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Ashland Wells Fargo robbed Investigators work a crime scene Wednesday at a Wells Fargo Bank in Ashland. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 at 1:05 PM Mar 15, 2017 at 5:58 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Ashland police are seeking the public's help in finding a man who robbed a bank in Ashland Wednesday morning. A robbery was reported at the Wells Fargo branch on East Main Street at about 11:25 a.m., according to Ashland po
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Kathleen Parker: You can dress him up, but Trump is Trump Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 12:01 AM If Beltway insiders and other East Coast elites ever wondered why so many Americans prefer Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton, all they need do is watch a rerun of Thursday night's 71st annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. There they were in their finery, A-listers from the once-cherished institutions of church, state and the Fourth Estate — including the two afore
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Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs Coral has been bleached white due to heat stress in the Maldives. [The Ocean Agency/XL Catlin Seaview Survey via AP] Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 5:35 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 5:35 PM By Elena Becatoros Associated Press SOUTH ARI ATOLL, Maldives — There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress o
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Guest Opinion: Time to discuss tax reform in Oregon Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Pam Marsh The Rogue River Room at Southern Oregon University was filled to capacity recently as residents gathered prepared to give members of the Ways and Means Committee a piece of their minds. Over the next 2½ hours, 60 speakers described the impact that state funding has on the programs and institutions that affect their lives — schools, group homes, school-based healt
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Bills aim to prevent or mitigate oil-train disaster Native Americans Cathy Sampson-Cruse, left, and Raymond Estrada appear at a news conference Monday at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem in support of two bills. One bill would direct the Environmental Quality Commission to adopt oil-spill prevention and emergency-response planning requirements to railroads that own or operate high hazard train routes. The other would prohibit the Legislature from funding new bulk coal or oil terminals. [AP Phot
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Bybee Corner now an all-way stop The junction of West Main Street and Highway 238 is being changed to an all-way stop 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 6:16 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 crashes at the juncti
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Emergency Services, March 14 Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 5:56 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 7:50 PM Felony arrests Identity theft — Warren Alexander Rich, 32, no known address. Central Point police Monday arrested Rich on warrants charging him with identity theft, second-degree trespass, third-degree theft and two counts of possession of methamphetamine. He was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail and released on his own recognizance. Drugs 
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Since You Asked: Exit 33 off-ramp lane construction set for 2019-22 Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 2:00 AM I've been following the Costco caper in Central Point. I understand part of the deal is for freeway exit improvements. Can you tell me when that will happen? — Virgil F., Medford The long and short of it is that more freeway interchange activity is coming to a city near you. However, this will be relatively minor compared to work in south Medford and Phoenix —
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Police reports, March 10-13 Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 7:41 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 7:41 PM Local Report Friday, 12:32 a.m. — Police investigated a criminal mischief case in the 500 block of Ray Lane.  Friday, 1:58 a.m. — Police arrested a man on a warrant at the intersection of Water and East Hersey streets. Friday, 7:28 a.m. — Police arrested a man in the 600 block of Oak Street for improper use of 911. He was lodged
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Police look for Cave Junction woman missing since Thanksgiving Kayla Lee Yarbrough Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 3:52 PM Mar 13, 2017 at 5:07 PM A 20-year-old Southern Oregon woman has been missing since Thanksgiving, according to a press release Monday from Oregon State Police. OSP and the Medford Police Department are working together to find Kayla Lee Yarbrough, whose family has not seen her since Thanksgiving 2016, the release said. Yarbrough's fami
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Letters to the Editor, March 11 Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM Democratic hate speech In response to the outlandish tirades against Trump — “demagogue," "racist," "spewing hatred," "fascist ideology," etc. — many Democrats/progressives much better fit that profile, such as: Tim Kaine, Democratic vice presidential nominee, said, “fight in Congress, fight in the courts, fight in the streets, fight online, fight at the ballot box,” thus
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Other Views: Don't scrap equal protection Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM The (Pendleton) East Oregonian Plenty is bound to change in the first year of a new president, no matter who is elected. And Donald Trump is certainly more of a change agent than any president in recent memory. On immigration, things are in a state of flux. But how on-the-ground policy has changed and will change under the Trump administration is unclear. Anecdotal evidence has popped up of incre
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Rare eagle flies the Klamath Basin skies A rate leucistic eagle has become a bit of a star among birders in the Klamath Basin. [Photo by Larry Turner] Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM By KURT LIEDTKE Herald and News Bald eagles have seen a dramatic rise in population in recent years, thanks to conservation efforts, and while they're still rare in many other parts of the country, they are found often in the Klamath Basin. One specific, local, eagle stands out from the cr
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Leaky Hyatt Dam to get drain as part of seismic project A snag is reflected in the water on the north end of Hyatt Lake. This summer, crews will begin work to retrofit the lake's dam to prevent damage in the event of an earthquake. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Federal reservoir managers plan a $3.7 million seismic retrofit to the dam at Hyatt Lake this summer, shoring up the dam's leaky base to w
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Murder suspect unfit to defend himself, lawyer says Robert Kahlil Davies-Calhoun Monday Jan 23, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 2, 2017 at 8:37 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Eugene lawyer is arguing that the murder suspect in a 2015 shooting outside a Central Point mini-market is not mentally fit to defend himself at trial, despite her client's attempts to dismiss her. Robert Kahlil Davies-Calhoun, 30, is charged in the Nov. 2, 2015, shooti
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Mother Nature ushers in a spot of spring Medford residents Janine Salvatti and Les Nimmo take advantage of warmer weather to shop for spring plants Saturday at Southern Oregon Nursery. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 6:43 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat As they loaded their second cart of Emerald Colonnade holly and kaleidoscope abelia, Les Nimmo and Janine Salvatti brimmed with excitement. Recent warm weather brought them to Southe
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Guest Opinion: Editorial used faulty analysis Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Mary Coombs In Sunday’s Mail Tribune, there was an editorial titled “Profiling police doesn’t end well.” I would like to suggest that the editorial is based on a false analysis, quite apart from the question of whether Keely Meagan was posing a safety risk by parking her car where she did. The editorial assumed that there was no justification for Meagan's stopping
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Screamin' TeleLizard gets shagadelic at Mt. Ashland (From left) Kim Larson, Emily Strong, Moneeka Settles, Leah Saturen and Karen Bolda model their 1970s finery as they get ready for the beginning of the Screamin' TeleLizard Classic at Mt. Ashland Saturday. [Photos by Andy Atkinson] Saturday Mar 11, 2017 at 4:51 PM Mar 11, 2017 at 4:51 PM Mt. Ashland's 21st annual Screamin' TeleLizard Classic once again lived up to its unusual name Saturday, with
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Booker T. Jones, on the Stax sound and 'Green Onions' Mulit-instrumentalist, producer and songwriter Booker T. Jones. [Photo by Piper Ferguson] Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 1:19 PM Mar 8, 2017 at 1:19 PM Roger Caitlin Special to the Washington Post Booker T. Jones was at the heart of the Stax Records soul sound out of Memphis even before he came up with his instrumental groove, "Green Onions," in 1962. He then led the indomitable M.G.'s on a series o
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Mermaid classes are dream come true — and good exercise Sam Newton, front, and Kathy Zuk teach mermaid swimming at Rogue Aquatics in Central Point. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 5:52 PM Mar 8, 2017 at 8:11 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune While veterinarian, teacher and pop singer top the list of career aspirations for most little girls by the age of 9, Eagle Point resident Angel Ceglia is taking a road less