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Comets shine Crater junior Austin Kramer (6) and teammates celebrate as time expires in the Comets' 24-21 Class 5A quarterfinal football victory over Central Friday at Dutch Meyer Stadium. PHOTO BY LARRY STAUTH JR. Saturday Nov 14, 2015 at 12:29 AM Nov 14, 2015 at 12:32 AM Dan Jones Mail Tribune @danjonesmt CENTRAL POINT — Crater football player Austin Kramer needed but one word to sum up the final minutes of his team’s game on Frid
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Theater Corridor artist selected Monday Dec 19, 2016 at 4:59 PM Dec 19, 2016 at 4:59 PM Local report A 142-foot pedestrian walkway connecting Main Street to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival campus and the Hargadine Parking Structure will get an artistic makeover. The walkway between Starbucks and Early Goods will be re-envisioned by Gordon Huether, an artist named last week by the Ashland Public Art Commission. The goal of the work is to "enhance
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Oregon electoral college members vote Clinton, blast Russia Protestors encourage electors to vote against Donald Trump and call for general electoral college reform outside the Oregon State Capitol in Salem, Ore., on Monday, Dec. 19, 2016. (Anna Reed/Statesman-Journal via AP) Monday Dec 19, 2016 at 5:57 PM Dec 19, 2016 at 5:57 PM By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — All seven electoral college members of the Democratic Party of Oregon
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Man who allegedly punched 8th-grade player contacted police Monday Dec 19, 2016 at 5:03 PM Dec 20, 2016 at 11:31 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Police say they have been in contact with a 44-year-old Northern California man who came out of the stands and allegedly punched an eighth-grade Hidden Valley basketball player in the face during an on-the-court altercation involving the man's son. The man called police Sunday evening to of
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Emergency Services, Dec. 20 Monday Dec 19, 2016 at 8:30 PM Felony arrests Burglary — Chester Louis Iodence, 31, of the 100 block of West Jackson Street, Medford. Medford police Sunday arrested Iodence on charges of first-degree burglary, first-degree trespass and third-degree theft. He was lodged Sunday in the Jackson County Jail and released Monday on his own recognizance. Drugs — Thomas Miles Johnson, 32, of the 1100 block of West McAn
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Since You Asked: New sidewalk ramps next year will cost $676,260 Monday Dec 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM Ever since I've been reading about the city's attempts to put more ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) sidewalk ramps in, I've sure noticed a lot of them with the bright-yellow rubber mats around Medford. There recently was an article in the Mail Tribune that said the city was going to pay up to $1 million for more ramps next year. I'd like to know if the city knows the act
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Hearts & Vines awards $185,000 to seven local charities Monday Dec 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM Local report The Hearts & Vines Foundation has awarded $185,000 to seven charities in Jackson County, with the largest grant of $110,000 going to Community Works Dunn House/Victim Services. In addition to Community Works, charities receiving awards and the amount received were: CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), $17,000; The Family Nurturing Center, $15,000; Domest
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SORCC receives lowest rating by VA Saturday Dec 17, 2016 at 2:08 PM Dec 17, 2016 at 10:50 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT The Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics was rated a one-star facility by the Department of Veterans Affairs, according to internal documents obtained by USA TODAY. Earlier this month, the newspaper published recent star ratings for 146 VA medical centers nationwide. The White City facility was one
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Guest Opinion: Time for Oregon to end all work on LNG project Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Deb Evans and Ron Schaaf On Dec. 9, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission confirmed its denial of the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline and the Jordan Cove LNG Export Terminal, delivering a fatal blow to the proposed project. FERC was clear in its denial that “Pacific Connector failed to demonstrate a need for the project sufficient to outweigh the potential harm to th
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Columnist for a Day: A phone call from a stranger Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Stacey Boals for the Mail Tribune The Tuesday before Veterans Day, I was greeted at my office by my message light flashing. The caller, Gary Wullenweber, said he was looking for Stacey Boals, and left an Indiana phone number (no other message). When I returned the call, he said, "I'm a veteran and served in Vietnam," to which I replied, "Thank you for your service." His next line should
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Southern Oregon Journal: Caroling in the dark a year after the mill burned Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune “So it begins again, the dying of our year. The long nights I yearn toward; the stripped trees and tan grasses; the graying of the sun.” — Phyllis Tickle from "What the Heart Already Knows"   This Wednesday marks the shortest day of the year as the winter solstice claims its official darkness. It rolls ar
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Southern Oregon Journal: Caroling in the dark a year after the mill burned Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune “So it begins again, the dying of our year. The long nights I yearn toward; the stripped trees and tan grasses; the graying of the sun.” — Phyllis Tickle from "What the Heart Already Knows"   This Wednesday marks the shortest day of the year as the winter solstice claims its official darkness. It rolls ar
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Newly housed family needs beds, shoes Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 19, 2016 at 9:40 AM Newly housed family needs beds, shoes Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune @thewholedish Editor's note: Light One Candle is an annual series sponsored by the Mail Tribune that focuses on an individual, group or agency who could use a helping hand during the holiday season. Once that need is filled, donations may be distributed to others in need. A home for th
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Public meetings: Dec. 19-23 Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM Monday 9 a.m. — Jackson County Hearings Officer public hearing, Jackson County offices, 10 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. 1:30 p.m. — Jackson County Hearings Officer public hearing, Jackson County offices, 10 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. 6:30 p.m. — Phoenix City Council, City Hall, 510 W. First St., Phoenix.   Tuesday Noon — Jackson County Parks Advisory Committee, Roads and Parks Audito
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Gary Dwight Beamer Sunday Dec 18, 2016 at 2:00 AM July 8, 1935 - December 12, 2016 Gary Dwight Beamer passed away December 12, 2016. Gary served in the United States Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. After retiring from a career in the U.S. Forest Service he worked with D. Disabled People in Juneau, Alaska. He later worked assisting the homeless in Ashland, Ore. Gary was ordained by the New Seminary at the Cathedral of St. John of the Divine in New York City and officiated a
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Inn from the cold Compassion Highway Project director Melissa Mayne meets with homeless veteran Lee Beam, who sleeps nightly on the street in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 6:17 PM Dec 23, 2016 at 6:18 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Melissa Mayne's one request from old St. Nick is the gift of warmth — for hundreds of community members without a home. "It's freezing outside," says the Compassion Highway
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Council explores ways to make Ashland affordable Thursday Dec 22, 2016 at 4:56 PM Dec 22, 2016 at 4:57 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune “If we want affordable housing in Ashland, I think we need to build it,” John Fields, an Ashland developer and former Planning Commissioner, said in a letter read at a City Council study session Monday. Fields suggested that incentives and penalties on builders may not be enough to bring the h
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Plenty of brew-pub fare at RAM A turkey-mushroom burger with sweet potato fries at the new RAM restaurant in Medford. Photo by Sarah Lemon Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune @thewholedish Most brew-pub menus offer a predictable lineup — burgers, macaroni and cheese, fish and chips, Caesar salads and nachos — with nothing much to distinguish them from other establishments in the genre. Elevating the brew-pub concept, the new RAM
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Matthew T. Mangino: Missouri criminalizes growing-up Matthew T. Mangino Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 10:11 AM Dec 23, 2016 at 10:11 AM Matthew T. Mangino More Content Now Remember Farkus the school bully who pushed around Ralphie and his friends in the holiday favorite “A Christmas Story.” Finally, Ralphie, tired of the harassment, stood up to Farkus and beat him up on the school playground. If Ralphie would have lived in Missouri after J
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Oregon's high court sends 1993 murder back to lower court Thursday Dec 22, 2016 at 8:28 PM By Gillian Flaccus The Associated Press PORTLAND — The Oregon Supreme Court on Thursday said a lower court must reconsider whether a woman convicted of aggravated murder deserves a new trial because of police reports that were only received by her attorneys nearly two decades after the crime. The decision sends Karlyn Eklof's appeal back to a post-conviction trial court, whi