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Guest Opinion: Mental health care in crisis Jackson County will hire a recruitment firm to hunt for mental health workers. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Susan Johnson I am a registered nurse and have worked for Asante for 13 years. Currently, I work in the Behavioral Health Unit (2North) with 18 beds. BHU offers in-patient care for adults in an acute psychiatric crisis. I also work in the emergency Psychiatric Care Unit (PCU) which is part
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Guest Opinion: Renewable energy opportunity is clear Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Juliet Grable In a recent editorial on energy reform published on The Hill, a political website, Rep. Greg Walden heralded the opportunity presented by our new Republican president in combination with Republican control of the House and Senate. He criticized the “barrage of red-tape regulations” set forth by the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy du
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Wastewater company pulls out of Gold Hill Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 12:01 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune A company that has been running Gold Hill's wastewater plant under contract with the city has parted ways with the town over alleged failure by the city to renew its contract and resolve a list of "critical, unresolved issues." Southern Oregon Water Technology owner Mike Bollweg, who signed on to manage the city's wastewater treatment system in January 2015, said
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More than 70 teams show up to Snow Bowl Zack Doggett, Team Kaos, attempts to avoid defenders during flag football competition at US Cellular Fields on Sunday. [PHOTO BY: LARRY STAUTH JR / FOR THE MAIL TRIBUNE] Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 7:15 PM Feb 26, 2017 at 7:52 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Wet, cold weather chilled Medford Sunday afternoon, but it didn't put a damper on U.S. Cellular Community Park's Snow Bowl, a weekend flag football to
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Police search for machete-wielding robbery suspect Wednesday Feb 22, 2017 at 2:02 PM Feb 22, 2017 at 3:51 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Police are looking for a man they say robbed a White City gas station of cash and cigarettes while armed with a machete last weekend. The robbery occurred at 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the 76 gas station near the intersection of Highway 62 and Antelope Road, according to Capt. Tim Snaith of the Jackson County S
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Updated: Snow still expected in area passes Friday Feb 24, 2017 at 2:51 PM Feb 25, 2017 at 12:22 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Another round of cold, wet weather is expected to blow into Jackson County on Sunday, with snow expected to accumulate on highway passes in the region. Some slushy snow also could fall at elevations as low as the valley floor. The main period of snowfall is expected from Sunday afternoon into Sunday night, accordi
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Emergency services, Feb. 27 Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 6:36 PM Feb 26, 2017 at 6:36 PM Felony arrests Drugs — Gary Allen Snow, 45, of the 1000 block of North Fifth Street, Jacksonville. Medford police arrested Snow Saturday on a charge of methamphetamine possession. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail on no bail. Drugs — Amanda Lorraine Croghan, 39 of the 2700 block of Merriman Road, Medford. Medford police arrested Crogh
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Wild and remote Boaters work their way down the Illinois River near Briggs Creek. [Photo courtesy Will Volpert] Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Zach Urness Statesman Journal SELMA — Deep and emerald green in the canyons, boiling and ill-tempered through the rapids, the Illinois River begins in the wilderness and never surrenders that independence. The river is wild at its birth, tumbling down the Siskiyou Mountains with the reckless energy of an adolescent, thr
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AllCare: Not enough patients were getting mental health care Athena Goldberg with AllCare Health (right), answers questions from audience members regarding pending changes to mental health care in Jackson County, while Dr. Mark Bradshaw of AllCare looks on, during a forum presented at the Medford Public Library on Saturday. [PHOTO BY: LARRY STAUTH JR / FOR THE MAIL TRIBUNE] Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 2:00 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous AllCare Health representat
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Literary Gardener: Caring for fruit trees during our false spring Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Rhonda Nowak for the Mail Tribune “Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat [spring] back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life.”  — Ernest Hemingway, “A Moveable Feast,” 1964   This quote came from Hemingway’s last manuscript, a story based on his life as a yo
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Bills to lift cougar hound-hunting ban stalled Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Four bills looking to scuttle parts of Oregon's 23-year-old ban on sport-hunting for cougars with hounds so far are either destined never to see the light of day or have yet to gain traction in the Oregon Legislature. State Sen. Michael Dembrow, a Portland Democrat who chairs the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee, does not plan t
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Columnist for a Day: You eat, so why not cook? Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Kathleen Cressler for the Mail Tribune I was out with my neighbor the other night at a new local growler shop because beer is an important part of a balanced diet (a topic for another article). We were talking about having a love of food — and for me, a love of cooking — when she mentioned that she doesn’t cook, mostly because she didn’t feel confident in the kit
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Celebrities launch pot brands Saturday Feb 25, 2017 at 6:18 PM By Paul Elias Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Country singer Willie Nelson, the children of the late reggae icon Bob Marley and comedian Whoopi Goldberg are just a few of the growing number of celebrities publicly jumping into the marijuana industry and eyeing the California pot market, which is expected to explode after voters legalized the recreational use of weed. Regulators are still scrambling to
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Police: Car plows into parade crowd in New Orleans; 28 hurt A woman talks on a phone at the scene of where a truck slammed into a crowd and other vehicles, causing multiple injuries, Saturday during the Krewe of Endymion parade in in the Mid-City section of New Orleans. Police Chief Michael Harrison says one person in custody and that he is being investigated for driving while intoxicated. [Gerald Herbert/The Associated Press] Saturday Feb 25, 2017 at 7:48 PM Feb 25
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Emergency services, Feb. 26 Sunday Feb 26, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Robbery — Natalie Anne Capp, 25, no known address. Ashland police arrested Capp Friday on a felony charge of third-degree robbery and misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault and second-degree theft. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail and released Friday because of overcrowding. Identity theft — Jason Henry Knodel, 29, no known address. Medford police arrested Knodel Frida
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Health care, education advocates to Ways and Means: No more cuts Saturday Feb 25, 2017 at 2:00 AM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune An overflow crowd in Ashland Friday night pleaded with legislators on the Oregon Joint Ways and Means Committee to stave off cuts in public services and find new ways to raise revenue. “I understand the challenges you face, but you shouldn’t cut health care, education and public safety,” said Erica Holiday of Planned P
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Advocates want Oregon to pave way for tiny houses Saturday Feb 25, 2017 at 6:36 PM Feb 25, 2017 at 6:36 PM The Associated Press SALEM — Tiny house advocates want the Oregon Legislature to crack down on "bootleg" construction and make it easier to build the units legally. The move comes as cities across Oregon, including Medford, are eyeing tiny houses as a way to ease tight rental markets and address growing problems with homelessness. "Ma
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Wash. state vows to fight federal recreational pot crackdown Friday Feb 24, 2017 at 5:16 PM Feb 24, 2017 at 5:16 PM By Sadie Gurman Associated Press Officials in Washington state, where recreational marijuana is legal, vow to fight any federal crackdown on the nascent industry after White House spokesman Sean Spicer said they should expect to see stepped-up enforcement of anti-pot laws. Bob Ferguson, attorney general in Washington state, which jo
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Judge: Reporter won't have to testify at Oregon refuge trial Saturday Feb 25, 2017 at 6:24 PM By Steven DuBois Associated Press PORTLAND — A former Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter won't have to testify at the ongoing conspiracy trial of four men who joined Ammon and Ryan Bundy at last winter's armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge, a federal judge ruled Friday. Asserting journalist's privilege, Oregon Public Broadcasting and reporter John Sepulvado fo
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Man who threw rock at driver gets prison Benyam Samuel Broeckel Saturday Feb 25, 2017 at 3:29 PM Feb 25, 2017 at 3:31 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Medford man was sentenced to more than 4½ years in prison after admitting he injured a driver by throwing a rock at her car as she drove by. Benyam Samuel Broeckel, 28, avoided a mandatory minimum Measure 11 sentence after pleading guilty Friday to a felony assault charge in Jac