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New place for food & brew The Common Block Brewing Company sign sits in an area slated for beer-brewing tanks in the restaurant and brewery that opened last week next to The Commons in downtown Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jan 3, 2017 at 7:08 AM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Common Block Brewing Company is pouring suds in downtown Medford. The long-awaited brewpub opened last week more than a
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Movie review: ‘Nocturnal Animals’ is subliminal art at its finest Academy Award nominee Amy Adams stars as Susan Morrow in writer/director Tom Ford's romantic thriller "Nocturnal Animals." (Fade to Black Productions) Friday Nov 18, 2016 at 12:01 AM Al Alexander More Content Now Critics. Artists adore them when they come bearing praise and hate them when they’re opinions fall short of effusive. Tom Ford knows this dichotomy well, both as a fashion des
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Cities, county work overtime to clear roads Cars and trucks form a traffic jam while attempting a south-bound trip over the Siskiyou Summit on Interstate 5. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 4:55 PM Jan 5, 2017 at 7:00 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Local agencies are working overtime to clear more than 1,000 miles of roads in rural Jackson County and local cities. “This morning I had 970 miles of road that all
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Next Stage Repertory presents 'The Odd Couple' Mark Ropers and Roy Rains face off as mismatched roomies Felix Unger and Oscar Madison in Next Stage's "The Odd Couple." Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 2:06 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 2:06 PM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune When neurotic neat freak Felix Ungar is sent packing by his wife, he moves into uber slob Oscar Madison's apartment in Manhattan. Oscar, despite his poorly kept living
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More crab boats drop anchors amid West Coast price dispute Annette Traverso of the Alioto-Lazio Fish Co. looks over near-empty tanks of Dungeness crab Tuesday in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 6:58 PM By Phoung Le The Associated Press SEATTLE — Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if hundreds of fishing boats remain tied up at docks from California to Washington state by a dispute between crabbers and seafood processors over t
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First snow, now ice Amy Whitley, 40, of Medford, trades in her running shoes for snowshoes while exercising on Orchard Home Drive in Medford on Wednesday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 8:16 AM Jan 5, 2017 at 9:38 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The snow may have stopped, but back-to-back frigid nights in the Rogue Valley will guarantee that ice will stick around on the roads. Temperatures are not forecast to rise above
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Columnist for a Day: Breaking my tenuous link to the Facebook mirage Sunday Sep 4, 2016 at 2:00 AM Sep 16, 2016 at 12:07 PM By Leslie Morganfor the Mail Tribune There were endless Facebook photos of sushi and sunsets and close-ups of kittens and perky messages cheering me through Monday. There was the snap I posted of me in a dark T-shirt with two doves on it that, with my arms raised, landed strategically and drew cracks from rascally males. And
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Expect more ice, school closures Friday Thursday Jan 5, 2017 at 5:09 PM Jan 5, 2017 at 6:51 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Icy roads and school closures will continue Friday. Medford schools canceled classes for a fourth day "due to the potential for icy roads and the continuing presence of snow accumulation on our school campuses," the district's website announced Thursday evening. District offices will be open on a regular schedule. C
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Police release shooter and arrest driver who was shot Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 4:05 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 4:05 PM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier A man who was detained at gunpoint following a shooting in downtown Grants Pass Tuesday morning was actually the victim of a road rage incident and has been released, police said. The other driver, meanwhile, is now in custody despite having suffered a minor gunshot wound to the head, police said. I
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Near-historic snowfall Jeremiah White-Santos, 14, takes his little brother Carter, 4, for a ride down a hill Wednesday in Lithia Park. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 4:17 PM Jan 5, 2017 at 8:44 AM Residents throughout Southern Oregon made the best of a near-record snowfall Wednesday that closed schools, knocked out power and made travel difficult. The Siskiyou Pass was closed for 17 hours because of hazardous conditions in
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Schools closed once again tomorrow Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 7:12 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 7:31 PM Many Southern Oregon schools announced another day of closures while others will be delayed because of forecasts predicting icy road conditions. Schools in the Medford, Ashland, Central Point, Phoenix-Talent, Eagle Point and Rogue River school districts will all be closed Thursday, as will St. Mary's School, Logos Public Charter School, Grace Christian Scho
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Snow causes closures, slick driving conditions Nevaeh Yarbrough, 11, left front, Maeci Terran, 10, and Nylah Yarrugh, 7, enjoy their day off from school while sledding near East McAndrews Road in Medford on Tuesday. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 4:13 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 11:51 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil The snow that fell steadily on the Rogue Valley floor Tuesday and left many roads glazed with ice is expected to cont
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Fatal falls were from separated bridge Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 5:13 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 5:13 PM By April Ehrlich The News-Review MYRTLE CREEK — Two women escaped a car accident unharmed near Myrtle Creek early Monday morning, only to climb over a bridge railing and plunge 80 feet to a riverbank below. They were pronounced dead by medics who arrived at the scene. The two women have been identified as Amanda J. Fuller, 32, of Roseburg, and Step
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Airport's new snow-removal equipment building looks smart now Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 12:40 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 5:23 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness When Medford airport's expansive snow-removal equipment storage facility was built last year, it induced a few guffaws. As it turns out, the $8 million, 36,000-square-foot building south of the airport terminal opened just in time. The growing collection of snow-removal equipment kept the
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Burglar gets 4 years for Talent assault Phillip Leo Muradanes Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 5:09 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 5:09 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A Northern California man was sentenced to prison after admitting he attempted to seriously injure a woman after she caught him stealing at her Talent home where he was a guest. Phillip Leo Muradanes, 41, of Yreka, was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday in Jackson County Circuit Court aft
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 4 Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM The facts on Winters As the family of murder victim Dave Lewis, our interest in justice is monumental. It is imperative that fact-based information regarding Mike Winters is considered. Winters ran unopposed in 2010. He had less than 30 percent of the vote in the 2014 primary. In his 12 years as sheriff, there were in-custody deaths, jail escapes, improprieties and lawsuits wasting taxpayer dollars. Winters
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Gov. Brown's chief of staff resigns Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 4:19 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 4:19 PM By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown's chief of staff, Kristen Leonard, has resigned, effective only a day before the 2017 legislative session begins, Brown said Tuesday. In a statement, Brown noted that Leonard began her job in late 2015, committing to serve for one year, and extended it to help oversee the completion of B
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Emergency services, Jan. 4 Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Lisa Dawn Inlow, 44, no known address. Medford police arrested Inlow Monday on a felony charge of possessing methamphetamine.  She was lodged in the Jackson County Jail Monday on $7,500 bail. Assault — Robert James Traver Jr., 29, no known address. Medford police arrested Traver Tuesday on felony charges of fourth-degree assault and coercion, misdemeanor charges of four
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Medford, Central Point and Rogue River schools closed again tomorrow Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 8:10 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 9:00 PM Multiple schools have announced Wednesday closures. All schools in the Medford, Central Point and Rogue River school districts will be closed Wednesday because of snowy road conditions, according to reports compiled Tuesday evening. Logos Public Charter School offices, Grace Christian School, Cascade Christian High School and
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Armadillo Technical Institute starts anew with fresh staff, fresh curriculum Math teacher Jenelle VanRooyen goes over an assignment with an Armadillo Technical Institute student following class Wednesday. After receiving the lowest state rating earlier this month, the school has replaced half of its teaching staff. Bob Pennell Thursday Oct 24, 2013 at 12:10 AM Oct 24, 2013 at 3:10 AM Armadillo Technical Institute, a public charter school in Phoen