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Police, protesters face off at Dakota Access pipeline Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 8:50 PM Nov 20, 2016 at 8:50 PM The Associated Press CANNON BALL, N.D. — Law enforcement and protesters clashed late Sunday near the site of the Dakota Access pipeline, with at least one person arrested as protesters sought to push past a bridge on a state highway that had been blockaded since late October. The Morton County Sheriff's Office estimated 400 proteste
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Free breakfast focuses on tenants' rights Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 11:02 AM Nov 21, 2016 at 11:02 AM A free breakfast for renters, tenants and anyone struggling to afford high rents in Ashland is planned at 9 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26, at Ashland's First Congregational United Church of Christ, 717 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. The breakfast will be a chance for participants to learn about their rights as a renter, about local and statewide efforts to legal
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Oregon agency will decide in December on controversial forest sale In this Oct. 27, 2016, photo, Mike Huffman, left, logging superintendent, and Howard "Butch" Wright, vice president of operations, at Huffman-Wright Timber and Construction Operations, stand on the edge of a recent clear-cut by the company in the Elliot State Forest near Coos Bay. The operation is able to cut approximately one acre per day. "It gets in your blood," Wright said of logging. The family company has been in business f
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Planning Commission chair saw four decades of growth Chuck Piland, left, who has spent 35 years with the Central Point Planning Commission, vists Twin Creeks Park with Central Point Community Development Director Tom Humphrey. Piland helped oversee the creation of the park and surrounding development. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 2:00 AM Nov 21, 2016 at 7:16 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune When Planning Commission Ch
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Letters to the Editor, Nov. 21 Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Shame on them If I read the front page of Wednesday’s paper correctly, both the governor and the legislators were already spending the proceeds of Measure 97 in their budget before the proposition passed (which it didn’t). And now they are trying to cover their "whatevers" by raising taxes. Shame on them. Bill Silfvast Medford Why not front page? Regarding the Dakota Access Pipeline, Energy Tran
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Builders' bet pays off Construction crews work on the Orchard Glen Estates Thursday in west Medford. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The Smith family's encore to Charles Point Apartments is rolling along. Early birds are moving in, and the first two phases of the $23 million, 206-unit Orchard Glen Estates multi-family housing complex off West Main Street are are scheduled for completion next May. The pro
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Since You Asked: Clinton's wins were bigger Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM With all of the controversy over the presidential election and the popular vote vs. the electoral college vote, I would like to know which states' electoral college votes went against their respective states popular/people's votes.  —Chris G, Central Point Chris, the short answer is “None.” And the long answer, including a quick lesson on the Electoral College, is as fol
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Plexis moving from Ashland to Medford Plexis Healthcare Systems of Ashland is moving into the former Motorcycle USA warehouse on Chevy Way in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM John Darling for the Mail Tribune ASHLAND — Plexis Healthcare Systems, the successful maker of software for medical insurance claims processing, will leave its historic concrete building at Oak and A streets in Ashland and move with 100 employees to large
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Oregon student who studied Buddhism wins Rhodes Scholarship Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 5:51 PM Nov 20, 2016 at 5:51 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — A college graduate who grew up in a Tibetan Buddhist community in California plans to study the faith in more depth at Oxford University after he she won a Rhodes Scholarship from the venerable British institution. Pema McLaughlin, 22, a graduate of Reed College in Portland, says she plans to pu
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Talent pollinator garden receives grant Monday Nov 21, 2016 at 11:01 AM Nov 21, 2016 at 11:01 AM Rianna Koppel, a member of the Talent Bee City Committee, received a $499 grant from SELCO Community Credit Union for her Jackson School of Design and Innovation Pollinator Gardens at Talent Middle School. SELCO has awarded 73 grants totaling $32,650 across Oregon as part of its annual Mini-Grants for Educators program, which provides funding for educ
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Triple-crown hiker Jeff Garmire stands atop California's Forester Pass, the high point of the Pacific Crest Trail, in late May. The 25-year-old Oregon State University graduate just became the fifth person to complete the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide trails in a single calendar year. Courtesy photo Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Al Thomas The (Vancouver) Columbian VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — Jeff Garmire of Vancouver hiked America's three icon
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7 seasonal shows full of song Martin Majkut will conduct the Rogue Valley Symphony's production of Handel's "Messiah." Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM David Smigelski Nothing conjures the meaning of the holiday season quite as completely as music, and Southern Oregon audiences have some great variety on tap in December 2016. From classical to Celtic to gospel, we've got you covered with these seven ways to experience the songs of a Rogue Valley holiday.   1. Rogue V
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Functional Fun Danny Schieble, left, and Titus Kings hold na Imperial Class Star Destroyer made out of tape during the Mini Maker Faire at ScienceWorks in Ashland on Saturday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Saturday Nov 19, 2016 at 6:30 PM Nov 19, 2016 at 6:30 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Handling genuine padlocks, handcuffs and picks on Saturday, it was inevitable that homeschooled fifth-grader Kai Alexander-Fix would find himself litera
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Southern Oregon Journal: Still thankful after all these leaves Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune Now that the harlequin highlights are faded and tumbled, I must express my discontent with the sad afterglow of my sycamore trees. They leave me in a tearful, coughing heap. OK, before I get emails suggesting a snort of horseradish for my sinuses, the reaction isn’t that bad. The summer shade and endless supply of raining kindling are
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Cracker Barrel appears headed to south Medford site Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Cracker Barrel Old Country Store may soon join the pantheon of chain restaurants in Medford. Developer Cris Galpin has submitted an application to the Medford Planning Department, proposing a three-building Southside Center I complex where Center Drive presently ends at Garfield Street in south Medford. "Mainly, we were looking at their reputation
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Emergency services, Nov. 20 Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Matthew Wayne Manninen, 23, of the 3500 block of Avenue H, White City. Medford police arrested Manninen Friday on a felony warrant charging methamphetamine possession. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Friday and released Saturday because of overcrowding. Drugs — Levar Christopher Handy, 24, no known address. Medford police arrested Handy Friday on a felony charge of p
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Since You Asked: Semis cutting through Ashland uncommon Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM Sometimes I see a few big rigs going through downtown Ashland on Siskiyou Boulevard and wonder if they are doing this to skirt having to stop at the Interstate 5 truck inspection — the few times it is open. Can the local police ticket the drivers, or would it be difficult to enforce? — Joe C.   Police tell us it's pretty uncommon to see semi-trailer drivers hopping
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Stolen goods, drugs seized in White City William Joel Ferguson Saturday Nov 19, 2016 at 7:10 PM Nov 19, 2016 at 7:30 PM A search warrant yielded thousands of dollars worth of stolen recreational gear, a stolen firearm, and dealer amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine in White City. On Friday morning, the Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement task force, Jackson County sheriff's deputies and Medford police department's special weapons and tact
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Stolen goods, drugs seized in White City William Joel Ferguson Saturday Nov 19, 2016 at 7:10 PM Nov 19, 2016 at 7:30 PM A search warrant yielded thousands of dollars worth of stolen recreational gear, a stolen firearm, and dealer amounts of marijuana and methamphetamine in White City. On Friday morning, the Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement task force, Jackson County sheriff's deputies and Medford police department's special weapons and tact
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Wyden, brewers bash FDA's meddling with spent grain Friday Apr 25, 2014 at 2:00 AM ASHLAND — Two-dozen brewers, farmers and ranchers joined with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden Thursday to lambaste a Food and Drug Administration proposal that could effectively end the practice of sending spent grain directly to nearby feeding troughs. By GREG STILES ASHLAND — Two-dozen brewers, farmers and ranchers joined with U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden Thursday to lambaste a Food and Drug Admi