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New legal woes for OnTrack Three employees have resigned and filed another tort notice against OnTrack claiming interim management is maintaining a hostile work environment. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 4:49 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 6:37 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A new legal claim has been filed against OnTrack Inc. and its board of directors by former and current employees who allege a hostile work environment a
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Enviros seeks to defend Cascade-Siskiyou expansion A hiker walks through burned-out forest on a trail up Grizzly Peak east of Ashland. Grizzly Peak is included in the expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 4:15 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 6:35 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Environmental groups have filed petitions to allow them to defend last month's expansion of the Cascade-
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Undocumented immigrants stage a rally by federal building Protestors march with signs during a rally Monday in Portland. Immigrants and their supporters met outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in downtown Portland to protest President Trump's immigration policies. [AP Photo/Don Ryan] Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 4:48 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 4:48 PM By Andrew Selsky Associated Press PORTLAND — Openly defying President Donald Trump
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Iranian baby with heart defect doing well Doctors say 4-month-old Fatemeh Reshad is "out of the woods" and is making good progress after having surgery last Firday. [OHSU/Reshad Family Photo via AP] Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 4:59 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 4:59 PM By Kristena Hansen Associated Press PORTLAND — Physicians say a 4-month-old Iranian girl with a rare heart condition who was affected by President Donald Trump's travel ban is "out of the w
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Business icon may be going away Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 4:38 PM Feb 27, 2017 at 4:38 PM By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Courier A 95-year-old business icon in Grants Pass, Blind George's Newsstand, may be on its last legs. Owners Jack and Brenda Smith were given notice last week that the 122-year-old Hansen Building had been sold, and they needed to be out by May 1. George Spencer founded the newsstand around the corner on Sixth Street in 1922 ab
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Climate action leader to give talk at SOU Monday Feb 27, 2017 at 11:52 AM KC Golden, a longtime leader in the U.S. climate action movement, will visit Southern Oregon University on Thursday, March 9, for a talk that explores the need to turn a corner on the climate crisis and focus on solutions. His free presentation, “Climate Solutions: We Have Met the Hero, and it is Us,” will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 151 of the SOU Science Building. The talk com
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Letters to the Editor: Feb. 1 Wednesday Feb 1, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 2, 2017 at 2:47 PM America's science muzzled As advertised, President Trump began his presidency by issuing a stream of executive edicts on a variety of topics. As a scientist, I found a few of these orders particular alarming. These are the ones putting restrictions ("gag orders”) on researchers employed at federal agencies like the USDA, NOAA, EPA, the CDC and others 
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Free Box closed in Ashland after 3 needles found The Free Box at the Ashland Recycling Center is closed up tight during business hours Saturday. [Mail Tribune/Jamie Lusch] Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 4:11 PM Feb 14, 2017 at 4:12 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune ASHLAND — There’s no such thing as a Free Box in town, at least for now. Recology, which runs the Ashland Recycling Center on Oak Street, closed one of Ashland’s mor
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Board votes to sell oldest state forest Joe Metzler walks across a fallen log over a creek in the Silver Grove surrounded by some trees in the grove that are over 220 years old on Oct. 27, 2016, in Elliott State Forest near Reedsport. Two members of the state land board voted in Salem on, Tuesday to sell Oregon's oldest state forest, while a third member, Gov. Kate Brown, insisted it remain in public hands. [Amanda Loman/The World via AP, File] Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 6:29&nb
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Boys & Girls Club teen program director arrested on attempted sodomy charge Jamie Curry Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 5:55 PM Feb 14, 2017 at 6:05 PM By Chris Bristol of the Grants Pass Daily Courier The teen program director at the Boys & Girls Club in Grants Pass was arrested Monday on allegations of attempted sexual contact with a 16-year-old boy. James "Jamie" Curry, 37, was taken into custody at Grants Pass High School, where police said h
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SOU students learn how to safely control volatile situations Heather Lewis, portraying a police officer, confronts an aggressive and advancing suspect Timothy Short in a "Shoot/Don't Shoot" exercise for students in Southern Oregon University's Intro to Law Enforcement class. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 7:00 PM Feb 14, 2017 at 7:00 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Cara Davis asked whether a stumbling man was OK
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Our View: Philosophical discussions matter Friday Sep 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM The case of a South Medford High School teacher who came under scrutiny by some parents over photographs of a Black Lives Matter poster and a T-chart on a white board in his classroom appears to be an object lesson in not jumping to conclusions. Paul Cynar, who teaches pre-law and social studies courses at South, was asked to take down the poster after some parents complained. He complied, but it'
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Public meetings: Feb. 6-10 Sunday Feb 5, 2017 at 12:01 AM Monday 7 a.m. — Medford School Board special meeting, Medford School District Education Center, Room 254, 815 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. 10:30 a.m. — Jackson County Hearings Officer public hearing, County Courthouse, 10 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. 4 p.m. — Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District Personnel Committee, 89 Alder St., Central Point. 6 p.m. — Gold Hill City Council, City Ha
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Emergency services, Jan. 31 Monday Jan 30, 2017 at 6:32 PM Jan 30, 2017 at 7:34 PM Felony arrests Identity theft — Todd Daniel Fields, 29, no known address. Medford police Monday arrested Fields on three warrants charging him with identity theft. He was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail and released on his own recognizance. Assault — William Earl Musgrave, 21, of the 600 block of Park Street, Ashland. Ashland police
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Closing bell: More all-time highs for major US indexes This Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016, file photo shows the New York Stock Exchange at sunset, in lower Manhattan. Stock markets around the world downshifted into neutral on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017, but U.S. indexes still managed all-time highs. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 1:32 PM Feb 14, 2017 at 2:35 PM Strong gains by bank stocks pushed major U.S. indexes to more all-time highs. The A
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UO considers raising undergraduate tuition 10.6 percent Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 5:33 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — The University of Oregon is considering raising in-state undergraduate tuition by 10.6 percent in the fall to pay for increased salaries, health care and retirement costs for school employees. The Register-Guard reports that under a plan backed by UO President Michael Schill, annual tuition for full-time, in-state undergraduate students would incre
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Tornado’s winning streak snapped at 14 Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 2:00 AM Feb 11, 2017 at 12:13 AM EUGENE — North Medford jumped to a 7-0 lead but South Eugene gradually rallied to pull away for a 62-54 victory and halt the Black Tornado’s winning streak at 14 games in a key Southwest Conference boys basketball clash Friday. Fifth-ranked North Medford (16-5, 8-1 SWC) was seeking to clinch at least a share of the SWC title but ins
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Arthur I. Cyr: Japan-U.S. alliance advances — with Pacific and global significance Arthur I. Cyr Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 8:50 AM Feb 14, 2017 at 8:50 AM Arthur I. Cyr More Content Now Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the United States has underscored the vital importance of the alliance between our two nations. Military defense as well as economics is involved. Growing nationalism is evident in Japan, and reflected in the
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Oregon farmers seek help to ban, regulate GMO crops Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 4:18 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 4:21 PM The Eugene Register-Guard SALEM — Some farmers are renewing an effort to get Oregon lawmakers to allow local governments to regulate, and potentially ban, genetically modified crops. Cities and counties have been barred from doing so since 2013, when the Legislature passed a preemption bill as part of a bipartisan package of unrelated
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Suzette Martinez Standring: Vietnam: The healing effect of anti-war protest Tuesday Feb 14, 2017 at 8:39 AM Feb 14, 2017 at 8:39 AM Suzette Martinez Standring More Content Now I am in Vietnam where Americans are warmly welcomed. Odd. I’m 62 and I recall TV images of brutal jungle warfare. From 1964 to 1973 about 2 million tons of American bombs were dropped. As a teenager, I learned about napalm and Agent Orange. Most of all, I remember th