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Oregon agrees not to put foster kids in hotels or offices Tuesday Nov 29, 2016 at 5:30 PM Nov 29, 2016 at 5:30 PM The Associated Press SALEM — The Oregon Department of Human Services has agreed not to house foster children in hotels or its offices unless it is an emergency, according to a settlement of a lawsuit announced on Tuesday. In September, lawyers for foster children filed the class action lawsuit saying DHS broke the law by failin
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Toxic waste dump above Lithia Park? Ashland city officials are investigating an area above Lithia Park known as "The Granite Pit" for buried toxic chemicals. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 2:00 AM Nov 16, 2016 at 7:42 AM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune The city of Ashland is investigating whether barrels filled with diesel fuel and herbicides were buried in the area known as the concrete pit above Lithia Park in the 1
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Oregon behind on food inspections, increasing disease risk Tuesday Nov 15, 2016 at 5:39 PM Nov 15, 2016 at 5:39 PM By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Rodents, insects and microscopic bacteria: All these hazards can exist in food and where it is stored, and it is up to the Oregon Department of Agriculture to ensure they're not there. But the department's Food Safety Program, which is charged with carrying out inspections of dairies,
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Ashlanders join in LNG pipeline protest Paula Sohl, assistant minister at Ashland First Congregational United Church of Christ, takes part in an anti-pipeline protest Monday in Salem. Photo by John Darling Tuesday Nov 15, 2016 at 3:33 PM Nov 15, 2016 at 3:33 PM John Darling for the Mail Tribune About 35 Rogue Valley residents joined several hundred people Monday in a protest on the steps of Oregon State Capitol, chanting, “Governor Brown,
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Mail Tribune 100, Nov. 16, 1916 Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 12:01 AM Nov. 16, 1916 HEAR ARGUMENTS IN LAND FRAUD CASE Attorney General Brown continued argument today before Circuit Judge F. M. Calkins in the case of the state of Oregon vs. F. A. Hyde to recover for the state of Oregon school land secured by F. A. Hyde in 1899 by dummy entrymen. Hyde was indicted with Benson Diamond and Snyder at the time of the entry, surrendering the school lands and getting lieu lands in
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Mail Tribune 100, Nov. 16, 1916 Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 12:01 AM Nov. 16, 1916 HEAR ARGUMENTS IN LAND FRAUD CASE Attorney General Brown continued argument today before Circuit Judge F. M. Calkins in the case of the state of Oregon vs. F. A. Hyde to recover for the state of Oregon school land secured by F. A. Hyde in 1899 by dummy entrymen. Hyde was indicted with Benson Diamond and Snyder at the time of the entry, surrendering the school lands and getting lieu lands in
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Emergency services, Nov. 16 Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Assault — Shelby Leann Harper, 22, of the 23600 block of Highway 62, Trail. Jackson County sheriff's deputies arrested Harper Monday on a felony charge of fourth-degree assault, and on misdemeanor charges of fourth-degree assault and harassment. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail Monday and released Tuesday because of overcrowding. Sodomy — Jesse Edward Bradbeer, 34, of the
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Forest Road 20 closed for the season Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 11:32 AM Nov 16, 2016 at 11:32 AM A portion of Forest Road 20 on the backside of Mount Ashland has been closed until May 1, 2017, the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest announced today. In previous years, the Forest Service waited for snow levels to make the road on the backside of Mount Ashland impassable before closing the gates. With the implementation of the Motorized Vehicle Us
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Child dies in Galls Creek Road crash Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 12:54 PM Nov 16, 2016 at 4:43 PM An 11-year-old girl died in a car crash on Galls Creek Road Wednesday morning. The girl, whose name was not released, was a student at Patrick Elementary School in Gold Hill, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department. The crash happened at about 7:39 a.m. about one mile up Galls Creek Road from Gold Hill. A white Chevrolet Tahoe reportedly l
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Wild bird photo contest seeks entries Randy Young of Central Point entered this photo of a pelican at Denman pond for the Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest. Wednesday Nov 16, 2016 at 12:17 PM Nov 16, 2016 at 12:17 PM Randy Young submitted this photo of a pelican at Denman pond for the 2016 Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest. As of today, we have received 52 entries. To vote for your favorite photo or enter your own, go to www.mailtribu
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Ashland classified union pickets district Several members of Oregon School Employees Association picket Monday in front of the Ashland School District office. Photo by Larry Stauth Jr. Tuesday Nov 15, 2016 at 9:34 AM Nov 15, 2016 at 4:22 PM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune About 10 classified employees with the Ashland School District stood in the pouring rain across the street from the district office on Siskiyou Boulevard while holding signs
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Bonfires of moldy pot Brent Kenyon burns a pile of marijuana affected by mold at his grow site near White City on Friday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Nov 14, 2016 at 5:58 PM Nov 15, 2016 at 9:52 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Huge piles of moldy marijuana in Southern Oregon are going up in smoke this fall after record rains in October took a toll on many crops.  "At first I was freaking out about how much we are losing," said
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No rush to go back to coal, Avista chairman tells chamber audience Monday Nov 14, 2016 at 4:17 PM Nov 14, 2016 at 6:12 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on rolling back many Obama administration energy initiatives, but many of the nation's energy producers have already turned the page, Avista Utilities Chairman Scott Morris told a Chamber of Medford/Jackson County gathering Monday. "Donald Trump r
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'Hopes, Fears and Tears' Ashland resident Mark Yaconelli speaks to a group gathered to share "Hopes, Fears and Tears" in the wake of the presidential election. Photo by Larry Stauth Jr. for the Mail Tribune Monday Nov 14, 2016 at 6:22 PM Nov 14, 2016 at 6:28 PM John Darling for the Mail Tribune About 250 people gathered Sunday night in Ashland for "Hopes, Fears and Tears," hosted by The Hearth's Mark Yaconelli and aimed at healing the emotional f
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107th Birthday: Pearl Virginia Teeter Pearl Virginia Teeter of Medford will turn 107 Nov. 26. Tuesday Nov 15, 2016 at 12:25 PM Nov 15, 2016 at 12:25 PM Pearl Virginia Teeter was born Nov. 26, 1909, in Bothell, Washington, to Mathilda and Martin Johnson, who emigrated from Norway through Ellis Island before Pearl was born. Mathilda died when Pearl was an infant, and when Pearl was about 4 years old, Martin was forced to find adoptive homes for her
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Emergency services, Nov. 15 Monday Nov 14, 2016 at 6:32 PM Nov 14, 2016 at 8:52 PM Felony arrests Identity theft — Elizabeth Dawn Luna, 28, of the 3300 block of Delta Waters Road, Medford. Luna made her initial appearance Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court on charges of identity theft, first-degree theft, three counts of second-degree forgery and on an out-of-county warrant charging her with second-degree theft. She was booked Mon
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Standoff closes part of Jackson Creek Estates Monday Nov 14, 2016 at 6:27 PM Nov 14, 2016 at 9:54 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Central Point police were negotiating late Monday with a single man suspected of firing a gunshot in his home in the 500 block of Brandon Street that afternoon. In a department Facebook post shortly before 9 p.m., police described the man as "in crisis." "We are trying to resolve this without un
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RCC holds event for Latino students Tuesday Nov 15, 2016 at 11:54 AM Rogue Community College will host a college-preparedness conference for area Latino high school juniors and seniors from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the college's Table Rock Campus, 7800 Pacific Ave., White City. Educación, Un Mundo de Oportunidades (Education, A World of Opportunities) is free and open to the public but limited to 200 students from Jackson and Josephine counties. Inter
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Oregon Cabaret Theatre premieres new musical Lucas Blair plays Danny Hewitt and Natasha Harris is Moony Miller in Oregon Cabaret Theatre's production of "The Pine Mountain Lodge." Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Nov 14, 2016 at 12:00 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Songwriter Irving Berlin was so prolific, he penned a song to suit almost any occasion. The Oregon Cabaret Theatre is tapping into his extensive oeuvre to stage a new musical. Rick Robinson, t
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Matthew T. Mangino: To pardon or not to pardon Friday Nov 11, 2016 at 9:20 AM Nov 11, 2016 at 9:26 AM Matthew T. Mangino More Content Now In 1974, President Gerald Ford, the only person ever to assume the presidency without getting elected president or vice-president, pardoned his predecessor Richard Nixon. Nixon had resigned in the shadow of the Watergate investigation making way for Ford. Some speculate that Ford’s pardon of Nixon cost h