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Area pot sales lag behind state Andy Corda, 28, a migrant worker from Transylvania in Romania, processes marijuana at the farm of Brent Kenyon near White City. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 5:17 PM Dec 15, 2016 at 2:12 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Southern Oregon may be the state's most prolific region for marijuana production, but it's dead last in sales at retail stores. In the first quarter of 2016, retai
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Oregon teacher, once a dropout, wins $25K Milken prize Teacher Lisa Richard celebrates Tuesday with her students after being named the 2016 Milken Educator award winner during a school assembly at Pioneer School in Lebanon. (David Patton/Albany Democrat-Herald via AP) Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 7:00 PM Dec 15, 2016 at 7:16 AM By Betsy Hammond The Oregonian/OregonLive PORTLAND — Lisa Richard, a third-grade teacher at Lebanon's Pioneer S
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Sparrows ride Santa's sleigh St. Mary's students Maddy Bryan and Ryan Becquer help Johnny Duclos put the finishing touches on a wheelchair-accessible sleigh designed for visiting with Santa. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 5:50 PM Dec 15, 2016 at 12:04 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Several dozen Rogue Valley families were treated to a meet-and-greet with old St. Nick last weekend in such style that everyone felt li
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Appeals court overturns Box R Ranch decision Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM Dec 14, 2016 at 5:00 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune PINEHURST — A land use board decision that appeared to block development opportunities on the former Box R Ranch, now the New Frontier Ranch, has been reversed by the Oregon Court of Appeals. In an 11-page opinion issued Nov. 23, Judge Erin C. Lagesen ruled that an appeal of a 2013 stipulated agreement betwe
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Woman sues Asante over missing belly button ring Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 4:35 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous A woman whose belly button ring was missing after she underwent knee surgery is suing Asante for $125,000 because she says a nurse must have inappropriately touched her and removed the piercing. The woman is complaining of negligence, assault and battery in her lawsuit against Asante, Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass and the male nu
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Family deals with cancer, unemployment, homelessness Thursday Dec 15, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 15, 2016 at 7:08 AM 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. Cancer, unemployment and homelessn
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Two-alarm fire sparks in Biomass One power plant An electrical fire damaged a turbine building at Biomass One in White City Wednesday. Photo courtesy Jackson County Fire District 3 Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 12:55 PM Dec 15, 2016 at 7:11 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A two-alarm fire in Biomass One's power plant in White City today forced an evacuation and closed Avenue G, but no injuries were reported after fast action by firefigh
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Arthur I. Cyr: The complex conflict involving China and Taiwan Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 9:14 AM Dec 14, 2016 at 9:15 AM Arthur I. Cyr More Content Now The telephone conversation on December 2 between President-elect Donald Trump and President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan was relatively brief but continues to reverberate prominently in news, diplomatic and political dimensions. Relations between Taiwan and mainland China have been convoluted since 1949
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Celebrate the season at Third Friday art walk "Early Winter" by Marianne Nielson, at Art du Jour Gallery. Thursday Dec 15, 2016 at 9:00 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Rogue Valley artists celebrate the season with winter scenes displayed at Art du Jour Gallery and Rogue Gallery & Art Center in downtown Medford. Representations of everything from chilly landscapes to an ornament shining against a dark backdrop of pine needles are included in "Winterfest,"
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Over-sized food trucks want a stake in Medford Quinton Cutting-Johnson serves up stir fry at his food cart Wok Star Tuesday on West Eighth Street in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 4:50 PM Dec 14, 2016 at 9:25 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Bigger food trucks in Medford have once again become an issue for the city after earlier this year it turned down a request by Buttercloud Bakery and Cafe to p
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Emergency services, Dec. 15 Thursday Dec 15, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Vehicle Theft — Amber Dawn Freeman, 21, no known address. Medford police arrested Freeman Tuesday on a felony charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, felony warrants for possessing methamphetamine, a misdemeanor charge of third-degree theft and a warrant for failing to appear in court on a previous trespassing charge. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail Tuesday and released W
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Two-alarm fire sparks in Biomass One power plant An electrical fire damaged a turbine building at Biomass One in White City Wednesday. Photo courtesy Jackson County Fire District 3 Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 12:55 PM Dec 14, 2016 at 5:45 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A two-alarm fire in Biomass One's power plant in White City today forced an evacuation and closed Avenue G, but no injuries were reported after fast action by firefigh
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UPDATED: Medford and Ashland under flood watch Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 9:16 AM Dec 14, 2016 at 12:06 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch that covers most of Jackson County, including Medford and Ashland, as well as eastern Curry and Josephine counties, the Siskiyou Mountains and the Southern Oregon Cascades. It is in effect until 4 a.m. Thursday. "This heavy rain will cause small streams a
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Two children critical after crash Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 4:46 PM Dec 14, 2016 at 4:46 PM By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Courier Two children were in critical condition Wednesday following a Tuesday-evening crash at Jerome Prairie Road and Midway Avenue. The youngsters were riding in a Toyota 4Runner that ran a stop sign and was broadsided by a 2000 Dodge Ram pickup truck, according to a press release from the Josephine County Sheriff's Offic
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Workshop explores the art of buying, selling a business Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM Dec 13, 2016 at 5:46 PM Small business coach Gary Einhorn will discuss the art of buying and selling a business during a one-hour workshop at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15. Einhorn operates the Entrepreneurial Ear business coaching service in Ashland. He will discuss how to determine what a business is worth, when may be the best time to buy or sell, and the pr
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Top 10 Broadway shows of 2016 Ben Platt as Evan in "Dear Evan Hansen." Broadway.com / Matthew Murphy Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 4:26 PM Dec 13, 2016 at 4:26 PM By Chris Jones Chicago Tribune The 2015 musical "Hamilton" continued to suck up a lot of the Broadway oxygen in 2016 — first during the spring award season and then during the political fallout of the late fall. But theater artists created other, mostly quieter shows that were striking
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Calif. governor seeks permanent ban on offshore drilling California Gov. Jerry Brown, center, arrives for a news conference during the Western Governors Association winter meeting Tuesday at the Hotel del Coronado in Coronado, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 6:07 PM Dec 13, 2016 at 6:07 PM By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CORONADO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday asked President Barack Obama to perma
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Our View: LNG ruling should be the last straw Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 12:01 AM The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's announcement that it will not reconsider its denial of a natural gas pipeline through Oregon should spell the end of that on-again, off-again project, although the company that requested the rehearing can still go to court — or start the whole process over again. The FERC ruling is, in large part, testimony to the effectiveness of the well-or
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Medford airport breaks passenger record The Medford airport surpassed its annual record for passengers in November, hitting 758,114 so far this year. Mail Tribune file photo Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 2:59 PM Dec 13, 2016 at 5:26 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The arrival of seasonal perils failed to deter Medford airport passengers, who once again passed through the gates in record numbers last month. In November, the Jackson County-ow
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Bundy standoff defendants to go to trial in 3 waves Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A judge has set a trio of trials for 17 men accused of conspiring together in an armed standoff against federal agents near Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's property in April 2014. U.S. Magistrate Judge Peggy Leen, in a ruling on Monday, reversed the order proposed by federal prosecutors who wanted to try Bundy, sons Ammon and Ryan Bundy, and