Feb 18, 2017 at 5:36 PM Feb 18, 2017 at 5:36 PM By Janie Har Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Satsuki Ina was born b
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Southern Oregon Journal: Celebrating chocolate mint and Uncle Dick Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune I may as well confide that 2017 hasn’t exactly set a high-water mark for me thus far. I’d just begun stowing the Christmas decor alongside the emotions connected with a quiet house, when I received an email saying that I’d lost my agent. This happened about the time my back laid me low again — too many hours tr
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Music festival halfway to goal as deadline looms Dancers mix it up to live jazz at KOBI's Studio C during a previous Southern Oregon Music Festival. [Mail Tribune file photo] Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune The Southern Oregon Music Festival has received pledges for about half of the $50,000 it needs to raise by March 1 to ensure its survival, and it's "do or die" from here on out, a festival official said. The festival has taken place ever
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States mark 75th anniversary of internment order Saturday Feb 18, 2017 at 5:42 PM Feb 18, 2017 at 5:42 PM By Andrew Selsky Associated Press SALEM — States in the American West are marking the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt that forced 120,000 Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans into internment camps. Most were from Oregon, California and Washington state. Adults, includ
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Study finds underage, fearful women in sex trafficking Los Angeles County Sheriff Sgt. Rick Mejia, left, interviews Andrea, a prostitute, about her activities, as she stands along Long Beach Boulevard in Compton, Calif. A yearlong academic study of sex trafficking in Las Vegas is providing a glimpse at a shadowy world behind the neon where underage girls threatened by pimps solicit for business in casinos, on streets and online. Of 190 identified sex-trafficking victims in 2014, Arizona State Un
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Since You Asked: ODOT began using cable barriers 20 years ago Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM Feb 19, 2017 at 5:58 PM The three-cable barrier system in place on much of Interstate 5 in Oregon is supposed to keep vehicles from crossing over the median into oncoming lanes of traffic. Last weekend, I saw a stretch near milepost 256 that had been completely flattened, which made me wonder just how well the system works. I also wonder why the barrier
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Wyden sets town hall meeting in Ashland Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will hold a town hall next week in Jackson County. In fulfillment of Wyden’s pledge to hold annual town halls in each of Oregon’s 36 counties, this upcoming public community meeting will increase to 798 the number of town halls he has held since his election to the Senate in 1996. “It’s clear from my first town halls of 2017 so far that Oregoni
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Celebrating all things Chinese Bella Phillips, 6, of Medford, gets a hug during the Chinese New Year Celebration Lion Dance Parade in Jacksonville on Saturday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Saturday Feb 18, 2017 at 4:43 PM Feb 20, 2017 at 1:42 PM Colorful lion dancers brightened a rainy morning as scores of people gathered in Jacksonville Saturday to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a run, traditional Lion Dance Parade and activities honoring Chi
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Crystal Ice Cave is a treat not many people get to see A visitor explores ice features in Crystal Ice Cave. [Photo by Jesse Barden/Courtesy National Park Service] Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 20, 2017 at 1:42 PM By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune TULELAKE, CALIF. — Crystal Ice Cave is one of the most spectacular places at Lava Beds National Monument — a place steeped in mystery, magic and ice — but few visitors ever
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Ashland inventor drives solar van, make renewable energy products Brett Belan says he can get around a 50-mile average on one charge from his converted solar power VW van. [Mail Tribune/Jamie Lusch] Saturday Feb 18, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 18, 2017 at 9:32 AM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune ASHLAND — A rickshaw motoring down a busy, bumpy street in Mumbai and an old VW van taking the hairpin turns around the Oregon Coast have something in