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More than 60 hear concerns at town hall Sunday Mar 5, 2017 at 2:00 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat At a healthcare-focused town hall meeting Saturday, state representative Pam Marsh said she is optimistic that the disruptions that Jackson County Mental Health is facing will lead to a stronger system following a painful transition. At an independently organized event largely focused on local impacts caused by the Affordable Care Act on Saturday, Marsh said confli
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BLM to unleash artists in Cascade-Siskiyou monument Artists in residence will be able to capture the beauty of the Cascade Siskiyou National Monument in summer, including wildflowers on Grizzly Peak. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Monday Mar 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman ASHLAND — On just the right kind of morning, Pilot Rock rises out of its misty shroud like a majestic basalt canvas with the sun as its palette. But how would th
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Emergency services, March 6 Sunday Mar 5, 2017 at 6:51 PM Mar 5, 2017 at 8:14 PM Felony arrests Drugs — Brad Bell Blachly, 35, no known address. Medford police arrested Blachly Friday on charges of heroin possession, second-degree trespassing and failure to appear in court. He was released from the Jackson County Jail due to overcrowding.  Drugs — Cary Rhyse Jordahl, 25, of the 500 block of South Keene Way Drive, Medf
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Free Box to reopen Thursday The Free Box at the Ashland Recycling Center fills a need in the community, Ashlanders say. [DailyTidings file photo] Monday Mar 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune ASHLAND — The Ashland Free Box that shut down in February after an employee reported finding hypodermic needles reopened on a limited schedule last week. The Free Box has been an Ashland institution for 15 years. It’s on the Recology Recycling Cent
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Since You Asked: Pipes are back where they belong, underground Monday Mar 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM I've noticed what appear to be pipe ends protruding from some Medford streets. They're a lot smaller than manhole covers, maybe 6 inches across, but they seem to have appeared in the past couple of months in a few places in Medford, including on East Main in the vicinity of Highland. I'm wondering what those pipes are and if there's some weather reason or other reason that they'
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Closing bell: US stock indexes pull back from record highs; Oil falls Traders follow the IPO for Snap Inc. at the New York Stock Exchange, Thursday, March 2, 2017. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 2:18 PM Mar 2, 2017 at 2:18 PM Banks and other financial companies led a slide in U.S. stocks Thursday, erasing some of the gains from a day earlier, when indexes soared to their latest record highs. The Associated Press Banks and other fina
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Samuel L. Jackson isn’t monkeying around in ‘Kong: Skull Island’ Lieutenant Colonel Packard (Samuel L. Jackson) leads his men through some devastation on Skull Island. (Legendary Entertainment) Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 10:13 AM Mar 2, 2017 at 10:13 AM Ed Symkus More Content Now It’s no secret that Lieutenant Colonel Packard, the Vietnam War vet who takes a private gig, leading a unit of military men, many of them to the
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‘Kong: Skull Island’ director finally gets to work with his longtime hero: Kong Jordan Vogt-Roberts rests among the props on the set of "Kong: Skull Island." (Legendary Entertainment) Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 10:42 AM Mar 2, 2017 at 10:42 AM Ed Symkus More Content Now Jordan Vogt-Roberts had directed plenty of TV episodes, short films, and commercials, but only one feature — the 2013 comedy-drama “The Kings of Summer&#x
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Dance contest benefits The Arc of Jackson County Taylor Ireland, left, volunteer Lance Reyes and Kylee Ruvalcaba compete in 2016's Live to Dance With the Arc Stars. [Bryan Mikota Photography] Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 8:00 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Ask Joshua Hansen if he's having fun learning how to dance the tango and his face breaks into a big smile. Oh, yeah!" he exclaims, and demonstrates his dance moves. Hansen has teamed with Medford police Patrol
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Emergency services, March 2 Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Jill Elizabeth Schermett, 36, of the 400 block of Beatty Street, Medford. Medford police arrested Schermett Monday on a felony charge of possessing methamphetamine. She was booked in the Jackson County Jail Monday and released Tuesday because of overcrowding. Drugs — Cory Alan Bath, 44, of Klamath Falls. Medford police arrested Bath Monday on a felony charge of possessing he
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'How the Other Half Loves' at Collaborative Theatre Beth Boulay plays Teresa Phillips and John Richardson is William Detweiler in Collaborative Theatre Project's "How the Other Half Loves." [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 11:46 AM Mar 2, 2017 at 12:11 PM Playwright Alan Ayckbourn plays with space and time as he overlaps dialogue and set designs of two separate households in his romantic comedy "How the Other Half Loves." This
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The Hamazons present 'Go West!' Cil Stengel, left, Kyndra Laughery and Eve Smyth are The Hamazons. [Photo by Robert Frost] Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 9:00 AM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Justice prevails when The Hamazons take the reins of their new show "Go West!" This unscripted, two-act performance mixes improvisational comedy with classic Western films as Cil Stengel, Eve Smyth and Kendra Laughery saddle up and ride the dusty trails filled with cowboys, gold miners, salo
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Southern Oregon Music Festival will go on Dancers mix it up to live jazz at KOBI's Studio C during a previous Southern Oregon Music Festival. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Thursday Mar 2, 2017 at 12:40 PM Mar 2, 2017 at 2:36 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune After two weeks of calling, promoting and nearly resorting to passing around an old hat for change, coordinators of the Southern Oregon Music Festival announced Wednesday that the show will
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Fishing Report: Friday, Feb. 10 Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: This will be another weekend when it's better to be looking at the roaring surf instead of playing in it. Today's forecast calls for 15-knot winds and 12-foot swells, followed by 10-knot winds and seven-foot swells Saturday and Sunday. Rockfish anglers have new bag limits for 2017. Canary rockfish are part of the seven-fish marine bag limit, and there is no sub-limit on them, so
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Get Out: Friday, Feb. 10 Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Southern Oregon Nordic Club Saturday, Feb. 10: Beginner and intermediate classic ski lessons begin at 11 a.m. each Saturday through March, weather and snow conditions permitting. A ski tour will follow at noon. Locations will vary depending on snow conditions, so confirm the time and meeting location with Michael Dawkins,
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Religion briefs, Feb. 10 Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM Faith Lutheran, Medford A special-needs service will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Faith Lutheran Church, 1773 S. Columbus Ave., Medford. For information, call Pastor Matthew Crick at 541-261-1280 or see flc-medford.org. Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church Great Vespers begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church, in the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z. Matin
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Oregon farmers seek help to ban, regulate GMO crops Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 4:18 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 4:21 PM The Eugene Register-Guard SALEM — Some farmers are renewing an effort to get Oregon lawmakers to allow local governments to regulate, and potentially ban, genetically modified crops. Cities and counties have been barred from doing so since 2013, when the Legislature passed a preemption bill as part of a bipartisan package of unrelated
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5 picks for live entertainment Adaskin and Schumann Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 11:00 AM Feb 10, 2017 at 11:22 AM Adaskin String Trio and Ensemble Schumann The Adaskin Trio, with violin, viola and cello, will join forces with the oboe and piano of Ensemble Schumann for a mix of instrumentation at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, and 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, in the Music Recital Hall, 405 S. Mountain Ave., at Southern Oregon in Ashland. Friday's show,  
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Man gets prison for kidnappings over drug debts Daniel Lynn Brown Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 1:21 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 1:21 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Medford man was sentenced to nine years in prison after admitting he and his teenaged son kidnapped and assaulted men over unpaid drug debts. Daniel Lynn Brown, 35, of the 3000 block of Palmyna Street, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and assault charges Thursday in Jackson County Circuit Cou
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Talent man arrested after 100 pounds of pot found in home Friday Feb 10, 2017 at 1:45 PM Feb 10, 2017 at 1:45 PM Police arrested a man Thursday on multiple drug charges, including marijuana manufacture in a home, after officers found more than 100 pounds of cannabis and a small amount of heroin inside a Talent residence. Police responded to the house in the 300 block of Arnos Street initially because of a report of a domestic disturbance, accordi