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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 12:01 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 year after its original target date. A variety
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White House features Medford woman's letter Joelle Graves of Medford holds a photo of her mother-in-law, a young Peggy Graves, whose story of overcoming bigotry was chronicled in a letter Joelle wrote and sent to President Obama. Joelle's letter was one of 10 posted online by the White House as part of a review of the last eight years. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 5:44 PM Jan 3, 2017 at 7:08 AM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MT
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Welcome to the world, Rocky-Ray Shane and Janelle Hutchinson hold their son Rocky-Ray on Sunday at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center. Rocky-Ray was the first baby born in Jackson County in 2017. (Photo by Larry Stauth Jr) Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 3:58 PM Jan 1, 2017 at 3:58 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness It was no surprise to Rocky-Ray Allen Hutchinson's mom that he was Jackson County's first baby of 2017. Janelle Hutchinson has been
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Bike thieves could face felony charges Wednesday Aug 20, 2014 at 5:19 PM Aug 20, 2014 at 5:35 PM Thieves who steal a $1,500 Ashland Police Department bait bicycle could face felony charges. Vickie AldousMail Tribune Thieves who steal a new $1,500 Ashland Police Department bait bicycle could face felony charges. A 17-year-old male who allegedly stole the bike on Aug. 12 already has landed in the Jackson County Juvenile Detention Center in Medford,
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Medford, Central Point and Rogue River schools closed Tuesday 123rf.com Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 12:32 PM Jan 2, 2017 at 9:20 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman Medford, Central Point and Rogue River school districts have cancelled school Tuesday as another snowstorm is expected to bring as much as 16 inches of snow to Southern Oregon and Northern California. The National Weather Service expects Medford to wake up to a half-inch of snow o
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Bank robber could see less than a year for escape Amy Joy Cook Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 12:01 AM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat Federal prosecutors are recommending an eight-month sentence for a woman who spent just shy of four months on the lam after failing to return to the Jackson County Transition Center while serving a bank robbery sentence last year. U.S. attorneys are recommending Amy Joy Cook, who pleaded guilty to escape in September, serve a sentence at the
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Since You Asked: Medford truck route only a suggestion Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 12:01 AM I pick up my mail on Central Avenue where that "Truck Route" sign is posted. I see a lot of 18-wheelers continue to use Central Avenue instead of using the Truck Route.  Don't we enforce that? — No legible name given, via dropped-off note   The sign you're talking about at the corner of Central Avenue and Fourth Street is there as a suggestion for truck drivers so they
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Emergency services, Jan. 2 Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 8:55 PM Jan 1, 2017 at 8:55 PM Felony arrests DUII — Darrion Jeffrey Ward, 52, of 1200 block of Shafer Lane, Medford. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Saturday arrested Ward on charges of felony driving under the influence of intoxicants/alcohol, felony driving while suspended, and reckless driving. He was booked into Jackson County Jail and released due to overcrowding. Drugs &#x
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Girlfriend arrested in man's killing Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 2:00 AM The Associated Press KLAMATH FALLS — A 22-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend in Klamath Falls early Sunday. Klamath County District Attorney's Office said in a news release that the death marks the third homicide handled by the county's major crimes team in the past six days. Officers responded to a report of a shooting at about 12:40 a.m. and fo
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One last look back A marijuana plant is ready for harvest at a farm in the Applegate. Marijuana legalization, establishment of the new industry's infrastructure, the evolution of rules, and growing pains related to water, odor, setbacks and other issues made pot a top story in 2016. Mail Tribune / file photo Mail Tribune / File Photo Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 12:01 AM Cathy Noah 1. Pot and more pot For the second year in a row, marijuana reigned supreme in top local stories.
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Man gets 6 years for setting house on fire during burglary Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Shaun Hall Grants Pass Daily Courier Ian Whetstone wrecked more than a house when he burglarized a home Oct. 1 on Southwest I Street and set fire to it. He also threw Martha Anderson's life into a spin. Most everything was destroyed in Anderson's home, which she was renting. Her cat, Rosie, died in the blaze. Her two dogs, Cisco and Pancho, narrowly avoided the same fate. Now she
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Guest Opinion: Weigh both sides of officials' allegations Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 12:01 AM By John Stromberg As the Mayor of Ashland, but not representing the City Council, I would like to weigh in on the controversy generated by Sheriff Corey Falls' and Commissioner Doug Breidenthal's allegations concerning Jackson County administration. First, a little background: During the past presidential campaign, President-elect Donald Trump gave us dramatic examples of accusatory
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Stolen food bank van found in Portland Monday Jan 2, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Jane Stebbins The Curry Coastal Pilot Mary Boshart, director of the Brookings-Harbor Community Helper Food Bank, didn’t have much hope of ever seeing the food bank’s stolen van again, but it was found Wednesday — parked about 340 miles away on a busy street in downtown Portland. “Visibly, it’s in good shape,” Boshart said. “The handtruck, the scales a
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Columnist for a Day: An aisle to call our own Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Emma A. Ewing for the Mail Tribune Tamper proofing is actually not a modern invention. Letters were always sealed with wax in ancient times, then cans of baby food brought back concerns of tampering, but it was the Tylenol debacle back in 1982 that started the modern ideas for packaging. Of course, I can see the manufacturer’s point of view, but don’t you think we’ve gone
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Prosecutors seek 16 years for bank robber Jeffrey Edward Ownby Saturday Dec 31, 2016 at 4:26 PM Dec 31, 2016 at 4:28 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A man who admitted to three Medford bank robberies six months apart is facing 16½ years in federal prison. Prosecutors are seeking a 198-month sentence for Jeffrey Edward Ownby, 30, who admitted in September to a trio of armed robberies in Medford in 2014 and 2015 in which he took
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Weather forecast changes for Rogue Valley Bill Emery of Ashland and his dog Kali take a snowy walk Sunday on the dam at Emigrant Lake in Ashland. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 6:00 PM Jan 1, 2017 at 9:14 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness Perhaps it was that extra second the atomic clock folks gave 2016. Whatever the case, National Weather Service computer models were fed last week, burped out a dramatically differe
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Public Meetings: Jan. 3-6 Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 12:01 AM Tuesday 9:30 a.m. — Ashland Airport Commission, Community Development Building, 51 Winburn Way, Ashland. 10 a.m. — Rogue River Planning Commission workshop, City Hall, 133 Broadway St., Rogue River. 1:30 p.m. — Talent Irrigation District Board, 104 W. Valley View Road, Talent. 3:30 p.m. — Jackson County Fire District No. 5 board, Station One, 5811 S. Pacific Highway, Phoenix. 5:30 p.m. &
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Winter storm warning issued for Southern Oregon Saturday Dec 31, 2016 at 2:53 PM Dec 31, 2016 at 2:55 PM The National Weather Service in Medford issued a winter storm warning today for parts of the region, saying that low-elevation snow and frigid temperatures are expected Sunday and Monday. Snow levels are expected to start at about 1,500 feet early Sunday morning and lower to valley floors and beaches later in the day Sunday and early Monday. F
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Wildlife refuge takeover top Oregon story of 2016 FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2016, file photo, Ryan Bundy walks through the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. The armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and its aftermath was overwhelmingly selected Oregon's story of the year for 2016. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) Saturday Dec 31, 2016 at 5:10 PM Jan 1, 2017 at 9:38 AM By STEVEN DUBOIS Associated Press PORTLAND — It was
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The Catacombs crawl A visitor emerges from a low section in the Catacombs. Photo courtesy of Lava Beds National Monument Sunday Jan 1, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT — Don't confuse stoop it with stupid or stoopit. The Urban Dictionary defines stoopit — it really is a word — as, much like stupid, an idiot. And you'd have to be an idiot not to stoop it when crawling through the incredibly tight squee