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Guest Opinion: Meteorologists caught up in climate change debate Sunday Dec 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Paul Derezotes I thought maybe you would like to hear from a meteorologist regarding the public controversy around climate science. The question is, should we take this controversial subject seriously? I am a professional meteorologist with a 40-year career behind me, primarily in the private sector. I am skilled in both climate and weather, but have never been employed sp
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Josephine commissioners move ahead on library district proposal Sunday Dec 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM By Shaun Hall Grants Pass Daily Courier The Josephine County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday took another step toward sending a proposal to form an independent library district to voters. The next step is a public hearing scheduled for Jan 25. Commissioners also agreed to send a measure to the May ballot that would renew a tax levy for the county's Animal Protection program
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Clearing the Air Robert Pendrey saw from smoke and ash coming from a Conger Morris crematorium smoke stack near his Central Point house. Bob Pennell Friday Sep 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM New machinery, not human remains, likely cause of thick black smoke over crematorium. By Damian Mann Black smoke has billowed out of a stack at a crematorium in Central Point on three occasions recently, alarming neighbors who wonder whether it might have been human ash. "It was disrespectful
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Emergency services, Dec. 25 Saturday Dec 24, 2016 at 6:18 PM Dec 24, 2016 at 7:35 PM Felony arrests Assault — Martin Keith Hutton, 51, of the 19100 block of Antioch Road, White City. Jackson County sheriff's deputies Saturday arrested Hutton on charges of first-degree and second-degree assault as well as first-degree criminal mischief and endangering the welfare of another. He was lodged Saturday in the Jackson County Jail on $212,500
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Since You Asked: What is municipal water? Sunday Dec 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM I've been reading about the Butte Falls couple's problems with their pond. What a crying shame. As I understand it, they want water officials to consider their pond as a municipal water source. What exactly does that mean? When I turn my tap on in Eagle Point, I'm assuming that's municipal water. — Jim S., Eagle Point Unless you're using a well, Jim, you're likely depending on a municip
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Combined Transport's move saves fuel, reduces carbon dioxide Combined Transport has opened its new transload facility on Blackwell Road. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Thursday Aug 18, 2016 at 5:12 PM Aug 18, 2016 at 5:12 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness CENTRAL POINT — Mike Card has long wanted to move his fleet of trucks, flatbeds and refrigerator units closer to the freeway. It took a little while longer than the president of the
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Southern Oregon Journal: Angel Tree Christmas delivers love to the children Sunday Dec 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Peggy Dover for the Mail Tribune “Love is the real gift that keeps on giving. I love you, son. Dad” When I lifted the paper angel from the tree, I read this message written along the bottom. It made a bulls-eye for the heart as the situation dawned. I took another one. “May your Christmas be filled with wonder, love, and joy. Love, Daddy
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Focus campaigns on issues, commitments Sunday Dec 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Tonia Moro Like most of you who are reading this, I want a state legislature that works for everyone in our communities, not just a few who already have the most power and privilege. So I’d like to share a few lessons I learned running for the Oregon Senate. First, voters want facts, not personal attacks. I approved a TV ad about my opponent’s past record that had an overly negative t
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Central Point home built to suit wounded veteran's needs Jed Morgan, wife Anna, daughter Alanna and dog Recon will soon be moving into a new custom home in Central Point, thanks to Jared Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors. Morgan, a Marine, lost both legs while deployed in Afghanistan. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 5:22 PM Dec 24, 2016 at 11:36 AM By Rebecca Scott for the Mail Tribune The U.S. Marine Corps' motto of "semper
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Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Sunday Dec 25, 2016 at 12:01 AM Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial on Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters an
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Professor who wore blackface blasts school report Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 5:21 PM Dec 23, 2016 at 5:22 PM The Associated Press EUGENE — A University of Oregon law professor who wore blackface to a Halloween party is harshly criticizing an investigative report by the university that found she violated the institution's anti-discrimination policies and caused damage to the law school, a newspaper reported Friday. In a statement released throu
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Grants Pass woman sentenced for hit-and-run collisions Friday Dec 23, 2016 at 4:28 PM Dec 23, 2016 at 4:28 PM By Chris Bristol Grants Pass Daily Courier A motorist accused of striking a bicyclist — then driving home with the bike wedged under her car and sideswiping another vehicle in the process — was sentenced to nearly three years in prison Thursday. Kelli Jean Kissane, 22, of Grants Pass also was placed on three years of post-pr
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School report cards show more freshmen starting out right Rogue River High School teacher Todd Rose checks homework assignments Friday in his freshman English class. More freshmen are on track to graduate in local schools, according to a state education report card. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 4:40 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 2:10 PM Teresa Thomas Mail Tribune @teresathomas_MT More local freshmen are starting off on the right foot
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Ashlanders dispute city's low rating on LGBTQ issues Southern Oregon University students wave flags during a vigil on the Ashland Plaza for the June 2016 shooting victims at a gay nightclub in Orlando. A recent rating from the Human Rights Campaign raised eyebrows when it gave Ashland a low rating on gay issues. Mail Tribune / file photo Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 2:59 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 3:01 PM John Darling for the Mail Tribune Ashland recently got
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Safeguards prevent rigged elections, county clerk says Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker loads ballots into a sorting machine at the Elections Office in Medford. Mail Tribune file photo Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 5:13 PM Oct 26, 2016 at 9:43 AM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Recent presidential campaign rhetoric about a "rigged election" doesn't jibe with the safeguards in place at the Jackson County Elections Office. "We all have opinions, we
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The Expo looks to attract more events A new RV park, which opened last summer, long has been in The Expo's master plan. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 8:49 PM Oct 26, 2016 at 7:39 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous With its financial health improved, The Expo is looking to attract even more events to increase its revenues and boost the local economy. At the same time, the complex that is home to the Jackson County
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Grand opening set for Skyrman Arboretum Sarah Garceau Wright of the Central Point Parks and Recreation Department checks out some of the trees that will make up Skyrman Park. Mail Tribune / file photo Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 6:28 PM Oct 26, 2016 at 7:40 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune CENTRAL POINT — The city's long-awaited arboretum, visible from Highway 99 next to Oregon State Police headquarters, celebrates its grand opening at 10
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Anhorn takes on Wheeler for mayor Gary Wheeler, left, and John Anhorn Thursday Oct 20, 2016 at 4:57 PM Oct 20, 2016 at 4:57 PM Here are the two contenders for Medford mayor. Ballots go out Friday and must be returned by 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. Drop site locations include the Jackson County Elections Office, 1101 W. Main St., Suite 201, Medford; Ashland library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland; Central Point library, 116 S. Third St., Central Point; E
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Helen May Largent Lukes Sunday Jul 12, 2015 at 2:00 AM Helen May Largent Lukes Helen May Largent Lukes was born February 19, 1924 in Midland, Ore. to Hilbert and Mildred Largent. She passed away June 27, 2015 at Rogue Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. Helen attended Midland, Altamont, and Summers Lane schools. She graduated from KUHS in 1940 at age 16, the youngest person in her class. She graduated from Western Business College. Helen retired in 1986 a
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Mentor programs steer teens away from gangs Troy Wohosky, owner and head coach of Spartan Boxing Club, works Wednesday with students at his gym in Medford. Mail Tribune / Jamie Lusch Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 24, 2016 at 8:27 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Troy Wohosky, a youth mentor and founder of the Spartan Boxing Gym, remembers the night a decade ago when he nearly threw away his life. A gang member at the time, Wohosky