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The Buck Johnson Band plays Howiee's Buck Johnson's 2016 album on Spectra Music Group is a collection of 12 strong rock songs penned by Johnson and Charlie Midnight. Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 1:28 PM Mar 8, 2017 at 1:28 PM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Nashville singer and songwriter Buck Johnson's debut album, "Enjoying the Ride," delivers a batch of fresh rock anthems that celebrate an American way of life. "The songs are about who I am," Johnson
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A Festival of Choirs Former educator and tenor Philip Booth is a 10-year member of Rogue Valley Chorale. [Photo by Michael D. Davis] Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 1:20 PM Mar 8, 2017 at 1:20 PM Mozart’s Missa Brevis in C major will be at the center of A Festival of Choirs, a concert showcasing about 250 youth and adult singers who make up the five choruses of the Rogue Valley Chorale Association. The Adult Choir and the Youth Ensemble —
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Lawmakers eye Oregon homeowner tax breaks for budget fix Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 5:59 PM By Kristena Hansen The Associated Press SALEM — Faced with an estimated $1.6 billion-deficit in the upcoming two-year budget cycle, policymakers in Salem are looking to potentially boost the state's revenue stream directly from Oregon homeowners. State lawmakers are hosting debates this week on two proposals that would reduce or nix entirely the allowable deductions that some
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Our View: Mortgage interest reform worth a look Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 12:01 AM A bill introduced in the Oregon Legislature that would limit the ability of some homeowners to deduct mortgage interest from their state income taxes has Republicans in a predictable froth, but the consequences wouldn't be nearly as dire as they claim and would provide a boost for housing programs aimed at struggling families. House Bill 2006 would eliminate the mortgage interest deduction
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Suspect in White City machete robbery identified John Harry Wilkes Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 9:09 AM Mar 8, 2017 at 10:38 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The Jackson County Sheriff's Department has identified a suspect they say robbed a gas station of cigarettes and cash last month while wielding a machete. John Harry Wilkes, 29, described as a transient who has ties to White City and Grants Pass, is sought by police for a Feb. 19 robbery at
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Long-term care workshop coming to Santo Community Center Wednesday Mar 8, 2017 at 6:01 PM A workshop focusing on planning for long-term care will begin at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, March 16, at the Santo Community Center, 701 N. Columbus Ave., Medford. Participants will learn how planning can help protect retirement savings and give people options on the type and quality of care they receive, according to a news release. They will also learn about the cost of home health servi
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OSF review: Cast delivers hilarity and tenderness in 'Shakespeare in Love' Disguised as a male actor, Viola (Jamie Ann Romero) sneaks a moment of tenderness with Will (William DeMeritt) in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's "Shakespeare in Love." [OSF photo by Jenny Graham] Friday Mar 3, 2017 at 2:35 PM Mar 3, 2017 at 2:35 PM By Katherine Hannon for the Mail Tribune The words wouldn’t come, and the audience loved it. There was young Will Sh
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Box R Ranch gets land-use victory Friday Mar 3, 2017 at 5:22 PM Mar 3, 2017 at 5:23 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A four-decades-long battle to develop the former Box R Ranch near Pinehurst may have ended last Monday when the Land Use Board of Appeals dismissed a case filed by neighbors and Rogue Advocates. "It does look good — it does look very good," said former ranch owner Don Rowlett, who sold off 950 acres of
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State lawmakers push to protect pot users' info from US Friday Mar 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM Mar 3, 2017 at 5:29 PM By Kristena Hansen Associated Press SALEM — Oregon lawmakers worried about a nationwide crackdown on legal marijuana under President Donald Trump's administration are rushing to protect the personal information of pot customers in case federal agents try to seize it. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is taking one of the first direct
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Other Views: Oregon's voting system is secure Saturday Mar 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM The (Albany) Democrat-Herald Here's a message from Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson to President Donald Trump: If you're looking for evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2016 general election, you're wasting your time looking in Oregon. "I'm pleased to report that in Oregon we have reviewed the processes and we are confident that voter fraud in last November's election did not
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Impaired driver in fatal Josephine County crash gets 6-year term Saturday Mar 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Shaun Hall Grants Pass Daily Courier A woman who thought twice about driving while impaired by painkillers, then did it anyway and caused a fatal crash, was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for manslaughter. Kandice Dawn Garcia, 34, of Murphy was sent home early from her restaurant job on March 1 of last year, and was advised not to drive. She then sat for awhile
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ODOT unveils highway messages to warn against distracted driving Interstate 5 motorists are greeted with a sign at milepost 25 south of Medford encouraging them to avoid distractions such as texting and eating while driving. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Friday Mar 3, 2017 at 5:37 PM Mar 3, 2017 at 6:02 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman State transportation officials in Southern Oregon are test-driving a new way to combat distracted
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Since You Asked: Report illegal trash dumpers, but stay safe Saturday Mar 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM I live up on Griffin Creek road, almost to Anderson Butte Road. I see vans pulling trailers full of garbage, pickup trucks loaded with garbage and old appliances (generally avocado-colored), and cars full of trash headed up the road. Oddly, they come down in a very short time. Empty. Lots of this garbage is being unloaded on the left side of the road before you get to the quarry
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Tuition hike of 10.6% OK'd for University of Oregon University of Oregon Board of Trustees members, from left, Kurt Wilcox, Ann Curry, Joe Gonyea and Connie Ballmer listen Thursday as student Zach Malatesta voices his opposition to a proposed 10.6 percent tuition increase. The trustees later approved the increase. [Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP] Friday Mar 3, 2017 at 5:16 PM Mar 3, 2017 at 5:16 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — Univ
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Multiple feet of snow expected up high this weekend Friday Mar 3, 2017 at 2:51 PM Mar 3, 2017 at 2:53 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Up to two feet of snow could fall in the higher elevations of Jackson County this weekend, with as much as three feet around Crater Lake by Monday, the National Weather Service reported. "We are definitely going to be seeing a return to a more wintry pattern," said Weather Service meteorologist Sven Nelaimisc
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Review: OSF's 'Henry IV' not your everyday doublet Shirking his duties as heir to the British throne, Prince Hal (Daniel Jose Molina) drunkenly carouses with an employee (Nemuna Ceesay) of the Boar's Head Tavern in "Henry IV Part One" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. [OSF photo by Jenny Graham] Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 at 3:50 PM Mar 1, 2017 at 3:50 PM By Maureen Flanagan Battistella for the Mail Tribune Director Lileana Blain-Cruz’s inter
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Quillen found guilty of manslaughter Bradley Quillen waits as closing arguments end Wednesday during his trial for the murder of Miguel Delfin. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 at 12:46 PM Mar 1, 2017 at 6:43 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Bradley Robert Quillen will serve 10 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of 23-year-old Miguel Angel Delfin last spring following a
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Pot is producing jobs and revenue in states where it's legal In this Sept. 27, 2016, file photo, different strains of marijuana are displayed at West Salem Cannabis, a marijuana shop in Salem. In Oregon, at least 12,500 jobs are attributed to legal recreational marijuana and in Oregon, Washington state and Colorado, marijuana tax revenues totaled $335 million in 2016. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, file) Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 at 6:45 PM By Andrew Selsky The Associated Press SA
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Medford won't pull out of SOESD Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 at 5:43 PM Mar 1, 2017 at 5:43 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT The Medford School District will remain a member of the Southern Oregon Education Service District after learning it could not replicate services in time for the 2017-18 school year and would not have the option of buying back services from the SOESD. District officials gave the SOESD notice of its intent to withdraw
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Trial, Day 3: Murder suspect won't testify; closing arguments expected today Bradley Robert Quillen Wednesday Mar 1, 2017 at 12:46 PM Mar 1, 2017 at 12:49 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Bradley Robert Quillen, on trial for murder, won't be testifying in court. As witness testimony came to a close on the third day of Quillen's trial Wednesday, he told Circuit Court Judge Patricia Crain he declined to testify on the advice of his lawyers.