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Since You Asked: No, there aren't that many Allegiant employees in Medford Monday Nov 28, 2016 at 12:01 AM I like to know how city plans on spending taxpayers' money so I took a look at the feasibility study for Medford's proposed events center. So far, it looks like the city is sticking to its plan. One of the things that took me be surprise was the list of top employers in Medford. Right behind Asante, Lithia Motors, Harry & David, and Rogue Valley Medical Center w
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Toys for Tots seeks book donations Monday Nov 28, 2016 at 12:01 AM Residents are asked to bring donations of new and lightly used books for children and teens to the Medford Library Circulation Department through Friday, Dec. 23, for the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program. All proceeds and donations will remain in Jackson County to provide toys and books to the children in need. The goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver a message of hope to less fortunate youn
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Donations to Jackson County nonprofits grow by nearly 40% Volunteer Yulonda Nadeau helps sort and box donated food at ACCESS Inc. in Medford as part of the Food Project, one of the many ways Southern Oregonians give of their money and time. Mail Tribune file photo Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 3:36 PM Nov 25, 2016 at 3:36 PM By Tammy Asnicar Oregonians have shown once again they are very generous with both their money and their time. And, in 2014, Orego
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Medford plan will help crack down on blight This vacant house on Medford's Peach Street was posted as unsafe in this 2015 Mail Tribune file photo. Saturday Nov 26, 2016 at 12:01 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Derelict houses that have become a public nuisance could face foreclosure action in Medford if the City Council follows through on a tough new blight ordinance next week. "There's going to have to be proof of endangerment of public welfare," Councilor Micha
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Medford plan will help crack down on blight This vacant house on Medford's Peach Street was posted as unsafe in this 2015 Mail Tribune file photo. Saturday Nov 26, 2016 at 12:01 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Derelict houses that have become a public nuisance could face foreclosure action in Medford if the City Council follows through on a tough new blight ordinance next week. "There's going to have to be proof of endangerment of public welfare," Councilor Micha
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TURA weighs options for TID property Saturday Nov 26, 2016 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune Talent Irrigation District might keep an office and a work building in downtown Talent, with the third leg of a roundabout running near them, under a proposal the Talent Urban Renewal Agency will present to the district. TURA’s board of directors voted Thursday to prepare two proposals for TID to move a partially finished roundabout project forward. One proposal w
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Ashlanders stand with Standing Rock Ari Frites performs during a protest in support of Standing Rock on the Ashland Plaza Thanksgiving Day. Photo by Julie Akins Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 5:50 PM Nov 25, 2016 at 6:17 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune The Ashland Plaza filled with the sounds of protesters Thursday in support of the thousands gathered at Standing Rock in North Dakota. “Most appropriate way I could think of to spend Thanksgi
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Other Views: Restrictions pushed Elliott State Forest sale Saturday Nov 26, 2016 at 12:01 AM from The Bend Bulletin The Elliott State Forest, located in the Oregon Coast Range northeast of Coos Bay, is for sale. State officials have received a single bid for the 82,000-acre forest, which they decided to sell in 2014. It's a decision that has environmental groups up in arms. Yet the state Land Board's decision may be the only way to put the land to the use for which it wa
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Cape Cod woman finds bracelet of dead Oregon soldier in sand Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 6:16 PM Nov 25, 2016 at 6:16 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — A woman walking on the beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts found a memorial bracelet in the sand that was engraved with the name of a Portland soldier who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2014. Liz Maloney-Triplett returned the bracelet to John A. Pelham's family after an internet search tur
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Snow expected tonight above 3,000 feet Saturday Nov 26, 2016 at 10:17 AM Nov 26, 2016 at 10:17 AM Thanksgiving travelers making their way home today — especially from the south — should arrive before dark to avoid snowy roads, the National Weather Service says. The Medford office issued a winter weather advisory this morning for elevations 3,000 feet and above starting tonight through 10 a.m. Sunday. Forecasters expect accumulations
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Sweet cargo Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Saturday Nov 26, 2016 at 2:53 PM Nov 26, 2016 at 2:55 PM Madisyn Jones, 3, and Devin Ingwerson, 3, snag candy from a passing toy train during the Rogue Valley Railroad Show today at The Expo. The show continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at 1 Peninger Road, Central Point. Admission is $5 general, $1 for children 6-12, free for 5 and under. To see more photos, visit www.mailtribune.com/photos. To see video
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From Broadway to Mrs. Brady: Henderson dies at 82 In this Oct. 29, 2014, file photo, Florence Henderson arrives at the 2014 amfAR Inspiration Gala at Milk Studios in Los Angeles. Henderson, the wholesome actress who went from Broadway star to television icon when she became Carol Brady, the ever-cheerful mom residing over "The Brady Bunch," has died at age 82. Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 12:59 PM Nov 25, 2016 at 12:59&nb
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8 outings that beat the heck out of shopping Hikers check out Mount McLoughlin from the rim of Upper Table Rock. Mail Tribune / file photo Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM David Smigelski It's Thanksgiving weekend, and something we're always thankful for is the abundance of outdoor opportunities within easy reach. Rivers, mountains, ocean, trails and all manner of options exist for getting outdoors, burning off some calories, and showing off the neighborhood to your out-o
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Short plays fill the bill for 'Moonlighting 2016' Karen Douglas and Reece Bredl are among the actors reading short plays at "Moonlighting 2016." Photo by Graham Lewis Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 2:00 AM Nov 25, 2016 at 10:35 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous After Ashland writer Ruth Wire lost $84 in a telephone scam, she became the target of another scammer who asked her to send $1,400 to redeem a $65 million prize. "I sensed it was a scam
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Josephine County Jail could close next year, commissioner warns Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Courier A proposal to form an independent district to fund local law enforcement services fell short of approval on Tuesday, an outcome that Commissioner Simon Hare warned could lead to Josephine County's jail closing in 2017. Hare and fellow Commissioner Keith Heck split on the idea, as Heck declined to second the motion made by Hare to take t
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With waxwings come migrating missiles called merlins Merlins are aggressive airborne hunters. Photo courtesy Audubon Society Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Stewart Janes for the Mail Tribune A flock of 20 cedar waxwings rises from a neighborhood tree and speeds off in a tight flock with typical waxwing urgency. Who knew the hunt for crab apples and madrone berries required such determination. Suddenly, the flock turns sharply, and a dark blur blows by the fast-moving
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Grant funds available for brush clearing in parts of Jackson County Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The terrain around Wally McCahon's home has a strong potential for wildfire. "This is a tinder box," McCahon says of the landscape near his home off Rolling Hills Drive outside Eagle Point. "Just nothing but buckbrush, poison oak, manzanita, poison oak. A lot of poison oak. And a lot of it has grown very close to the road." For years, McC
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Christopher "Chris" Thomas Billings Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 2:00 AM September 18, 1948 - November 16, 2016 Christopher "Chris" Thomas Billings, 68, a resident of Hillsboro, Ore. passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2016 at his home. He was born September 18, 1948, one of two children born to Thomas and Barbara (Kennard) Billings in Medford, Ore. Chris was raised in Medford, attended Roosevelt Elementary, Hedrick Junior High School, and Medford Senior High School, graduatin
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Emergency services, Nov. 25 Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Robbery — Nathan Lee Glover, 36, no known address. Medford police arrested Glover Thursday on a felony charge of first-degree robbery and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail Thursday on $107,500 bail. Drugs — Joseph Emanuel Ledbetter, 20, of the 500 block of Bessie Street, Medford. Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested Ledbetter Thursday
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Make fresh tomatoes the stars of your summer dishes Wednesday Aug 10, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Jan Roberts-Dominguezfor the Mail Tribune It's time to enjoy local sun-ripened tomatoes. They are truly one of the season’s blazing triumphs — plump, colorful, aromatic and juicy. My favorite short-term approach hasn’t changed in umpteen years: two slices of a whole-grain bread, toasted to perfection, slathered with a silky layer of mayonnaise then piled high wi