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CLOSING BELL: SP 500 limps to the finish line in another winning week Traders Timothy Nick, left, Peter Tuchman, center, and Gordon Charlop work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 16, 2017. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Friday Mar 17, 2017 at 1:45 PM Mar 17, 2017 at 11:19 PM It's the seventh weekly gain for the S&P 500 in the last eight, and the index is within 1 percent of its record high. The Associated Press NEW YORK &mdas
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OSF announces 2018 season Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch. [OSF photo by Jenny Graham] Saturday Mar 18, 2017 at 2:57 PM Mar 18, 2017 at 3:41 PM By Jeffrey Gillespie for the Mail Tribune Playing to a packed house Friday, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch announced a 2018 season featuring four Shakespeare plays, two world premieres, one American premiere, one "lifelong passion project" and five plays
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Breidenthal's counterclaim alleges reputation damaged Breidenthal is photographed at the 2015 National Association of Counties Conference in Charlotte, N.C. [Photo from Association of Counties Facebook page] Friday Mar 17, 2017 at 5:09 PM Mar 17, 2017 at 5:21 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Former Jackson County Commissioner Doug Breidenthal claims his professional reputation has been damaged by allegedly defamatory statements m
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Surviving puppies fight to live Donna Jones holds Phoenix, a puppy she is fostering at her home in Medford after he was burned in a house fire in Central Point. [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Friday Mar 17, 2017 at 5:45 PM Mar 17, 2017 at 5:45 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune CENTRAL POINT — One of nine puppies injured in a March 7 structure fire, a tiny female named Enya, has died from her injuries, and two of her siblings are battling
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Emergency services, March 18 Saturday Mar 18, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Robbery — David Dean Johnson, 41, no known address. Ashland police arrested Johnson Wednesday on felony charges of third-degree robbery and first-degree theft. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday and released Thursday because of overcrowding. Drugs — Alisha Jean Bagge, 31, of the 300 block of Haven Street, Medford. Medford police arrested Bagge Wednesday on a felony
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Program puts homeless in residents' backyards Tiny living pods for the Kenton Neighborhood Tiny Home Pilot houses are seen March 7 in Portland. The affordable housing crisis in Portland and the accompanying homeless problem has gotten so bad that local officials are thinking outside the box with similar plans to build "tiny houses" for homeless families and place them in the backyards of willing residents. [Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File] Friday Mar 17, 2017 at 4:56
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Since You Asked: If there's limited visibility, headlights should be on Saturday Mar 18, 2017 at 12:01 AM Isn't there an Oregon law that says you must use your headlights after dark? I see two or more drivers without headlights every night I drive on McAndrews. The lights aren't just for you to see, but for others to see you. Somebody needs to do something. I already know one person seriously hurt due to not being visible at night. — Bill R., Medford There is, ind
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Body of missing Cave Junction woman found Kayla Lee Yarbrough [photo provided by Oregon State Police] Friday Mar 17, 2017 at 8:12 PM Mar 17, 2017 at 9:17 PM Staff reports The body of a young woman reported missing in Josephine County has been found. Kayla Lee Yarbrough, 20, was found dead Thursday in the 100 block of Lone Mountain Road in Obrien, according to a release issued by Oregon State Police.  The cause and manner of Yarbrough's death
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Protesters decry GOP health care plan Martin Lenk of Ashland joins hundreds of demonstrators Tuesday in Medford to protest House Republicans' American Health Care Act, which would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 5:40 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 5:40 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Local cardiologist Dr. Jun-Yang Lou said he sees firsthand what happens when people without healt
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Strong performances evoke Camelot's 'Ghost' Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 6:18 PM By Katherine Hannon for the Mail Tribune It can be intimidating bringing a beloved movie classic such as “Ghost” to the stage — those are big, sentimental shoes to fill. The 1990 film starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore was a box-office hit that launched an iconic love scene and won a permanent place in the public’s heart. On Friday, Camelot Theatre opened “G
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Kathleen Parker: Yelling racist in a crowded nation Wednesday Mar 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM "Culture and demographics are our destiny." Stop. But Iowa Rep. Steve King didn't stop there. He continued to feed his foot deep into his gullet: "We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies." Well, now. Let's pause to parse. First, one never speaks of "somebody else's babies" except to exclaim how precious they are — each and every one. For a politician to say
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St. Mary's freshman earns Eagle Scout rank by building cabinets for St. Vincent de Paul Brady Eiler Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 6:27 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 6:27 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune While he first tried his hand at woodworking at the ripe old age of 6, St. Mary's freshman Brady Eiler has recently branched out to create some much-needed cabinetry for St. Vincent de Paul as part of earning his Eagle Scout rank. The 15-year-old said he want
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Timber group files suit against monument expansion Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 6:07 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman A timber-industry group has joined the growing list of entities asking the federal courts to invalidate last fall's near-doubling of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The American Forest Resource Council filed suit Friday in federal court claiming President Barack Obama illegally used the Antiquities Act to add thousands of acres of O&C
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Lawmakers, advocates demand full funding of Measure 98 Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 5:57 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 5:57 PM By Kristena Hansen Associated Press SALEM — As the Oregon Legislature considers sweeping cutbacks and tax hikes to close a $1.6 billion budget deficit, an education ballot initiative that voters overwhelmingly approved in November may be on the chopping block before it goes into effect. A group of education advocates and bipartisa
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Trimmers on the go Jai Armstrong, CEO of Trimcamp, processes marijuana at a farm in Ashland on Tuesday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 5:45 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 5:45 PM John Darling for the Mail Tribune Jai Armstrong, a 2009 graduate of Ashland High School, has come up with what he says is a million-dollar idea that makes marijuana harvest easier and more dependable while providing local jobs. It’s called "Trimcamp," afte
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Drivers may share roads with military surplus Humvees Hank Porter, 75, Mayor of Stayton, stands with his 1990 military surplus Humvee outside his residence March 2. Oregon could be the first state to allow street-use of retired military Humvees should state lawmakers approve a bill that was proposed at the request of Porter, who wants to tow war veterans through parades in Stayton during Fourth of July celebrations. [AP Photo/Kristena Hansen] Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 5:17 
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Association says counties were shortchanged over fed timber payments Thursday Mar 9, 2017 at 6:39 PM The Associated Press The BLM illegally withheld federal timber payments from Douglas and 17 other Oregon counties, the Association of O&C Counties said this week. The association has asked the federal government to correct what it calls a "costly mistake" in calculating how much money those counties get. The association sent letters to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke an
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'Obamacare' repeal worries Jackson County patients, providers Teal Kinamun, pictured at La Clinica in Phoenix where she receives medical care after breaking her back, says insurance coverage she received through Oregon's connection to the Affordable Care Act put her back on her feet and back at work. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mar 13, 2017 at 8:27 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous After Teal Kinamun
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Making Capitol memories Frances Owens, who grew up in Klamath Falls, has taught for four decades at the Senate Page School on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.. [Photo by Lee Juillerat] Monday Mar 13, 2017 at 2:00 AM By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune WASHINGTON, D.C. — "The little Italian girl from Klamath Falls" is still pinching herself. "I have to pinch myself," says Frances Owens of working at the Senate Page School on Capitol Hill, where she's just steps a
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NCAA Tournament: Northwestern captures first-ever bid Northwestern coach Chris Collins, right, and guard/forward Sanjay Lumpkin react while watching television coverage of the NCAA men's basketball tournament selection show, Sunday, March 12, 2017 at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Northwestern, in its first tournament appearance, will play Vanderbilt. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Sunday Mar 12, 2017 at 3:31 PM Mar 12, 2017 at 4:18 PM For pure drama,