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OSF ticket prices continue to climb Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 5:17 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 6:35 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Ticket prices at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival are rising again for 2017, with the Flex Pass bundle of five discounted tickets also increasing in price from $150 to $175 for the coming season. A+ Section seats were priced from $98-$123 last season and will rise to $100-$140 for the season that opens Feb. 24. Ticke
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Second-half lull hampers South in tourney Thursday Dec 29, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 29, 2016 at 10:29 PM Kris Henry Mail Tribune @Kris_Henry It was a tale of two halves for South Medford’s boys basketball team in the third-place final of the 27th annual Abby’s Holiday Classic, and not necessarily a pretty one for the host Panthers on Thursday. After taking a lead in the first quarter, South Medford saw Oregon City use a buzzer-beating pu
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Tornado boys extend winning streak Tuesday Jan 17, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jan 17, 2017 at 10:54 PM GRANTS PASS — Kaison Faust and Joey Hunter each scored 13 points as the sixth-ranked North Medford boys basketball team downed Grants Pass, 65-50, to extend its winning streak to nine games during Southwest Conference action at Grants Pass High on Tuesday. Brad Allen chipped in 12 points and nine rebounds and Tre Holmes 10 points and six rebounds fo
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Streaking Tornado advances to Abby's final Wednesday Dec 28, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 28, 2016 at 9:57 PM Dan Jones Mail Tribune @danjonesmt The North Medford boys basketball team enjoyed slices of pizza at Abby's after their win on Wednesday night. The surging Black Tornado will go for the whole pie tonight. Senior wing Joey Hunter scored a career-high 20 points as North beat Oregon City, 66-50, in the Abby's Holiday Classic semifinals at South Medfo
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Updated: Mail Tribune and Daily Tidings sold to Rosebud Media Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 1:50 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 6:29 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Southern Oregon's largest and oldest media firm has been acquired by Rosebud Media LLC, which has agreed to buy the Mail Tribune and Ashland Daily Tidings from New Media Investment Group Inc. The $15 million deal was announced Tuesday, and the newspaper's staff was notified in an afternoon
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Orndoff, Panthers dominate in home opener Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 21, 2016 at 10:26 PM Senior Lauren Orndoff had 22 points, seven rebounds and six assists, senior Hannah Washington recorded 13 points, 15 rebounds and seven steals and the sixth-ranked South Medford girls basketball team beat McNary, 82-45, in the Panthers' home opener on Wednesday afternoon. Sophomore Ula Chamberlin went for 17 points and five steals and senior Jonna
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New director seeks to stabilize OnTrack Dr. Kerri Hecox is the interim executive director of OnTrack. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 5:08 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 6:56 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm OnTrack's new interim executive director wants to focus on stabilizing families that have been torn apart by drug addiction as well as reorienting an organization that is working its way through its own crisis. Kerri Hecox, 44,
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Panthers snare first SWC win Friday Jan 27, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jan 28, 2017 at 12:12 AM It was an unfortunate and familiar sight for coach James Wightman and the South Medford boys basketball team, who watched their 22-point lead fizzle to 10 in the third quarter on Friday. “I was thinking, ‘Here we go again,’” said Wightman, whose Panthers have shown the ability to grab big leads early in games only to watch them slip aw
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Guest Opinion: Education secretary nominee a threat to education Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Betty R. Kazmin The Indivisible movement, featured on your front page (Jan. 25), raises public awareness of serious flaws in President Trump's nominees for cabinet posts. As a lifelong supporter of public schools, I am concerned by his selection of Betsy DeVos as U.S. secretary of education. At a press conference in Portland on Jan. 27, Senator Jeff Merkley stated: ȁ
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Trying to get a handle on homelessness A homeless man walks in downtown Ashland. Daily Tidings / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 5:44 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 5:44 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune When 57-year-old Mitchell Brent came back to the Rogue Valley after a three-year stint of teaching English in Thailand, he figured he could get a job and get back to his life. “I thought I’d work it out, no problem. But the longer it w
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Rare snakes from south Cascades part of illegal trade This California mountain kingsnake was smuggled from the southern Cascades in Oregon. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 4:48 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 6:46 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Three men have been sentenced in federal court for illegally collecting and trading wild snakes caught in 11 states and Canada — including Southern Orego
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Harry & David parent reports profitable second quarter Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 8:03 AM Jan 31, 2017 at 8:55 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Gourmet food and floral gift purveyor 1-800-Flowers reported net earnings of $62.9 million for the fiscal second quarter. The Carle Place, N.Y.-based parent company of Harry & David reported per share earnings of 93 cents, up from 92 cents a year ago when it pocketed a $61.5 million profit
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Since You Asked: Sanitation, pasteurization processes make milk last Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 6:11 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 6:11 PM This old guy is still a big milk drinker. When I was younger, I remember having to drink milk within three or four days or else it'd sour. I'd like to know how milk's gone from that to expiration dates of a couple weeks or more. Are the cows doing something different? — 'Old Guy'   We'd like to imagine cows are
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Man wanted on attempted murder in Cottage Street shooting Raymond Suarez Jr. Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 12:19 PM Jan 31, 2017 at 12:33 PM A 24-year-old California man with gang affiliations is wanted by police for allegedly firing several rounds toward two people he believed were trying to steal his car Saturday night on Cottage Street. Raymond Suarez Jr., of Oxnard, Calif., who has a lengthy criminal history in that state, is considered armed and d
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Since You Asked: Venus shines like a diamond into February Tuesday Jan 31, 2017 at 12:01 AM Any info on that amazingly bright celestial body I see in the sky each evening ever since the clouds parted? — Liz K., Medford   Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, Liz, it's the planet Venus, our closest planet, which is also known as the evening star or morning star depending on where it is as it revolves around the sun. Venus's deep cloud cover reflects a lot of l
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Travel ban controversy: Trump ousts acting AG amid outcry In this June 28, 2016, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates speaks at the Justice Department in Washington. On Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, President Donald Trump fired Yates after she ordered Justice Department lawyers to stop defending refugee ban. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday Jan 30, 2017 at 8:27 PM Jan 30, 2017 at 8:35 PM Defiant in the face of an international backlash, Presi
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OnTrack hires interim director, submits corrective plan OnTrack has submitted a plan to state authorities for fixing housing units where safety hazards were found, including this one on King Street in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Jan 30, 2017 at 5:30 PM Jan 30, 2017 at 6:24 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm OnTrack announced Monday it has hired Dr. Kerri Hecox as its interim executive director to help the organization
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Specials planned during Ashland Restaurant Week A plate of ribs awaits delivery at Smithfields Restaurant & Bar, one of the restaurants participating in Ashland Restaurant Week. Photo by Julia Ann Woo Monday Jan 30, 2017 at 3:32 PM Jan 30, 2017 at 3:32 PM Ashland Restaurant Week, scheduled to run from Monday through Sunday, Feb. 6-12, will showcase the city’s culinary scene and the chefs who make it happen. The event will tempt locals and
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Two arrested, one drug fugitive escapes in Grants Pass SWAT team standoff Saturday Jan 28, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Courier GRANTS PASS — Two people were arrested, and one drug fugitive escaped, during a daylong standoff at a west Grants Pass home on Wednesday. The escaped fugitive, Ty Ray Nunes, 34, escaped again late Wednesday, this time from Oregon State Police, in the 4800 block of Cloverlawn Drive. He and three others, who had been in
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Free as an eagle As volunteers and staff members looked on Friday, Dave Siddon of Wildlife images released a bald eagle named Glory into the wild outside Cave Junction. Timothy Bullard / Daily Courier Monday Jan 30, 2017 at 4:07 PM Jan 30, 2017 at 4:07 PM By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Courier The bald eagle named Glory flapped away Friday from the arms of Dave Siddon, executive director of Wildlife Images Rehabilitation & Education Center,