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Seattle to cut ties with Wells Fargo over oil pipeline Lisa Anderson, a member of the Chumash-Ohlone tribe, holds a sign favoring divestment before a Seattle City Council meeting Tuesday in Seattle. [AP Photo/Elaine Thompson] Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 5:42 PM Feb 7, 2017 at 5:42 PM By Phuong Le Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle City Council on Tuesday voted to cut ties with banking giant Wells Fargo over its role as a lender to the Dakot
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Prospect explosion was act of arson, grand jury says A pool at 225 Flounce Rock Road near Prospect is filled with debris as the McNalls' house burns in the background on April 9, 2016. Submitted photo Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 6:12 PM Feb 7, 2017 at 6:12 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Prospect man whose house was leveled by an explosion last April that he claimed was set by thieves seeking medical records has been indicted on arson and t
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Identity theft workshop planned in Ashland Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 12:42 PM Feb 7, 2017 at 3:08 PM Steve Wilson of Legal Shield will conduct a workshop titled "Identity Theft: How It Happens, Why And What To Do." Included will be resource materials provided by the Federal Trade Commission on how to handle identity theft. The workshop will begin at 10:45 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in the Washington Federal Community Room at 175 Lithia Way, Ashland.
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Stickin' it to the man [Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch] Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 6:35 PM Feb 7, 2017 at 6:35 PM Deborah Rothschild of Phoenix places a sticky note with a personal message on the window of U.S. Rep. Greg Walden's office in Medford Tuesday during a rally and march by at least 200 protesters from the group Indivisible. The group protested Trump's plan to appeal the Affordable Care Act during the fourth of its weekly marches against Trump's
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From academia to mystery writing Michael Niemann, Ashland author and Southern Oregon University adjunct professor, has written a series of mystery novels. [Denise Baratta / Mail Tribune] Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune Southern Oregon University adjunct professor Michael Niemann had written plenty of academic articles before arriving in Ashland in 2008, but growing inside Niemann was a budding desire to tell the kind of stories he first
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From academia to mystery writing Michael Niemann, Ashland author and Southern Oregon University adjunct professor, has written a series of mystery novels. [Denise Baratta / Mail Tribune] Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune Southern Oregon University adjunct professor Michael Niemann had written plenty of academic articles before arriving in Ashland in 2008, but growing inside Niemann was a budding desire to tell the kind of stories he first
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Parkinson's patients fight disease with boxing Kim Adams leads Michael Molloy through an exercise during the Rock Steady Boxing class for Parkinson's patients Tuesday at Higs Gym in Central Point. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 12:01 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Jim Duelley fires off two left punches, a right punch, then a left hook into boxing trainer Byron Higinbotham's punch mitts. After practicing the four-part combination, the
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Arthur I. Cyr: Frictions ironically help underscore Australia alliance Arthur I. Cyr Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 8:38 AM Feb 7, 2017 at 8:38 AM Arthur I. Cyr More Content Now The reportedly acrimonious telephone conversation between Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and United States President Donald Trump is extremely unfortunate, both because of current tensions in the region and the close historically rooted alliance between our two nations
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Oregon Cabaret Theatre opens 'Noises Off' The cast of Oregon Cabaret Theatre's "Noises Off," opening Friday, Feb. 10. Photo by Christopher Briscoe Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 9:00 AM It’s final dress rehearsal at the Grand Theatre in Weston-Super Mare, England, and for the company of an adult farce called "Nothing On," nothing is going quite right. In Act I, the set begins to fall apart, the actors cannot remember exits, entrances or lines, and the labor of putting on
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Bill would help protect seniors seeking care referrals Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Madeline Shannon Grants Pass Daily Courier A Grants Pass businesswoman is one of the driving forces behind a proposed bill in the Oregon Legislature that would set regulatory standards to protect elderly people at a vulnerable point in their lives. Jamie Callahan says there is virtually no regulation of businesses that offer senior care services, such as referrals to nursing homes o
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Since you asked: Feeding wintering deer, elk isn't always a good thing Tuesday Feb 7, 2017 at 2:00 AM It's been an unusually harsh winter in the woods this year, particularly with all the snow. I know in the past when we have heavy snow years we have deer and elk dying of starvation. Is there any plans to feed deer and elk to get them through the rest of the winter?  -Anonymous While it has been a harsh winter in Eastern Oregon on mule deer and Rocky Mountain elk, t
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3 Oregon refuge defendants plead guilty to trespassing Monday Feb 6, 2017 at 5:20 PM Feb 6, 2017 at 5:20 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — Three of the remaining seven defendants charged in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge took plea deals Monday rather than go to trial next week. Sean and Sandra Anderson, a married couple from Riggins, Idaho, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor trespassing in exchange for other charges
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Nokie Edwards and The HitchHiker Band at the Craterian Nokie Edwards, front, Mike Miller, Ed Cini and John Hoag are The HitchHikers. Photo courtesy of Judy Edwards Friday Jan 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune Soft-spoken and breviloquent, Nokie Edwards' gentle manner is contradicted by the quick, clean guitar licks that make him famous as a former member of surf-instro band The Ventures. Hobby guitarists and construction workers Don Wilson and Bob Bogle re
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Bittle tackles Columbia in first meeting Friday Jan 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman The head of Medford-based Willie Boats will get tossed right into the fire of Columbia River fish politics when he takes his seat today on the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission. In Jim Bittle's first meeting as a commissioner, the commission's first order of business will be to tackle long-term reform to the Columbia's recreation and non-tribal commercial
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South falls short South Medford junior guard Kaleb Franklin drives in the third quarter for two of his team-high 22 points in the Panthers' home, 62-54 Southwest Conference setback to Roseburg. PHOTO BY ANDY ATKINSON Tuesday Jan 17, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jan 17, 2017 at 10:06 PM Kris Henry Mail Tribune @Kris_Henry South Medford again showed signs of being able to take a step forward under first-year head coach James Wightman on Tuesday but, as has been
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Oregon DEQ allows reuse of gray water for irrigation Friday Jun 22, 2012 at 12:01 AM Jun 22, 2012 at 2:55 AM For a relatively small investment, you can install plumbing that carries gray water from your shower, bathroom sink and washing machine outside to your lawn, garden, bushes and trees — thanks to new rules passed by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. By JOHN DARLING For a relatively small investment, you can install plumb
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Appeals court affirms ruling for fired firefighter Wednesday Dec 19, 2001 at 2:00 AM Dec 17, 2010 at 12:21 PM JILL BRISKEY,Mail Tribune Five years after her termination, the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld a judge's ruling that Medford Fire Department discriminated against Kris Ettner because she was a woman. "I am relieved," said Ettner, who is now a Grants Pass police officer. "Now that (the fire department) has been held accountable, I'm hoping
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Grants Pass councilor sentenced for DUII Tuesday Jan 24, 2017 at 4:52 PM Jan 24, 2017 at 4:52 PM By Chris Bristol Grants Pass Daily Courier Barry Eames, who was elected to the Grants Pass City Council on Nov. 8, was sentenced Monday to five days in custody for drunken driving. Eames, 70, also was placed on two years of unsupervised probation and had his driver's license suspended for one year as part of his guilty plea to a misdemeanor charge of
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Since You Asked: Northwest Cable News ceased broadcasting Jan. 6 Friday Jan 20, 2017 at 12:01 AM Why did Charter channel 57, NWCN, go off the air?  We watched it a lot. — Liz K., Medford   It appears Northwest Cable News, which broadcast for the last time just a couple weeks past its 21st anniversary Jan. 6, had fewer viewers like you toward the end. In case you missed it, the station's farewell newscast is available at www.nwcn.com. Viewership had decli
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New smoke detector saves occupants from fire Tuesday Jan 24, 2017 at 11:09 AM Jan 24, 2017 at 4:39 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil A fire early this morning caused severe damage to a manufactured home at Royal Oaks Mobile Manor, 4069 S. Pacific Highway, No. 104, outside Phoenix, but fire officials say the occupants made it out unharmed because of a new smoke detector. The residents were sleeping when a smoke alarm in the house went off, acc