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Woman nabs burglar with mobile surveillance app Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 5:15 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 9:41 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Nancy Buffington was at a car dealership in downtown Medford getting her oil changed when her phone alerted her a man was burglarizing her Ashland home.  The alert was the culmination of a carefully laid plan and detective work on Buffington's part after she grew suspicious that an employee of her
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Gold Canyon fire human-caused; investigators search for suspects Friday Sep 2, 2016 at 10:45 AM Sep 2, 2016 at 10:45 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Oregon Department of Forestry officials said a fire that torched 61 acres outside Selma earlier this week was human caused, and they're looking for the culprit. ODF is still investigating how the Gold Canyon blaze sparked, but has ruled out natural causes. "It is still completely under investig
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Some question Pendleton's pot odor ordinance Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 6:23 PM Oct 27, 2016 at 6:23 PM The Associated Press PENDLETON — City officials say an Oregon city's marijuana odor ordinance is necessary, but some residents say the law is bound to bring trouble. The Pendleton City Council in June passed an ordinance prohibiting "unreasonable" amounts of marijuana odors from leaving a property and entering another, The East Oregonian r
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Medford city recorder awarded regional directorship Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 10:24 AM Oct 28, 2016 at 10:24 AM The Oregon Association of Municipal Recorders has installed Medford City Recorder Karen Spoonts as its 2016-2018 Region V director. Spoonts received the oath of office at the association’s annual conference banquet held Sept. 23 at the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites in Ashland. Spoonts has been an active member of OAMR since 2001.
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Election Letters, Oct. 28 Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 12:01 AM Trump is a patriot This newspaper and others in the media sure have a lot to say about some crude comments from Donald Trump. You have nothing to say about Clintons palling around with the pervert congressman Anthony Weiner? The Clintons tried to get him elected mayor of New York. How about Bill Clinton flying around on Air-pedo with the convicted pedophile Jeffrey Foster? Hillary C. Clinton laughs and brags about
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Haunted houses and farm fests fill the weekend Special lighting effects make ghouls seem even scarier at Randall Theatre's Nightmare Chamber Haunted House. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 4:00 PM An elaborate haunted house with an asylum theme fills Randall Theatre Company's 10,000-square-foot warehouse at 10 Third St., Medford. Horror fans can pass through a twisting labyrinth of terror created by theatrical professionals with carefully designed sets
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Services at Rogue Valley churches this weekend Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 5:23 PM Oct 27, 2016 at 5:23 PM Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church A fall retreat will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at Archangel Gabriel Orthodox Church, in the Shoppes at Exit 24, 205 Fern Valley Road, Suite Z. The all-day event includes Matins, lunch and early Great Vespers at 4 p.m. Matins prayers begin at 8 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, followed by Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m
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5 hikes to see the best of Southern Oregon's fall colors Fallen leaves swirl around in Clay Creek in Oredson-Todd Woods in Ashland. The trail system that runs from the creekside forest up through the Ashland Watershed is an excellent place to view fall foliage. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 28, 2016 at 8:54 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman ASHLAND — On a Tuesday walk through Ashland's Sis
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Rain brings Bear Creek and Applegate Lake to all-time highs After recent rains, Bear Creek flows were at an all-time high for the date Friday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 5:58 PM Oct 28, 2016 at 9:32 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Yet another storm front hit Southern Oregon Thursday, dumping enough rain to make this the fourth-wettest October on record in Medford and setting stream-flow records for Bear Cree
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The latest: Lawyer hopes for acquittal in Nevada standoff In this Jan. 4, 2016, file photo, members of the group occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters stand guard near Burns. AP / Rick Bowmer Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 11:18 AM Oct 28, 2016 at 1:14 PM The Associated Press PORTLAND — The latest on the acquittals of Ammon Bundy and six co-defendants who occupied a national wildlife refuge: 12:15 p.m. A lawyer for the father
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Police: BMW hater vandalized car Thursday Oct 27, 2016 at 2:55 PM Oct 27, 2016 at 6:04 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous A man is facing charges after he allegedly said he hates BMWs and rich people, then vandalized a red BMW 428I car parked in Ashland. Alexander Jonathan Penna, 22, was charged with first- and second-degree criminal mischief in Jackson County Circuit Court. He failed to appear for his arraignment on the charges Thursday
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Police: Burglars drank wine, left fingerprints on bottle Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 4:30 PM Aug 31, 2016 at 5:12 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Two men are facing burglary charges after they allegedly drank a bottle of wine at the scene of the crime and left the bottle behind — complete with their fingerprints. Raymond Leroy Laux, Jr., 52, of the 200 block of North Ivy Street in Medford, and Justin Ray Dodd, 30, of the 700 bloc
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Police: Fingerprint match points to burglar Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 5:36 PM Oct 26, 2016 at 5:36 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Medford police believe a fingerprint match has helped them solve a nearly year-old burglary case. Eric Michael Conlogue, 27, of the 200 block of Haven Street in Medford, now faces charges of second-degree burglary and second-degree theft in Jackson County Circuit Court. He entered not-guilty pleas to the c
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Jury in Malheur case delivers blow to government in lands fight Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 11:27 AM Oct 28, 2016 at 11:27 AM By Steven DuBois and Gillian Flaccus, The Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury delivered an extraordinary blow to the government in a long-running battle over the use of public lands when it acquitted all seven defendants involved in the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in rural southeastern Oregon
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'Sin' leads to Grace Christian Schools resignation Tuesday Feb 26, 2013 at 12:15 AM Feb 26, 2013 at 9:43 AM By Sanne Specht and Chris Conrad The superintendent of Grace Christian Schools has resigned because of a "persistent sin issue," according to a letter from the board and the First Baptist Church Leadership Council sent to parents last week. Ray Johnson met with school staff and church officials Feb. 15 and 17 "to give clarification regardin
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Cities, county work toward more consistent maintenance of Bear Creek Greenway A cyclist rides past an area on the Bear Creek Greenway Thursday between Ashland and Talent near debris and pavement-uplift from tree roots. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Thursday Sep 1, 2016 at 4:02 PM Sep 1, 2016 at 4:02 PM Tony Boom for the Mail Tribune Consistent maintenance of the 20-mile Bear Creek Greenway is one goal of a proposed plan being explored by Jackson
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Opinions divided on proposed monument expansion Friday Oct 28, 2016 at 2:00 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The Jackson County Board of Commissioners listened to widely differing views on the proposed expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument during a public hearing Thursday night attended by more than 400 people. Commissioners held their own hearing at North Medford High School after an earlier meeting called by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., in A
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Gold Canyon fire started fast Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 4:55 PM Aug 31, 2016 at 5:53 PM By Shaun Hall Grants Pass Daily Courier SELMA — Firefighters at the Gold Canyon fire line Wednesday morning were working in from the edges on what had been a fast-moving wildland blaze Tuesday. The fire forced emergency evacuations for the second time in the Selma area this month and burned on both sides of the Redwood Highway. About 200 firefighters re
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DanceAbility breaks boundaries A DanceAbility troupe gives a performance. Photo courtesy of www.danceability.com Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 4:48 PM Aug 31, 2016 at 4:48 PM John Darling for the Mail Tribune DanceAbility, a nonprofit from Eugene that educates people with and without disabilities through dance and movement  is looking to train teachers from the area. A five-day workshop will be held in Ashland over two weekends to train teachers
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US court upholds ban on gun sales to marijuana card holders Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 4:49 PM Aug 31, 2016 at 5:09 PM Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — A federal government ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals applies to the nine Western states that fall under the court'