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Cartee J. Wood Friday Jan 20, 2017 at 2:00 AM Cartee J. Wood passed November 19, 2016. He was raised in the Shady Cove, Eagle Point, and Medford Oregon area. After his military service, he joined the Little Butte Mtn. Men club until he got his degree from OTI. Then he moved to Idaho where he spent 30 years in Research Metallography. He loved his family and friends, including them in all he did: Hunting, fishing, and camping, where he always had t
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Bedridden Medford resident turns health around through YMCA program Kelleni Camacho and her son Carlos Camacho work out with trainer Tammy Miller at the Rogue Valley Family YMCA in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 4:27 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 4:27 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous At her worst point, Kelleni Camacho was mostly bedridden, weighed 283 pounds, couldn't dress without help and was on 20 medications
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Lack of Latinos in Trump Cabinet draws ire for 'setback' Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 5:27 PM By Russell Contreras The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President-elect Donald Trump's decision not to appoint any Latinos to his Cabinet is drawing fierce criticism from Hispanics, who call it a major setback for the nation's largest minority group. Trump announced former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue on Thursday as his choice to lead the Agriculture Department, ending hop
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Jacksonville residents fear code changes could 'destroy this town' Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 4:45 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 5:59 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune Proposed code revisions that would allow taller buildings, vacation rentals by owners and planned unit developments anywhere in Jacksonville drew a large crowd Wednesday that implored the Planning Commission to reject the changes. The commission held a two-hour public hearing on the revisions i
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Condor comeback proposed for Redwood National Park Condor photo by Gavin Emmons, courtesy National Park Service Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 5:27 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Endangered California condors could be flying over Southern Oregon as early as the end of this decade under a draft plan by the Yurok Tribe and federal officials to reintroduce North America's largest land bird to Northern California afte
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Condor comeback proposed for Redwood National Park Condor photo by Gavin Emmons, courtesy National Park Service Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 5:27 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Endangered California condors could be flying over Southern Oregon as early as the end of this decade under a draft plan by the Yurok Tribe and federal officials to reintroduce North America's largest land bird to Northern California afte
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Central Point man gets prison for killing brother-in-law Christopher Alan Williams Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 2:45 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 4:56 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Central Point man will serve more than six years in prison for his role as the driver in a rollover crash that killed his brother-in-law. Christopher Alan Williams, 42, pleaded guilty to a felony manslaughter charge and to a misdemeanor drunken-driving charge Thursday i
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Council eyes an expensive sidewalk fix Orange fencing around tree wells alerts passers-by of potential tripping hazards in downtown Medford. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 5:04 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 5:30 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm The Medford City Council on Thursday didn't seem inclined to pay $300,000 for a temporary fix to deal with 12-year-old sidewalks on Central Avenue that have buckled and heaved, creating tr
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Missing juvenile found, Redding man arrested Francis Marcel Ward Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 4:17 PM Jan 19, 2017 at 4:17 PM What started as an Oregon State Trooper assisting disabled motorists on the side of the freeway south of Ashland led to the return of a runaway teen and the arrest of a Northern California man for sex crimes. Francis Marcel Ward, 21, of Redding, California, was arrested Wednesday morning on sexual abuse charges after he was fo
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Emergency preparedness training held in Medford Thursday Jan 19, 2017 at 5:06 PM A free emergency preparedness training event will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 21, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2141 Brookhurst St., Medford. The event is open to anyone, and signing up is not required. The event will feature talks about the Cascadia Subduction zone, emergency food storage, financial preparedness, 72-hour emergency kits, HAM radio use and othe
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Legitimate claim or 'big fake'? Chief Red Hawk, also know as Rick Davis, holds a gold shield declaring him a Marshal for the Latgawa Indian Tribal Justice Court. Jim Craven Tuesday Aug 10, 2010 at 12:10 AM Aug 10, 2010 at 12:34 AM The office of the Latgawa Indian tribe in Central Point is filled with what members call documentation of its legitimacy — even down to a gold shield proclaiming its wearer the marshal of the tribe's justice court
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 16 Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM Breaking the meth cycle In response to the Jan. 11 editorial, I have a couple of opinions on meth users. Yes, they choose to use the drug, and are responsible for their actions, even under the influence of hallucinations. However, I do see drug use as a societal problem. I would imagine that most meth users are people who feel their lives are going nowhere, and the drug makes them feel, at least initially, on
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 17 Tuesday Jan 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM One look was enough Following Randy Dolinger's advice (Letters, Jan. 12) I paid a visit to Jeff Rense's website. I must have missed the links to "peace, love and understanding," buried as they were beneath an avalanche of hatred, bigotry, xenophobia, quack medicine and clinical paranoia. I'd urge everyone to take Mr. Dolinger's advice as well and visit the site for themselves. One look was enough for me. Gro
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Beekman Arboretum to bloom again Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune JACKSONVILLE — Restoration of the 20-year-old Beekman Arboretum will continue this year with an emphasis on plants that exist in the Jacksonville area. When it was created, the arboretum contained plants from around Southern Oregon, but the arboretum fell into disrepair. “Our plan and goal is to have native plants that can eventually exist on their own,” s
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Emergency services, Jan. 17 Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 3:31 PM Jan 16, 2017 at 7:15 PM Felony arrests Drugs — Jimmy Lee Swift, 40, of the 600 block of North Riverside Avenue, Medford. Medford police Monday arrested Swift on charges of possession, manufacture and delivery of methamphetamine. He was lodged Monday in the Jackson County Jail on more than $1 million bail. Assault — Sara Ann McNealy, 23, of the 500 block of Ced
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Mail Tribune 100, Jan 17, 1917 Tuesday Jan 17, 2017 at 12:01 AM Jan. 17, 2017 POULTRY SHOW CLOSES TONIGHT The Southern Oregon Poultry show will close today. The attendance during the three days of this week has been very satisfactory, and because of this, the financial burden which the officers have been carrying has been eased up to some extent, but the efforts to increase the local membership to 200 is still in progress, and it is expected the 200 goal will be reached.
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Food Project's Student Hunger Strike Force meets tonight Tuesday Jan 17, 2017 at 10:41 AM Jan 17, 2017 at 10:42 AM The Medford Food Project is hosting a pizza night for high school students interested in joining a new Student Hunger Strike Force that could become a model for other communities throughout the nation. Interested students are invited from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at St. Mary's School, 816 Black Oak Drive, Medford, to eat pizza and discus
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Family loses everything in Selma fire Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 3:02 PM Jan 16, 2017 at 3:02 PM SELMA — A fire Saturday night in Selma destroyed a house, cabin and shop and displaced a family who lost everything. Illinois Valley and Rural/Metro firefighters responded to the 200 block of Hogue Drive, alongside the Redwood Highway, at 7:06 p.m. and found the structures in flames. It took an hour and 15 minutes to knock down the large fire. No o
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Abuse, law violations reported at OnTrack's Dad's Program A member of OnTrack's Dad's Program is photographed in 2014. Verbal and alleged physical abuse were among myriad problems outlined in an Oregon Health Authority report on the program last summer. Mail Tribune file photo Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM Jan 15, 2017 at 9:53 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A program director for OnTrack Inc. allegedly asked members of a group therapy
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Columnist for a Day: Techno gizmos won't rule my world Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Judy Entinger for the Mail Tribune There is no arguing that technology has greatly benefited human kind in the science-medical field, at home and in everyday life. But the flip side of that could be leading us down a path of extreme laziness free-falling to a sedentary lifestyle. The holidays, rife with technology gifts and new innovations, lead to stampedes on Black Friday and comp