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No one hurt in attic fire Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 7:26 PM Feb 28, 2017 at 9:36 PM An attic fire in southwestern Medford was quickly knocked down Tuesday night. At just after 6 p.m., smoke was reported coming from the eaves of a home at 1905 Orchard Home Drive, according to Medford Fire-Rescue Battalion Chief Kip Gray. By the time crews arrived on scene, near the corner of Orchard Home and Sunset, everyone had been evacuated from the home. The fir
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Closing bell: Dow win streak ends at 12 days as stocks edge lower This Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, file photo shows the Wall Street entrance of the New York Stock Exchange. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 3:09 PM Feb 28, 2017 at 3:09 PM A slide led by Target and other big retailers pulled U.S. stock indexes lower Tuesday, snapping a 12-day winning streak for the Dow Jones industrial average. The Associated Press A slide led by Target and
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There's a new wolf in town OR-25 is shown after being radio-collared May 20, 2014. [Photo courtesy ODFW] Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 10:15 AM Feb 28, 2017 at 4:24 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman PROSPECT — Lone wolf OR-25 has pulled up stakes in Klamath County and moved over to eastern Jackson County — apparently with the intent of luring away a member of the fairer sex from his cousin's family. The 3-year-old male has spe
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Pot-growing lights vex ham radio operators Lifelong ham radio operator and expert tinkerer Tom Thompson, holds a radio wave filter he invented, inside his basement home office, where he operates a ham radio and other devices on Feb. 21 in Boulder, Colo. After discovering that radio interference was being caused by high-powered lights from home marijuana growers, Thompson built an electronic filter and has given them to nearby growers. [AP Photo/Brennan Linsley] Tuesday Feb 28, 2017&nbs
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Letters to the Editor, Feb. 15 Wednesday Feb 15, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 16, 2017 at 7:36 AM The comeback begins After watching Tom Brady pull off an impossible comeback to win the Super Bowl it occurred to me that 2017 can also be a winning year for America. Consider: Obama and Biden are gone.( No more apologizing for America.) Hillary and Bill are gone. (No more play for pay.) John Kerry and Harry Reid are gone, to be followed soon by more career i
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Trump signs executive order on black colleges Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 5:18 PM Feb 28, 2017 at 5:18 PM By Errin Haines Whack Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at signaling his commitment to historically black colleges and universities, saying that those schools will be "an absolute priority for this White House." HBCU presidents are hoping Congress will bolster Trump's actions to st
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Activist: Immigration officers detain 10 workers in Woodburn Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 5:54 PM Feb 28, 2017 at 5:54 PM By Andrew Selsky Associated Press SALEM — Federal immigration officers stopped two vans carrying workers headed to a forest in Oregon to pick an ornamental shrub, and took at least 10 of them away, an activist said Tuesday. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday that seven people remain in detention four days after
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Our View: State budget will require tradeoffs Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 12:01 AM Members of the Oregon Legislature's Joint Ways and Means Committee got an earful Friday night from advocates for key state services. Backers of education, health care and other state services urged the committee to find new sources of revenue — read taxes — to avoid painful cuts, but that will be far from easy. The occasion was the biannual "road show" by the committee, which hol
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DeBoer Foundation makes $500,000 match grant to Mt. A This photo of a sunset at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area was taken by Sean Bagshaw. Photo courtesy of Sean Bagshaw Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 12:00 PM Feb 28, 2017 at 12:13 PM The Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation will match up to $500,000 in donations to remodel the lodge at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area, the Mt. Ashland Association announced today. The Lodge Improvement Campaign aims to raise $1.4 million t
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New Heights for Bella Vista The first of eight houses is taking shape in the Bella Vista subdivision on the east hills of Medford. Bob Pennell Sunday Mar 17, 2013 at 12:01 AM The lost cause of the Rogue Valley's real estate bust is emerging from hibernation in east Medford. By GREG STILES The lost cause of the Rogue Valley's real estate bust is emerging from hibernation in east Medford. A decade ago, Bella Vista Heights was poised to become a premier residential developm
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Letters to the Editor, Feb. 19 Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 20, 2017 at 6:33 AM Seeking answers Ted Krempa (Feb. 5) says, “The regular people have spoken and want to get on with the business of rebuilding our country.” Here are some honest questions made without irony, malice or spite intended. What is it that Trump is doing to rebuild the country? Trump so far has had full support of the Congress and Senate. What do the peopl
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Bee City proposal put on hold Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 11:01 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune Concerned about burdening staff with more duties, Jacksonville City Council has tabled action for six months on applying for a Bee City USA designation. “The added obligations created by an outside organization would be unfair to both our staff and the citizens,” Councilor Steve Cassaleggio said at Tuesday’s meeting. “We already subsidize nonprofits. W
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Community responds to 'hat guy' after supplies are stolen Trinidad Flores, 40, who knits hats for other homeless people and for babies, says he is touched by the community's response after his supplies were stolen. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 7:01 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 7:01 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune When Trinidad Flores began passing out the hats he knitted for community children and his fellow homeless Medford re
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Mena working his way up Monday Mar 31, 2014 at 2:00 AM Jose Mena looked up to Bulldog Boxing Club champions as a child. By DAN JONES Jose Mena looked up to Bulldog Boxing Club champions as a child. Considering his recent success, the 27-year-old Medford resident may soon have a younger generation of boxers looking up to him. Mena earned a berth into the Golden Gloves National Tournament after winning the 178-pound final by unanimous decision during regional competition o
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Emergency services, Feb. 28 Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 5:31 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 7:43 PM Felony arrests Drugs — Bernie George Helms, 26, no known address. Phoenix police Monday arrested Helms on a charge of possession of methamphetamine and failing to appear on previous drug charges. He was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail without bail. Fugitive — James Timothy Turner, 59, of Lompoc, California. Oregon State Police
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Mail Tribune 100, Feb. 28, 1917 Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 12:01 AM Feb. 28, 1917 MEDALS RECEIVED FROM WORLDS FAIR FOR VALLEY FRUIT Medals and certificates of award won at the Panama Pacific exposition at San Francisco are being received by local people, who exhibited valley products at the exposition. Each prize winner receives a medal — Honor, Gold, Silver or Bronze — and in addition a beautifully engraved certificate of award. The medals are disks 2-5/6 inc
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Since You Asked: You can turn your nickels into dimes April 1 Tuesday Feb 28, 2017 at 12:01 AM Since the bottle and can refund is going up to 10 cents in April, can I save the ones I have now to get the April price? — Michael N., via email Yes, Michael, that is one way to nickel and dime the system. As of April 1, the deposit and refund value of canned or bottled beer, soda, water, flavored water and malt beverages will increase from 5 to 10 cents, according
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Dead man found Friday identified Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 2:27 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 4:31 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous A man found dead in Bear Creek Friday was identified Monday by Medford police as Badi Bullock, 25, who was described as a transient. Police said there is nothing suspicious about the case at this time, and the death appears to have been accidental. Lt. Kerry Curtis said police don't know how Bullock got in the water, at
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Guest Opinion: Clean energy jobs bill deserves bipartisan support Sunday Feb 19, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Hannah Sohl and Shirley Weathers Southern Oregon needs more good paying jobs. We need to keep more of our energy dollars working for us here at home. We need smart, practical action to slow climate change and transition faster to clean energy and greater energy efficiency. And we need stronger incentives for major polluters to protect our air and water. Put these needs to
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Artist gets input for 'Theater Corridor' Gordon Huether Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 2:50 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 2:51 PM John Darling for the Mail Tribune ASHLAND — The long, featureless corridor leading from Starbucks on East Main Street to the Thomas Theatre is about to get some public art, at a cost of $110,000, but the selected artist, Gordon Huether of Napa, California, faces a big challenge making it somehow represent this multi-faceted town a