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St. Mary's senior wins national auto design competition Delaney Barr's design of a Mars vehicle earned her national recognition and a scholarship. Photo by Christin Szczesniak. Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Picture this: It's a few decades from now, and Earth has colonized Mars. During the day, travel over the rocky, windswept terrain is done in specialized all-terrain vehicles, rugged-looking vessels that have a wide stance and a goo
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Healthy Aging: Remind your doctor, 'aging is not a disease' Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Sharon Johnson for the Mail Tribune Once you start receiving Medicare, your appointment with your health provider is termed an “annual wellness visit.” You’re asked to update the list of prevention-related questions you were asked when you became eligible for Medicare. But you must have your own questions. And hopefully you’ve thought about them in a
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Southern Oregon Journal: Creative (desperate) winter dining Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune There came a knock the other day. While sitting in my recliner, surrounded by snow and deserted streets, and considering how it felt to be a hermit, it came. Several indoor days and snowbound nights had forced me into a lone-wolf shape. Oliver told me I was talking (howling) to myself more than usual. Then, clattering on the outside wall jerked
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Guest Opinion: The Affordable Care Act helps in fighting the opiate epidemic Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Kerri Hecox and Jim Shames As the new year begins, Oregon, like much of the country, is facing a public health crisis with opiates (pain pills and heroin). Oregon currently leads the nation in abuse of prescription pain pills, and from 2001-2011 admission rates to drug treatment facilities for opiate addiction quadrupled. Although action is being taken, both at
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White City fire claims one life A ladder truck was called in late Sunday to get more photos of the extent of the blaze. Mail Tribune / Damian Mann Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:56 PM Jan 15, 2017 at 7:31 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm One person is dead and two others injured after a fire engulfed a house in the 3000 block of Dodge Road in White City around 11 p.m. Saturday, according to Fire District No. 3. Two of the occupants of
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SINCE YOU ASKED: Eagle Point, Central Point had different points Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM I moved here three years ago. I recently asked a friend who has lived here over 30 years about Eagle Point and Central Point. But where's the point? She laughed because she had never thought about it. Get my point, guys? — Ken C., Phoenix   Even some of the dullards on the Since You Asked staff got your point, Ken. At SYA headquarters, we have a large book entitle
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Emergency services, Jan. 15 Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Identity Theft — Carmen Lynn Acuna, 42, of the 900 block of Broad Street, Medford. Medford police arrested Acuna Friday on an additional felony charge of identity theft, and on additional misdemeanor charges of fraudulent use of a credit card and second-degree theft. Medford police originally arrested Acuna Nov. 22 on felony charges including first- and second-degree robbery and first-degre
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Monumental questions remain Dave Willis, who argued for an expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, stands near a section called Soda Gulch off Highway 66 near Ashland. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 5:23 PM Jan 14, 2017 at 11:55 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Supporters, opponents and even local federal land managers are wondering just exactly what natural resources were protected and what got left o
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Medford UCC church honors its history of fighting racism Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 6:15 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 6:17 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune As part of a stand against the appearance of racially charged posters in downtown Medford and on their church property, leaders of Medford Congregational United Church of Christ are planning to confront racism directly, using the Martin Luther King Day holiday as a springboard. Church leaders hope a Su
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Secondhand fashion from Goodwill makes a Golden Globes splash Lisa Freitas shows off a colorful boot at the Ashland Good & Will boutique store, one of several Goodwill stores in the valley where she has found designer duds to be worn at the Golden Globe Awards. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Saturday Jan 14, 2017 at 12:01 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Secondhand duds from Southern Oregon have shared the same red carpet as Versace, Vuitton and Hollywood's A
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Drug treatment center opens in Grants Pass Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 3:21 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 3:21 PM By Madeline Shannon of the Daily Courier Grants Pass residents addicted to prescription painkillers or heroin no longer have to travel to Medford for treatment. On Thursday, local officials and civil leaders lauded the grand opening of the new Grants Pass Treatment Center, located at 1885 N.E. Seventh St. — the result of more than a year of pl
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Agencies withdraw land to protect it from new mining Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 4:01 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 4:09 PM By Jeff Duewel Grants Pass Daily Courier The U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management have followed through on a threat to withdraw more than 100,000 acres of federal land from mineral development for 20 years to protect it against strip mining. The withdrawal, initially proposed almost a year ago but formally announced Thursda
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Judge to dismiss charge against former police chief Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 5:22 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 5:22 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — A Harney County judge said Friday that he will dismiss a negligent wounding charge against Larry O'Dea, who resigned as Portland's police chief last year after shooting a friend during an off-duty camping trip. Judge William Cramer accepted a civil compromise in the case but said he will not sign off on
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Mail Tribune 100, Jan 13, 1917, continued Saturday Jan 14, 2017 at 12:01 AM Jan. 13, 1917, continued Editor’s note: There was no Jan. 14, 1917, paper. POULTRY SHOW TO REMAIN OPEN UNTIL WEDNESDAY On account of unusually inclement weather, the attendance at the poultry show has been disappointing both from Southern Oregon and the Williamette valley counties. The exhibits are among the best ever made in the state in any show. Those who have attended express surprise
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Two dogs die in Medford house fire Firefighters work a house fire on Cummings Lane near Midway Road in north Medford on Saturday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Saturday Jan 14, 2017 at 10:13 AM Jan 14, 2017 at 5:50 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Two dogs are dead and a home's occupants are displaced in the wake of a house fire this morning in northwest Medford. The residents weren't home when a neighbor first reported the fire at 2685 Cumm
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Medical director for Sky Lakes Wellness in critical condition Stephanie Van Dyke Monday Jan 9, 2017 at 5:53 PM Jan 9, 2017 at 5:53 PM By Johanna Bernhard Klamath Herald and News Stephanie Van Dyke, the medical director for Sky Lakes Wellness Center, is in critical condition at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland following a sledding crash Saturday morning. Van Dyke, 39, sustained extensive injuries after she was struck by a pickup wh
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Fishing Report: Friday, Jan. 13 Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: Ocean conditions will be pretty good today and Saturday but will start to get a bit sketchy Sunday. Look for 10-knot winds and four-foot swells today, followed Saturday by 10-knot winds and three-foot swells. Sunday's forecast calls for swells up to nine feet and 10-knot winds. Rockfish anglers have new bag limits for 2017. Canary rockfish have been declared rebuilt and are
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Medford and Ashland celebrate legacy of MLK Jr. Ashland ensemble UNIVERSES performs a voice-song piece to a packed house during the 2016 Martin Luther King Jr. celebration in the Historic Ashland Armory. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM Angela Decker for the Mail Tribune Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The Rogue Valley will celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and its vibrant, diverse community with celebrations in Ashland
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Movie review: Scorsese has his viewers suffer in ‘Silence’ Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM Ed Symkus More Content Now As a longtime fan of director Martin Scorsese, I was pleasantly surprised over the past few years by his highly entertaining “The Wolf of Wall Street” and the underappreciated “Hugo.” But those films followed a lengthy period of below-par entries on his once-acclaimed resume. The confounding “Shutter Island
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Obama expands Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Portions of lands around Howard Prairie Lake are included in an expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument approved by President Obama Thursday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Jan 12, 2017 at 3:30 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 7:17 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman President Obama today created a smaller expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument than supporters sought as a