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Medford man recalls seeing the horror of Pearl Harbor unfold Jim Wolfe, who was 13 and lived at Hickam Air Field when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, shares his memories Friday at Rogue Valley Manor in Medford. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Wednesday Dec 7, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 7, 2016 at 10:25 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness It was 13-year-old Jim Wolfe's Sunday morning ritual to retrieve the newspaper comics while his parents slept
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Does Medford's outdoor pot ban include greenhouses? Mail Tribune file photo Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 4:59 PM Dec 7, 2016 at 7:08 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Medford has banned outdoor marijuana grows, and the City Council will consider Thursday whether the ban applies to greenhouses as well. Under the ban, approved by Medford voters in November, cannabis can be grown indoors. "Someone contacted me and wants to know, does the greenhouse
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Autumn home sales were hotter this year Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 5:11 PM Dec 6, 2016 at 6:18 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Whether it's because of creeping mortgage rates or buyers' desire to lock up a house before competitors price them out of the market, local houses are selling at a faster rate. Between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, the pace of existing-home sales in Jackson County picked up 8.4 percent from a similar period in 2015. At the
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UPDATE: Bacterial meningitis confirmed in Medford school Wednesday Dec 7, 2016 at 10:18 AM Dec 7, 2016 at 3:05 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil At least one student at Hedrick Middle School was sickened by bacterial meningitis, and a student at Hoover Elementary School may have been affected, too, according to Dr. Jim Shames, medical director for Jackson County Health & Human Services. The students are siblings, and the student with the
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Our View: Honor the past, work for a peaceful future Wednesday Dec 7, 2016 at 12:01 AM On this date in 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in a surprise assault intended to discourage the United States from entering World War II. Instead, the attack galvanized the country to respond, and Congress declared war on Japan the next day. On Dec. 26 and 27, 75 years after the historic battle, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will vis
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USGS: 6.5 magnitude quake in ocean off California coast Thursday Dec 8, 2016 at 10:21 AM Dec 8, 2016 at 10:21 AM SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Northern California on Thursday, jolting residents of the coastal town of Ferndale but bringing no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The quake hit at 6:50 a.m. in the Pacific Ocean about 100 miles west of Ferndale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The
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Hillcrest Ball raises record $320,000 The Hillcrest Committee raises money for cancer every year at the annual Hillcrest Ball. Mail Tribune 2015 file photo Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 1:49 PM Dec 6, 2016 at 2:37 PM The Hillcrest Committee, a women's cancer fundraising group based in Medford, amassed a record-breaking $320,000 at its 70th annual Ball, held at the Rogue Valley Country Club Dec. 2. The group raised more than $200,000 during the paddle bi
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Gaining knowledge — and friends OLLI members Irv Lubliner, Jackie Bachman, Margaret Pashko, Cory Ross and Jack Seybold serve as cheerleaders at an OLLI social event. Photo by Scott Murphy Monday Dec 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM Dec 5, 2016 at 4:30 PM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune Lesley Kaufman and her husband were in the middle of an extended spring visit here when she decided to take a class at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute led by Bruce B
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Letters to the Editor, Dec. 6 Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM Privatization is good In response to David Israel's letter in the Dec. 4 Mail Tribune, I agree with Dietrich Bonhoeffer's quote, "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act." But I disagree with Mr. Israel's statement, "Meetings have taken place in Trump Tower discussing ways of cutting down on veterans benefits ..." I have seen and heard President-elect Donald T
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Family Nurturing Center to open classes in Phoenix Lisa O'Connor, executive director of the Family Nurturing Center, left, Louise Horn, supervisor, and Julie Webb, therapeutic teacher, prep a classroom Friday in their modular at Phoenix High School. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune A preschool program targeted toward low-income families and run by the Family Nurturing Center will begin classes within the next two w
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Linn County officials oppose Douglas fir monument proposal Dave Furtwangler, president of Cascade Timber Consulting, which manages more than 140,000 acres of land intermingled withf the Willamette National Forest. Furtwangler said developing a national monument "Would create a lot of issues for us. We have cost-share roads in that area with the U.S. Forest Service and those roads probably would not be maintained in the way we could make use of them." Albany Democrat-Herald photo Friday Mar
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Former Ashland pastor faces sex-abuse charges Kenneth Baker Monday Dec 5, 2016 at 4:27 PM Dec 5, 2016 at 6:19 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman A former Ashland youth pastor is facing felony sex-abuse charges for alleged contact over at least five years with a young girl he knew through his church, and a church leader said the youth pastor has confessed his crimes. Kenneth Leo Baker, 44, of Ashland, faces four felony and two misdemean
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Council to hear proposal for library district Monday Dec 5, 2016 at 4:25 PM Dec 5, 2016 at 4:25 PM By Madeline Shannon Grants Pass Daily Courier Grants Pass City Council will consider a resolution Wednesday that would include the city in a proposed independent district to fund libraries in Josephine County. Josephine Community Libraries, a private nonprofit organization that operates four public libraries in the county, needs the approval of
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Expo, Reinhart only options for Thanksgiving trout release Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM I was more than a bit bummed that the Cole Rivers Hatchery folks chose to put all those big, nice trout in two of the most boring places to fish in Southern Oregon — Expo Pond and Reinhart Pond in Grants Pass. I know the lakes are low at this time of year, but why couldn't you put them in a nicer place to fish. Even putting them in the Holy Water for the fly-fishers wou
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Students honored by YMCA Monday Dec 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM Dec 5, 2016 at 3:36 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The Rogue Valley Family YMCA on Nov. 17 honored local high school students who go above and beyond in their service to the community. Eleven teens received special recognition this year known as the Character Award. The award recognizes teens who live the values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility demonstrated through vol
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Shots fired into occupied home in Talent Tuesday Dec 6, 2016 at 12:48 PM Dec 6, 2016 at 5:29 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Talent police are looking for witnesses to an early-morning shooting at a residence that had several children inside. Several shots were reported fired into a residence in the 800 block of South Pacific Highway at just about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to a media release issued by Talent police. Witnesses rep
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Last of the Druids The Druid wolf pack chases a bull elk in this March 2007 photo from the National Park Service. Sunday Dec 11, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 11, 2016 at 10:05 AM By Mike Koshmrl Jackson Hole News&Guide When the wolf known as 778M was in his heyday atop the Blacktail Pack, competing canines that ventured into his territory in Yellowstone’s Northern Range weren’t likely to be greeted with submission. The unusually large al
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Emergency services, Dec. 11 Sunday Dec 11, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Theft — Taylor Nicole Petersen, 22, of the 2500 block of Northwest Lassen Way, Grants Pass. Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested Petersen Friday on three felony counts of first-degree theft. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail and released Friday because of overcrowding. Drugs — Joseph Lou Christopher Sather, 24, of the 8300 block of Division Road, White City. Jackson Cou
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Southern Oregon Journal: Bizarre holiday bazaar behavior Sunday Dec 11, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune Last week, despite my aversion to shopping and crowds, I braved a Christmas bazaar. I chose one from the lot, with the sole aim of checking a few items off my gift list. I anticipated a stroll through offerings of home-crafted goods, with jovial vendors who love their work and exude goodwill. Sometimes I over-expect. It was The Expo. After getting
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Guest Opinion: Biomass plants run on byproducts, not trees Sunday Dec 11, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Todd Hansen Regarding the guest opinion in the Mail Tribune on Dec. 4 by Alan Journet about woody biomass not being carbon neutral: If the premise for an opinion is flawed to begin with, the conclusion will be wrong. If one assumes that live trees are harvested as feedstock for biomass power plants, his argument might hold merit. However, this is simply untrue. Biomass power pla