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Judge: Ryan Bundy can continue as own lawyer in Malheur refuge case Tuesday Aug 30, 2016 at 8:37 PM Aug 30, 2016 at 8:43 PM Steven Dubois The Associated Press PORTLAND — A federal judge agreed Tuesday to let Oregon standoff defendants Ryan Bundy and Kenneth Medenbach represent themselves at their upcoming trial, despite concerns they won't follow court rulings in the presence of the jury. The men, along with co-defendant Shawna Cox, have b
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Crook County rejects bid for more local control of US lands Tuesday Aug 30, 2016 at 6:30 PM Andrew Selksy The Associated Press PRINEVILLE — Elected officials in a a rural Oregon county rejected a proposed plan on Tuesday from a group of residents that sought greater local control over the management of federal lands. The development came as local officials in the West are wrestling with ways to have greater say in how the vast swaths of federal land are managed. T
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Since You Asked: Bus drivers start at $13 per hour Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 12:01 AM I saw that they are once again recruiting school bus drivers in Medford. Not that I really want to chauffeur around a bunch of rambunctious kids, but it made me wonder what the pay and schedule is for bus drivers. Can those drivers get extra work by driving sports teams or class field trips? I assume that some kind of licensing/training is required. — Bob, Medford Bob, in case yo
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Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 31, 1916 Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 12:01 AM Aug. 31, 1916 $10,000 GIVEN FOR SAWMILL BY BULLIS "We are steadily working for a saw mill, box factory and railroad to the Blue Ledge," said S. S. Bullis as he stepped on the train for Portland last night, "and while we are going slow we are, I believe, going surely and with proper support that we will soon have one of the largest lumber industries of the state within five miles of Medford." "If we get th
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Firefighters awaken teen in burning home Fire engines packed West Jackson Street Monday night during a response to a house fire. Photo courtesy of Medford Fire-Rescue Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 8:58 AM Oct 25, 2016 at 3:51 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Medford firefighters rousted a sleeping teenager in a burning house Monday evening and led him to safety. Medford Fire-Rescue crews saw heavy fire and smoke coming from the attic of a single-s
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Medford leaf collection starts Nov. 7 A graphic from Rogue Disposal & Recyling shows dates for leaf collection around Medford. Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 9:49 AM Oct 25, 2016 at 3:54 PM Rogue Disposal & Recycling will begin collecting bags of fallen leaves for Medford residents at no additional charge Nov. 7 through Dec. 30. The company will send out a collection truck each week, picking up bags of leaves in designated zones. The northern zone,
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Ben Zobrist nears another World Series title Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 5:26 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 5:26 PM Kirk Wessler Peoria Journal Star You want to know how Ben Zobrist soared from being a preacher’s kid in Eureka, Illinois, to Major League Baseball All-Star and prototype of the modern-day utility stud? One word: Grit. “If you know Ben, you know he loves a challenge,” Tom Zobrist says of his son, who signed with the Cubs last w
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Showing gratitude Ashland High School freshman Julia Petrone talks with one of the nurses that cared for her during the Miracle Baby Reunion at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Medical Center on Sunday. (Photo by: Larry Stauth Jr) Sunday Oct 23, 2016 at 8:57 PM Oct 23, 2016 at 9:25 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT Benaiah Gettman was born eight days past his due date, but he wasn’t breathing. He was diagnosed with neonatal hypox
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Boise Cascade sees less demand as housing starts fall Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 3:43 PM Oct 24, 2016 at 3:43 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Fewer multiple-family housing starts have created less demand for Boise Cascade's plants around the country, and expectations for the fourth quarter aren't any better. Although the Boise, Idaho-based wood products firm Monday reported third quarter net income of  $10 million, or 26 cents per sh
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Man gets 6 years for trailer-park attack Scott William Austin Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 3:29 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 5:27 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A man avoided an attempted murder charge Tuesday when he pleaded no contest to a lesser felony for his role in a White City trailer-park attack in which one of three victims fired a gunshot. Scott William Austin, 44, was handed a six-year prison sentence after pleading no contest to felony bur
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Emergency services, Oct. 26 Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Assault — George Thomas Evans, 26, of the 1100 block of North Fifth Street, Medford. Medford police arrested Evans Tuesday on additional felony charges of second-degree assault, first-degree burglary and second-degree robbery. Jackson County sheriff's deputies originally arrested Evans Monday on a felony charge of possessing methamphetamine. He remained lodged in the Jackson County Jail
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Eugene residents want plaza named after author Ken Kesey This Feb. 26, 2016, photo shows a statue of Ken Kesey, right, in Broadway Plaza in Eugene, Ore. A group of Eugene residents wants the city's public square named after Kesey, a native Oregonian. It contains a statue of Kesey reading to his grandchildren and many Eugene residents know it by its informal moniker, Kesey Square. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP) Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 5:02 PM Oct 25,
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Since You Asked: Dispensary owner's California drug charges still pending Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Whatever happened to Daniel Gilbert, who was one of the owners of Kush Gardens in Shady Cove. You wrote an article saying he had been arrested May 24 with marijuana in California. His court date was Aug. 3, but I have not been able to find any follow-up article on the outcome. — Don, Shady Cove   We haven't forgotten
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Three vie for two spots on Central Point council Allen Broderick, left, Rob Hernandez, and Richard Wedsted Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 11:01 PM Here are the contenders for two seats on Central Point City Council; both are four-year terms. Ballots were mailed Friday and must be returned by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, to the Jackson County Elections Office or one of the 24-hour drop boxes available at the Ashland, Rogue River, Central Point and Eagle Point libraries. Allen Brode
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Since You Asked: Grace Christian didn't warrant speed zone Sunday Oct 23, 2016 at 12:01 AM Why isn’t there a school speed zone in front of Grace Christian School? Public schools, as well as other private schools in the area, have reduced speeds and the appropriate signs posted, but not Grace. What's the reasoning behind that? — Caleb S., Medford Caleb, Grace Christian School didn’t warrant a school speed zone for two reasons: one, it’s se
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State aims to preserve original document In this Oct. 10, 2016 photo, the Bill of Rights is shown in Salem, Ore., in Oregon's original constitution, which was written in 1857. The document is fading and falling apart, and a fund-raising drive is underway to restore it and buy a special case to preserve and display it. (AP Photo/Andrew Selsky) Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 5:40 PM Oct 24, 2016 at 5:40 PM By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — I
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Proposed no-logging buffers on streams could expand to Southern Oregon Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 4:26 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 4:33 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman A member of the Oregon Board of Forestry hopes Jackson and Josephine counties soon will see extension of streamside no-logging buffers on private and industrial timberlands similar to those now proposed for the rest of Western Oregon to keep salmon streams cool. Board member Cind
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Tiny houses evolve into tiny duplexes A narrow lot at the corner of McAndrews Road and Columbus Avenue is the latest site proposed for Hope Villiage to aid homeless in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 4:54 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 2:11 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A favorable reaction from Medford City Council last week toward the latest version of a homeless village in Medford has sparked renewed hope among supp
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Jackson County labor pool nears all-time high Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 4:28 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 4:47 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Jackson County's civilian labor force is nearing an all-time high. If trends continue, the county's peak labor force of 104,012, recorded in November 2008, will be surpassed in the next couple of months. "Generally we see an employment rise as holiday retail jobs pick up," said Guy Tauer, a regional econom
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Chaya Grace Stillwater-Lanz Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 2:00 AM Our beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend, Chaya Grace Stillwater-Lanz left this world September 30, 2016. Born in a small log cabin in the California Sierras, Chaya grew up surrounded by the beauty of nature, in California as well as southern Oregon. On our first visit to Oregon Creek in the Sierras when she was two, she ran across the sand with her arms spread wide and didn't stop at the edge, rather sh