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Winters applies for interim sheriff Former Sheriff Mike Winters has applied to be Sheriff Corey Falls' replacement. Mail Tribune file photo Saturday Dec 24, 2016 at 2:13 PM Dec 24, 2016 at 4:18 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Former Jackson County Sheriff Mike Winters is one of six applicants for interim sheriff for the next two years, saying his 12 years in the job make him the most qualified to offer a "seamless" transition. Winte
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Medford company helps employees give all year long Susan Harter helps Phoebe Shanks, 8, cut paper during a gift-wrapping event Tuesday at Lifeline Computer Solutions in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Thursday Dec 22, 2016 at 6:28 PM Dec 22, 2016 at 10:42 PM By Rebecca Scott for the Mail Tribune A Medford small business tries to embody the spirit of giving year round. Lifeline Computer Solutions, which helps businesses from Silicon Valley
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Our View: Water Commission should engage common sense Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM Jon and Sabrina Carey did the right thing when they notified the state that they had a 40-year-old pond on their Butte Falls area property. They did the right thing when they went to the Medford Water Commission to ask for a permit to keep the pond. They did the right thing when they said they would not use water from the pond for irrigation. They did the right thing when they said they
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Since You Asked: Car seat technicians are at Medford Station 6 once a month Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM I need some help installing a car seat and was told by a friend that there’s only one station in town where they’ll assist with that. Can you tell me which one that is? — Sara M., Medford Yes, we can. It’s Fire Station 6, and you’ll need to set up an appointment. Medford Fire-Rescue has two employees with car seat technician crede
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Ashland pair who fled with child arrested in Florida Trevor Long Thursday Dec 22, 2016 at 5:52 PM Dec 22, 2016 at 5:52 PM Florida authorities Thursday arrested an Ashland couple who had evaded police since October when they left town with their 7-year-old daughter in violation of a court order. Trevor Forrest Long, 33, and Sara Margaret Long, 43, were apprehended with the help of the Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force at an Orlando, Fla., hotel
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Fishing Report: Friday, Dec. 23 Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: A small-craft advisory is in effect through Saturday night as the Christmas weekend sports windy, rough and even some rainy conditions off the South Coast. Today's forecast calls for winds up to 20 knots and 10-foot swells, followed Saturday by 100-knot winds and 11-foot swells pocked by rain. Sunday looks a little better, with five-knot winds and swells starting at 9 feet but d
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CCO pullout deals blow to Jackson County Mental Health Jackson County has halted expansion plans and new hires in light of the planned pullout of Jackson Care Connect. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 7:06 PM Dec 21, 2016 at 7:06 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous A major client of Jackson County Mental Health is pulling its patients — putting a halt to the county's ambitious plans for expansion and new hires.
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Phoenix city manager's background might surprise you Phoenix City Manager Jamie McLeod. Submitted photo Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 5:14 PM Dec 21, 2016 at 5:14 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune Building healthy, safe communities has been a primary focus for new Phoenix City Manager Jamie McLeod since her childhood spent in Africa. At age 9, McLeod’s mother took a teaching job in Tanzania. Moving from Wisconsin to Africa had a profound effec
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It's Christmas and Hanukkah at the same time Lazer Lloyd's musical influences run between American blues and spiritual folk songs. Photo by Yo Seidman Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 23, 2016 at 5:28 PM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Blues guitarist Lazer Lloyd's musical pilgrimage led him to a place that bridges Western and Eastern cultures. Born Lazer Pinchas Blumen in New York and raised in Connecticut — surrounded by his father's passi
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Goodwill eyes Ashland store expansion An artist's conception shows an aerial view of what the Goodwill store on Tolman Creek Road (foreground) would look like if plans go ahead. Bi-Mart is to the right of what's pictured here. Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 5:27 PM Dec 21, 2016 at 5:27 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune The Goodwill Store in Ashland on Tolman Creek Road has received preliminary approval for a large-scale expansion of its retail ou
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AIFF kicks off its student film competition Winners of Ashland Independent Film Festivalís 2016 LAUNCH Student Film Competition. Photo by Mary WilkinsKelly Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 4:33 PM Dec 21, 2016 at 4:33 PM The Ashland Independent Film Festival has a suggestion to chase away kids' winter-break boredom: Make a short film and submit it to the festival. Kids and young adults can submit films that are less than five minutes long to the fe
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Hazelnut growers near Eugene impacted by severe ice storm In this Dec. 16 file photo, a bicyclist rides past ice-covered trees in Eugene. (Andy Nelson/The Register-Guard via AP, File) Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 7:33 PM By Eric Mortenson Capital Press SALEM — Hazelnut growers near Eugene are still cleaning up damage from a nearly instantaneous flash freeze that snapped limbs, split trunks and uprooted some trees. "We had a lot of breakage," said Jared Henderson, who
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Driver in fatal head-on crash arrested Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 5:40 PM Dec 23, 2016 at 5:40 PM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier A driver accused of causing a head-on crash that killed an Applegate woman more than nine months ago has been arrested by Oregon State Police. Kandice Dawn Garcia, 33, of Murphy, was taken into custody Tuesday after a Josephine County grand jury last week issued a secret indictment charging her with first-degree ma
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Couple told 40-year-old pond near Butte Falls is illegal Jon Carey says the Jackson County Watermaster's office has told him he doesn't have any water rights to his pond that was built 40 years ago, long before he bought the property off Butte Falls Highway two and a half years ago. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Dec 20, 2016 at 4:54 PM Dec 20, 2016 at 4:54 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Jon Carey gets emotional at the prospect of be
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The perfect Christmas roast Cargill Meat Solutions Chef Pete Geoghegan says cooking a fancy roast for the holidays is easier than it sounds, and he proved it by demonstrating how to make a Roasted Black Pepper Prime Rib with Sweet Onion Marmalade. Travis Heying / Wichita Eagle Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Denise Neil The Wichita Eagle It’s time to plan Christmas dinner, and you’re so over turkey. A dramatic hunk of beef would be nice. But what to b
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Ashland Food Bank has new director Traci Darrow Tuesday Dec 20, 2016 at 3:33 PM Dec 20, 2016 at 3:33 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune When you enter through the glass doors at the Ashland Emergency Food Bank at 560 Clover Lane, you see a small army of people in green aprons stocking shelves, walking with “customers” as they fill boxes with food and taking note of what new food is coming in. No one pays for food here, and the a
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Eno Files: Two Oregon pink bubblies for the holidays Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Kevin Breck for the Mail Tribune A holiday wine column about “the bubbly” perhaps demonstrates a lack of imagination. So in a twist, I decided to focus on two Oregon pink bubblies, or Brut roses. First off, be prepared for some sticker shock: these are spendy, but worth it for a special occasion. First up is the Soter Mineral Springs 2010 Brut Rose, from the Yamhill-C
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Since You Asked: We apparently really needed another area code Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM I noticed the new RAM restaurant has a phone number with a 458 area code. Is that the new area code promised for Southern Oregon so many years ago? — Ben F., Medford Adding three numerals to your digital lexicon may be confusing. So try equating new area codes to elbow room. For decades, the state of Oregon got by with a single area code. But times have changed ȁ
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Our View: Opening the doors for more housing Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Medford has an affordable housing crisis, as does Ashland, Bend, Portland and just about any city of any size in the state. That suggests it's Oregon that has the crisis, which in turn suggests the state has a structural problem. To fix that, the state and local municipalities need to own the problem, rather than try to foist it off entirely on landlords and builders. A Sunday story by Mail T
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Mail Tribune 100, Dec. 21, 1916 Wednesday Dec 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Dec. 21, 1916 SILVER LOVING CUP PRESENTED MRS. E.B. HANLEY Silver loving cups will be sent today to Mrs. E. B. Hanley and Mrs. Bert Anderson in appreciation of their efforts for the republican presidential ticket in the recent campaign. The money for the cups was contributed by citizens in all parts of Oregon, the money being sent to the Telegram. Not more than 25 cents was accepted from any one contribut