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Charter, marijuana tax measures await Talent voters Tuesday Sep 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune TALENT — Proposals to tax recreational marijuana sales and to revise the city’s charter await voters in the Nov. 8 election. Each open seat on the City Council has one candidate. The City Council would set the rate of the marijuana tax, if approved, up to 3 percent, the maximum allowed by state law. Proceeds from a tax would be dedicated to cit
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Jackson County Library District hires new library director Wednesday Nov 2, 2016 at 1:42 PM Nov 2, 2016 at 1:42 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The Jackson County Library District has hired a new library director after former director Tammy Westergard resigned last summer. Westergard was recruited from Carson City, Nevada, and became library director in June 2015. She resigned in order to move back to Nevada and help her ailing father
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Rosalie A. Houston Wednesday Nov 2, 2016 at 2:00 AM September 27, 1923 - October 26, 2016 It is with sadness that the family and friends of longtime Medford resident, Rosalie A. Houston announce her passing October 26, 2016 at Rogue Regional Medical Center. She passed peacefully following a brief illness. She may be gone from this earthly place but her spirit will live on in the hearts and memories of all who knew and loved her. Born September 27, 1923 to Santiago and He
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Adult cats free at local shelters this weekend Tuesday Nov 1, 2016 at 4:40 PM Nov 1, 2016 at 4:40 PM Adult cats at three local animal shelters will be free Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 5-6. All adoption fees will be waived at this Catstravaganza event for cats 1 year or older. Cats will be offered for adoption from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days at SoHumane, 2910 Table Rock Road, Medford; Jackson County Animal Care and Control Center, 5595 S. Pacific H
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Ashland School District employee donates kidney to brother Tara Cottle and Scott Pyper, center, pictured minutes before surgery with their spouses Morgan Cottle and Vicky Pyper. Photo courtesy of Tara Cottle Tuesday Sep 6, 2016 at 12:01 AM Joe Zavalafor the Mail Tribune Tara Cottle didn’t need the doctors and lab technicians to tell her she qualified. She knew she would all along, eventually. And when the time came to decide, she didn’t need a few days to c
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Businesses turn to employees to help defeat corporate tax Ricardo Madrigal, a service technician at Lithia Motors in Medford, works Tuesday on an SUV. Lithia Motors is among companies that have shared their opposition to Measure 97 with employees. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Nov 1, 2016 at 6:20 PM Nov 2, 2016 at 6:30 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Companies that fear they will be affected by Measure 97 are raising red flags an
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Dana Milbank: The latest from the Trump conspiracy factory Thursday Nov 3, 2016 at 12:01 AM Filmmaker Joel Gilbert, the conspiracy theorist who believes President Obama has a secret Muslim prayer inscribed on his wedding ring, made a splash in 2012 when he said Obama had plastic surgery to conceal that his real father was labor activist Frank Marshall Davis, who raised his son to lead a communist revolution. Four years later, and just in time for Election Day, Gilbert is
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Commissioners penning anti-monument-expansion letter to Obama Howard Prairie Lake is included in the proposed expansion area of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Nov 1, 2016 at 3:59 PM Nov 2, 2016 at 8:48 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The Jackson County Board of Commissioners plans to send a letter to President Barack Obama voicing opposition to the proposed expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou
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Reported house fire packs Central Point street Tuesday Sep 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM Sep 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil CENTRAL POINT — Fire trucks packed a Central Point neighborhood Sunday night following a 911 call about a structure fire, but the response amounted to a paltry find: smoldering towels in a bathroom under remodel. That said, the response prevented what fire officials said could have easily been a much mor
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Crater, Rogue River students put on 24 Hour Play Cabaret Wednesday Nov 2, 2016 at 10:50 AM Nov 2, 2016 at 10:50 AM Crater Drama and Rogue River Arden Ensemble are teaming up to produce a 24 Hour Play Cabaret, in which short plays will be written, directed, memorized and acted in 24 hours. The plays will be performed for the public at 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the Crater Performing Arts Center, 655 N. Third St., Central Point. Doors open at 7 p.
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Brush pile burning in Prescott Park starts today Wednesday Nov 2, 2016 at 9:13 AM Nov 2, 2016 at 9:13 AM Medford Fire-Rescue will conduct controlled burns in the Prescott Park area on Roxy Ann Peak today. Fire Chief Brian Fish said the brush pile burning is expected to start this morning. Operations will take place throughout the day, with smoke clearly visible from most areas of the Rogue Valley. The burning will happen at the challenge course i
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Fishing Report: Friday, Nov. 4 Friday Nov 4, 2016 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: A small-craft advisory was issued through this evening, with winds up to 20 knots and swells to 17 feet. Forecasts call for 25-knot winds and 12-foot swells Saturday, followed Sunday by 15-knot winds and swells starting at 15 feet and subsiding to 11 feet. That's a recipe for staying on land. Rockfish anglers can now venture past the 20-fathom line, but there is not much need to becaus
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Labor of love: Rogue Valley midwife retires after 40 years Kendall and Fily Bencomo of Medford watch as nurse midwife Betty Kay Taylor shows them pictures of their baby girl during an ultrasound at Providence Medford Medical Center. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Thursday Nov 3, 2016 at 4:40 PM Nov 3, 2016 at 4:41 PM By Tammy Asnicar for the Mail Tribune Nurse midwife Betty Kay Taylor recalls “catching” her first baby in “a li
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Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest is underway Melvin Clements of Ashland won the 2015 Oregon Outdoors Wild Bird Photo Contest with this photo of a great gray owl in flight. Friday Nov 4, 2016 at 2:00 AM Nov 4, 2016 at 11:05 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman When Melvin Clements captured a stunning image last year of a great gray owl flying across a mountain meadow, he had more than the right stuff to win the 2015 Oregon Outdoors
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Occupiers who took plea deals in Oregon standoff weigh options Ritzheimer Thursday Nov 3, 2016 at 5:22 PM Nov 3, 2016 at 5:22 PM By Andrew Selsky The Associated Press SALEM — When Jon Ritzheimer learned that seven fellow occupiers of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon had been acquitted of federal charges last week, he celebrated a thousand miles away. "I was kind of jumping up and down in the house, singing 'Praise the Lord,'" Ritzheime
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The Bug Lady helps locals pestered by pests Marsha Waite, a Master Gardner volunteer with the OSU Extension Service recently honored for her years of work, shows off a silk moth specimen. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 at 12:01 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Recently named a top Master Gardener for 2016, specifically for her "behind the scenes" efforts to educate the public on beneficial bugs and pest management, Jackson County resident Mars
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Jackson County home prices rise nearly 14 percent Thursday Nov 3, 2016 at 5:01 PM Nov 3, 2016 at 5:49 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness The relentless rise in existing single-family home prices shows no sign of slowing. Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service figures released Thursday show the median sales price for Jackson County homes jumped 13.6 percent, year over year, to $250,000 for the three-month period ending Oct. 31. The surg
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Feds try to collar OR-7 again A remote camera captured this photo of OR-7 Oct. 23, 2016, in western Klamath County. ODFW Friday Nov 4, 2016 at 2:00 AM Nov 4, 2016 at 10:59 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman State and federal biologists are setting out traps nightly in hopes of catching and collaring gray wolf OR-7 or his mate so they can regain the tracking capabilities that allowed the world to watch his long journey for a mate. Biolo
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Mandatory evacuations lifted at Gap fire This photo from the Gap fire front lines was taken by Corey Wilford. Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 at 9:33 AM Sep 7, 2016 at 9:33 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil SEIAD VALLEY — Mandatory evacuations issued over the weekend for Northern California residents near the Gap fire's southern flank have been lifted as firefighters continue to make progress on containment efforts. Those evacuation notices, iss
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Since You Asked: North Freddy's offers online grocery pick-up Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 at 12:01 AM I heard there are Fred Meyer stores in Seattle where you can order your groceries online and they will be all ready to go when you show up at the store. Does that work the same for us in Medford? — Sam C., Medford It certainly works for you, Sam, if you shop at the North Medford Fred Meyer. The ClickList service began last month, with shoppers filling out their lis