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Rogue Community College looking for input Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 2:34 PM Jan 16, 2017 at 2:34 PM Rogue Community College is looking for community input on a new long-term strategic plan through an online survey that anyone can take, according to a news release. The survey — called a "SWOT" survey, which stands for "strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats" — is online at http://bit.ly/RCC-survey. It will close Feb. 10, 2017,
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OnTrack executive under fire for alleged bad behavior OnTrack Executive Director Rita Sullivan has been accused in a tort claim of berating employees, though professionals who work with her say they've never seen such behavior. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jan 16, 2017 at 8:21 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A tort claim has been filed by current and former employees of OnTrack that alleges Executive Director
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Rick Holmes: The tests facing Trump 7/24/08 RICK HOLMES Opinion Editor Daily News photo by Art Illman Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 9:32 AM Jan 16, 2017 at 9:32 AM Rick Holmes More Content Now The world tests new presidents. President John F. Kennedy was in office less than three months when he was blindsided by a CIA-led invasion of Cuba that ended in humiliating defeat at the Bay of Pigs. He and the CIA never trusted each other after that. Two months
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Skiing in the wayback The next generation gets a lesson at Cedar Pass Ski Area. Photo courtesy Cedar Pass Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune After being closed the past three winters, Modoc County's Cedar Pass Snow Park is open again. The recent snow has been a beautiful thing for Rody Stains, chairman of the ski area's board of directors. "We've got plenty of snow, as long as it stays cold. This is the best snow we've had in years." On
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From Ashland to Syria Emily Robbins. Photo by Brian McConkey Photography Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM John Darling for the Mail Tribune Emily Robbins had a string of inspiring teachers while growing up in Ashland, took an interest in writing and the Mideast at an early age, studied a couple of years in Syria and now has published her first novel with Penguin/Random House: “A Word for Love.” Set in Damascus, where Robbins studied and found her f
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One killed, two injured in White City blaze 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 16, 2017 at 11:12 AM 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
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Since You Asked: 'Feels like' temperature depends on wind Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM I was looking at the Weather Channel on www.weather.com, and it said 33 degrees feels like 30 degrees. What does that mean? "Feels like?" Who or how do they determine what it feels like? — Tom, Eagle Point It's all about the wind, Tom. Trust us, we're not just full of hot, er, cold air. Your body produces a thin layer of warm air about it, meant to insulate your skin from col
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Emergency services, Jan. 16 Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 8:47 PM Jan 15, 2017 at 8:47 PM Felony arrests Drugs — Allen James Carnley, 30, unknown address. Medford police arrested Carnley Saturday night on charges of felony possession of methamphetamine and an out-of-county warrant. He was released from Jackson County Jail on his own recognizance. Drugs — Thomas Aaron Goracke, 24, unknown address. Sheriff's deputies arrested Goracke Sunday
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Madrone Trail on notice Madrone Trail Public Charter School students play outside Thursday. Director Karen Bailey told the Medford School Board the school's needs are great and the budget small. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Jan 16, 2017 at 12:01 AM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT Madrone Trail Public Charter School Director Karen Bailey has her work cut out for her. At last Monday’s work session, Medford School Board members expressed their disapp
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 14 Saturday Jan 14, 2017 at 12:01 AM A Quaker perspective This election has been stressful, and coming together as Americans may be challenging regardless of our political views. Just as many others do at such times, Quakers turn to our faith for guidance. Quakers believe there is something of God in everyone. This is a core belief; one of the rocks we stand on. We also believe everyone holds part of the truth and no one has it all. So we make
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Medford shelter named after veteran who froze to death Saturday Jan 14, 2017 at 5:15 PM Jan 14, 2017 at 5:48 PM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune The official opening of the Kelly Warming Shelter Friday came a year after the death of Marine Corps veteran Kelly Eisenberg, who was found frozen in a horseshoe pit at Hawthorne Park. The shelter at the First United Methodist Church at 607 W. Main St. is the first to open under a new temporary shelter
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Edward "Ed" Lee Houghton Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 2:00 AM March 5, 1935 - January 6, 2017 Ed’s life journey began March 5, 1935 as one of 13 children on the eastern plains of Willow Lake, South Dakota and concluded peacefully January 6, 2017 at his hillside home in Ashland, Oregon. From his youthful days of hard work on the family farm to his retirement years, Ed approached life with a stubborn resolve to live with zest, determination, integrity, and a strong sense o
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Medford airport has another record year Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 2:26 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 4:11 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The Medford airport capped its third-straight record year with its second-best December ever, finishing 2016 with 822,289 travelers passing through its gates. "We can't expect every year to be up like this past year was," airport Director Bern Case said. "But if we are up a percent or two each year and grow with
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Our View: Monument expansion strikes a balance Sunday Jan 15, 2017 at 12:01 AM Supporters  of a larger Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument got some of what they wanted when President Barack Obama designated 47,624 acres as new monument land. Opponents, including the timber industry and the Jackson County commissioners, were disappointed, but the move is unlikely to bring the negative consequences they fear. In one of his last official acts as president, Obama used hi
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Plan offers 4 options for restoring grizzlies A grizzly bear cub searches for fallen fruit beneath an apple tree a few miles from the north entrance to Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont. (Alan Rogers/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 5:42 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 5:43 PM The Associated Press SEATTLE — Grizzly bears once roamed the rugged landscape of the North Cascades in Washington state but
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Emergency services, Jan. 14 Saturday Jan 14, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Criminal Mischief — Hans Johannes Elands Jr., 35, no known address. Medford police arrested Elands Thursday on a felony warrant for first-degree criminal mischief. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Thursday and released Friday because of overcrowding. Money Laundering — Jairo Francisco Farias-Valdovinos, 21, no known address. Medford police arrested Farias-Valdovinos Thursda
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Suspect identified in New Year's Day break-in at Jimmy John's Daniel Mosqueda Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 4:44 PM Jan 13, 2017 at 4:44 PM Local report Medford police think they know who broke into a Jimmy John's restaurant by smashing out a storefront window New Year's Day, and they're looking for help from the public to find the suspect. Police suspect that Daniel Mosqueda, 47, broke into the sandwich shop franchise at 3 a.m. New Year's Day. The susp
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Get Out: Friday, Jan. 13 Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM To have an event listed in Get Out!, email the information to [email protected]   Southern Oregon Nordic Club Saturday, Jan. 14: SONC is starting beginner/intermediate ski lessons/tours at 11 a.m. at Hyatt Lake. Those interested should meet at the entrance to Hyatt Lake Campground off Hyatt-Prairie Road. Ski Lessons will last 1 hour and will be followed by a ski tour of varying lengths depending on ski
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Movie review: ‘Live by Night’ relies on the obvious Ben Affleck as Joe Couglin in "Live by Night." (Appian Way) Friday Jan 13, 2017 at 12:01 AM Dana Barbuto More Content Now In the stylish Prohibition-era gangster yarn “Live by Night,” native son Ben Affleck has ambitions as big as his movie’s hat budget. From fedoras to scallys to derbys, Affleck wears many caps both in front and behind the camera, where he pulls duty as writer, direct
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Officials: More than 40 percent of California out of drought In this Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, file photo, houseboats sit in the drought lowered waters of Oroville Lake, near Oroville, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) Thursday Jan 12, 2017 at 6:18 PM By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — More than 40 percent of California is out of drought, federal drought-watchers said Thursday at the tail end of powerful storms that sent thousands of pe