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Three locals tied to thwarted AR-10 attack in Yreka William Francis Moore Thursday Nov 17, 2016 at 9:42 AM Nov 18, 2016 at 7:02 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Three Southern Oregon residents and a California woman are in jail for allegedly planning an attack with a semiautomatic rifle Wednesday morning in Yreka, California, that was thwarted by a police officer getting coffee.  At about 8:15 a.m., witnesses reported seeing a masked
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Cities setting rules after opting in to legal pot Different strains of marijuana are displayed on Sept. 27 in West Salem Cannabis, a marijuana shop in Salem. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky, file) Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 6:19 PM By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Some 30 counties and cities in Oregon approved some type of marijuana businesses in last week's election, and officials in those communities now must establi
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Defying the divide The Stand for Kindness group gathers Friday at Vogel Plaza in Medford, encouraging people to put aside politics and unite through kindness. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 4:24 PM Nov 19, 2016 at 9:42 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Demonstrators in downtown Medford fought the wind Friday but little else as they sought to spread a friendly, apolitical message on a blustery lunch hour. Clutching s
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Cave Junction man who rammed police cars gets 5 years Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 3:15 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 3:16 PM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier A Cave Junction man described by prosecutors as "a threat to society" was sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison for two violent vehicle-ramming incidents involving police. Mitchell Wayne Thornton, 29, has a litany of crimes on his record dating to 2006 and has tried to flee police at least fo
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Since You Asked: Canyon Creek landslide killed nine workers in 1974 Saturday Nov 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM What are the facts related to a massive landslide that took the lives of several (I think) utility workers near Canyon Creek, just south of Canyonville? — Tom, by email Tom, it's a sad story of a disaster that did take the lives of several — nine to be exact — members of a telephone line repair crew who were working to repair the main phone cable run
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Officials: Drought kills 102 million trees Division Chief Jim McDougald of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection holds a piece of tree bark showing burrowing marks from a bark beetle infestation on June 6 near Cressman, Calif. (AP Photo/Scott Smith, File) Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 6:19 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 6:19 PM By SCOTT SMITH Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. — The California drought has killed more than 102 million trees i
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Movie review: ‘Nocturnal Animals’ is subliminal art at its finest Academy Award nominee Amy Adams stars as Susan Morrow in writer/director Tom Ford's romantic thriller "Nocturnal Animals." (Fade to Black Productions) Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM Al Alexander More Content Now Critics. Artists adore them when they come bearing praise and hate them when they’re opinions fall short of effusive. Tom Ford knows this dichotomy well, both as a fashion des
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Ashland hires retired detective to review Grubbs' murder Fresh flowers adorned a makeshift memorial that appeared along the Ashland bike path in the days following Grubbs' murder on Nov. 19, 2011. Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm One of the most tragic unsolved murder mysteries in Jackson County is the horrific death five years ago of David Michael Grubbs. The 23-year-old Ashland resident was found murdered on the Central Ashland
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Officials reassess impact of roads, trails on Idaho bull trout This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a bull trout in the Little Lost River in Idaho. (Bart Gamett/U.S. Forest Service via AP, File) Thursday Nov 17, 2016 at 6:00 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 9:39 AM By Keith Ridler The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Federal officials are reconsidering how roads and motorized trails in part of the Sawtooth National Forest cou
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Council votes unanimously in favor of Hope Village for homeless Thursday Nov 17, 2016 at 2:00 AM Nov 17, 2016 at 9:55 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The Medford City Council voted unanimously Thursday evening to allow a nonprofit organization to use a parcel of city-owned property in west Medford as a transitional living homeless village. After 15 months of effort and multiple proposals, councilors approved nonprofit Rogue Retreat's Hop
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OIT selects new president Naganathan Thursday Nov 17, 2016 at 7:26 PM By Gerry Obrien Herald and News The Oregon Institute of Technology Board of Trustees named Nagi Naganathan as its seventh president, following a national search begun this spring. Naganathan, 61, is currently Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Toledo, a position he has held since 2003. He succeeds Jay Kenton who has been interim president since July 1 after former president Chris M
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Man gets jail and probation for throwing rock at man in wheelchair Howard Gonzales Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 4:55 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 4:55 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Medford man has a chance to avoid prison after admitting he threw a rock at a wheelchair-bound man earlier this year. Howard Victor Gonzales, 51, was sentenced to jail and probation Friday after he entered guilty pleas to a felony weapons charge and a misdemeanor assault
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Since You Asked: Malheur gun charge linked to conspiracy Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM The Nov. 3 Our View editorial was helpful in trying to understand the verdict in the Malheur case. We don't know what is necessary to prove conspiracy, but apparently the jury didn't feel it was met, and we accept that. However, we're confused about the firearms charge. It was obvious they had guns on federal property. Did they have to prove there was a conspiracy to do that? I don't
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Montana bank buying Cascade Bancorp Thursday Nov 17, 2016 at 4:48 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Billings, Montana-based First Interstate BancSystem announced it will acquired Bend-based Cascade Bancorp, which operates five Bank of the Cascade branches in Medford. The Montana bank is paying $589 million or $7.60 per share for the Cascade Bancorp shares. First Interstate presently operates in Montana, South Dak
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Public meetings: Nov. 21-23 Sunday Nov 20, 2016 at 12:01 AM Monday 10:30 a.m. — Jackson County Planning Director public hearing, Jackson County Offices, 10 S. Oakdale Ave., Medford. 5:30 p.m. — Crater Lake Charter Academy board meeting, 140 E. Main St., Eagle Point. 5:30 p.m. — Medford Arts Commission study session, Carnegie Building, 413 W. Main St., Medford. 6:30 p.m. — Phoenix City Council, City Hall, 510 W. First St., Phoenix. 6:30 p.
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14 years of sweet, seasonal jubilation Snowmen roast marshmallows in a display at the annual Gingerbread Jubilee. Mail Tribune file photo Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM Sarah Lemon for the Mail Tribune @thewholedish Southern Oregon’s sweetest seasonal spectacle is a recipe for fundraising success. More than $1.1 million in cumulative proceeds have been the payoff for 13 years of Medford’s GingerBread Jubilee. Last year’s gala raised a record $219,04
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Movie review: Pazienza biopic, ‘Bleed for This,’ packs a punch From left, Ciaran Hinds, Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart in "Bleed for This." (Verdi Productions) Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM Dana Barbuto More Content Now From its opening scene of splitting 10s on a $20,000 blackjack hand to triumphantly returning to the boxing ring after a devastating injury, “Bleed for This” is all about beating the odds. Simply put, charismatic boxer Vinny
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Trail to the source of the Rogue River A hiker enjoys a view of Boundary Springs, the headwaters of the Rogue River. Photo by Lee Juillerat Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune There's a river — and then there isn't. For 2½ miles, the Boundary Springs Trail mostly follows the Rogue River on a narrow, undulating path through a forest scarred by 2015's National Creek Complex fire. From clearings, the view from the trail down int
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Get Out: Friday, Nov. 18 Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Red Buttes Volunteer Trip Sunday, Nov. 20: The Siskiyou Mountain Club will lead a work trip to remove brush and logs from a portion of the Butte Fork Applegate Trail just outside the boundary of the Red Buttes Wilderness Area. The trail is full of downed old-growth logs and brush. This trail section is part of a larger lo
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Judge denies request for gender-neutral designation Amiko-Gabriel Oscar Blue, left, is supported by friend Sophia Mantheakis after a judge Friday denied for a second time her request to change her gender to non-binary. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Thursday Nov 17, 2016 at 4:46 PM Nov 18, 2016 at 9:21 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous After a Portland court granted a man's request to legally change his gender to non-binary in June, Medf