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Rail cars proposed to haul away toxic Ashland soil The Union Pacific Railroad has altered its plans to clean up the old rail yard off Ashland's A Street. Mail Tribune file photo Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 4:58 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 4:58 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Union Pacific plans to use rail cars, not dump trucks, to haul away 18,700 cubic yards of contaminated soil as part of its long-awaited cleanup of its old railroad yard in Ash
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Panel will help choose new Jackson County sheriff Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 3:12 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 11:52 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will convene a community panel to interview sheriff applicants and recommend three top candidates. Commissioners on Tuesday decided to ask retired Medford police Chief Tim George, Jackson County District Attorney Beth Heckert, Justice Court Judge Joe Charter, Ra
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South Medford teen collects shoes for kids South Medford High School sophomore Andrew Hall has collected 379 pairs of shoes for students at Jackson Elementary School. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 4:01 PM Jan 4, 2017 at 11:53 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat At an age when most teens are told to pick up their own shoes, one South Medford High School student is picking up hundreds for others. For his Eagle Scout proj
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Eva "Rebecca" Barker Malmgren Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 2:00 AM June 21, 1947 - December 31, 2016 Rebecca Malmgren, beloved mother, grandmother, aunt, and sister returned peacefully to her Father in Heaven, Saturday, December 31, 2016. At the time of her death Rebecca was in the arms of her sweetheart and surrounded by her loved ones. Rebecca was born on the June 21, 1947 to William Franklin Barker and Lula Marie Giles in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 1968 she married the love
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Radioactive contamination spreads inside Hanford plant A sign informs visitors of prohibited items on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 4:48 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 4:48 PM The Associated Press RICHLAND, Wash. — Radioactive contamination is spreading inside a deteriorating processing plant on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state that was last used in the 1950
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Since You Asked: Repeat 'Jeopardy' contestants write their names each time Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 12:01 AM You gurus are great at tracking down the mundane stuff, and here's one that's been bugging me.  When a returning "Jeopardy" champion returns, does he have to write his name again, or does it carry over? — Duane M., via phone   As you may have noticed, contestants' names are electronically handwritten then displayed on their podium for the viewers
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Grants Pass police make arrest after report of shooting downtown Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 5:01 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 5:01 PM By Troy Shinn Grants Pass Daily Courier A man was arrested at gunpoint at a busy intersection in downtown Grants Pass Tuesday morning following reports of a shooting. Police received several calls about a gunshot wound and a man possibly armed with a gun on the corner of Seventh and J streets, next to the Daily Courier, around 10
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RINGING IN 2017 IN 17 SYLLABLES Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 2:00 AM Jan 1, 2017 at 8:56 AM New Year's resolutions can be tough to keep. We wanted to make it easier by simplifying. The Mail Tribune held a haiku contest from mid- to late-December. Participants were asked to distill their resolution(s) down to a haiku, a three-line Japanese poem that has five syllables on the first line, seven on the second, and five again on the third. We also asked for
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Noon Year's Eve party draws 400 revelers Hundreds of balloons are dropped at noon Saturday to an enthusiastic crowd gathered to celebrate ScienceWorks' annual Noon Year's Eve in Ashland. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Saturday Dec 31, 2016 at 3:24 PM Dec 31, 2016 at 3:27 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The holidays were almost behind them, but about 400 kids and their parents spent their New Year's Eve eager to see what was inside one las
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Noon Year's Eve party draws 400 revelers Hundreds of balloons are dropped at noon Saturday to an enthusiastic crowd gathered to celebrate ScienceWorks' annual Noon Year's Eve in Ashland. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Saturday Dec 31, 2016 at 3:24 PM Dec 31, 2016 at 3:27 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The holidays were almost behind them, but about 400 kids and their parents spent their New Year's Eve eager to see what was inside one las
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Flu bug biting Southern Oregon hard A run on people needing flu shots and doses of the flu medication Tamiflu keeps pharmacist Dennis Clark busy Friday at West Main Pharmacy in Medford. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Dec 30, 2016 at 2:27 PM Dec 30, 2016 at 3:19 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The flu is hitting Southern Oregon twice as hard as other parts of the state, public health officials say. In Jackson County, 4.77 percent of
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Mail Tribune 100, Oct. 19, 1916 Wednesday Oct 19, 2016 at 12:01 AM Oct. 19, 1916 STUDENTS TRAVEL TO BERKELEY BY AUTO Bound for Berkeley, Cal., where they will witness the University of Oregon-University of California football game next Saturday, a party of U. of O students spent a few hours in Medford this morning. They left Eugene last night at 9 o'clock and arrived in Medford at 10 o'clock this morning. The party, of which James Vance of Medford has been elected chief
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The year in pictures Robert Borba became an international media sensation last summer after chasing down a bike thief with his horse, Long John, and nabbing him with a lasso in the Eagle Point Walmart parking lot. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Dec 30, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 30, 2016 at 2:25 PM Mail Tribune photographers Jamie Lusch and Denise Baratta went through hundreds of their photos to pick the ones that stood out in 2016. We had room to
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The year in pictures Robert Borba became an international media sensation last summer after chasing down a bike thief with his horse, Long John, and nabbing him with a lasso in the Eagle Point Walmart parking lot. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Dec 30, 2016 at 2:00 AM Dec 30, 2016 at 2:25 PM Mail Tribune photographers Jamie Lusch and Denise Baratta went through hundreds of their photos to pick the ones that stood out in 2016. We had room to
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Fishing Report: Friday Jan. 6 Friday Jan 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: Ocean conditions will be decent to start the day today but will slowly deteriorate through the weekend. Today is forecast to bring winds of five to 10 knots and two-foot swells, followed Saturday by winds up to 15 knots and six-foot wind waves. Sunday is forecast to bring winds up to 20 knots and seven-foot wind waves. No advisories, however, were in place as of late Thursday. Rock
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Historian Bill Miller brings WWI to life American soldier Oscar F. Collings was killed in France during World War I, and the U.S. Army repatriated his remains home, where he was buried in 1921 in Jacksonville's Historic Cemetery. Photo by Bill Miller Friday Jan 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous With the Lusitania ocean liner about to sink after being hit by a German torpedo, Rogue Valley resident Dorothy Conner had no choice but to jump. She pl
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Shakespeare Festival makeover turns up relics that are far from golden Archaeologist Jeff LaLande examines a bottle found Monday during construction work in The Bricks area of Ashland's Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Photo by Larry Stauth Jr. Thursday Jan 5, 2017 at 4:36 PM Jan 5, 2017 at 4:36 PM Summary John Darling for the Mail Tribune An archaeological dig during the renovation of “The Bricks” at Oregon Shakespeare Festival has tur
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Letters to the Editor, Jan. 6 Friday Jan 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM County is not a villain Losing Sheriff Falls was tough, but Jackson County is not a villain. He wanted a bigger salary because he deserved it. But county rules are restrictive. He then began to view regulatory information as efforts to stymie his desired changes, and in the end, raised the question of race. He blamed a lot of people, including Administrator Danny Jordan. As a past president of the Jackson Count
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3 things to know about potential Trump Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue smiles as he waits for an elevator in the lobby of Trump Tower, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Tuesday Jan 3, 2017 at 10:11 AM Thom Fain/Briefing Former Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, the 70-year-old who in 2003 became the state's first Republican governor in over a century, is reportedly the leading contender inside the Trump tr
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Breaking Bread: Label changes among topics stirring buzz already in ’17 Wednesday Jan 4, 2017 at 7:26 AM Jan 4, 2017 at 7:26 AM Lisa Abraham More Content Now The new year in food is off to a busy start. There’s already news to share. New labels More easily understood date labels could start appearing on meat and dairy products in 2017, thanks to action by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Last month, the USDA’s Food Safety