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Klamath County cattle owners receive compensation for wolf kills Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 12:31 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 3:39 PM By Lee Juillerat for the Mail Tribune KLAMATH FALLS — Compensation payments were made for four cattle killed and one injured by wolves during Monday's meeting of the Klamath County Wolf Depredation Committee. DeTar Livestock of Dixon, California, which grazes cattle on the Nicholson Ranch near Fort Klamath, will receive
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Camelot Theatre opens 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' The Musical Erik Connolly and Eoghan McDowell star as Lawrence Jameson and Freddy Benson, respectively, in Camelot Theatre's production of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," opening Friday, Sept. 2 and running through Oct. 2. Photo by Steve Sutfin Monday Aug 29, 2016 at 10:29 AM Aug 29, 2016 at 10:29 AM Laurie Heuston Mail Tribune The dichotomy between two con men who make their livings on the French Rivier
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Monumental debate Oregon Cattlemen's Association President John O'Keefe, right, speaks out against the Cascade-Siskiyou monument expansion as supporters listen, including John Alexander of the Klamath Siskyou Bird Observatory, Sandra Slattery of the Ashland Chamber of Commerce and supporters wearing blue shirts. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Oct 14, 2016 at 6:34 PM Oct 14, 2016 at 6:43 PM Mark Freeman Mail Tribune @MTwriterFreeman ASHLAND&
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Protesters demand end to Ashland rent increases Monday Oct 17, 2016 at 7:20 PM By Julie Akins for the Mail Tribune Protesters gathered outside a property management company in Ashland Monday to demonstrate against rental price increases that they say amount to greed. “I say greed is horrible,” said McKenna Smith, a student at Southern Oregon University who held a sign demanding an end to frequent rent increases. She marched at Commercial Property Management
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Mail Tribune 100: Aug. 29, 1916 Monday Aug 29, 2016 at 12:01 AM Aug. 29, 1916 YOUNG PEOPLE TO AID CIVIC GROWTH At a meeting of the Medford Young People's Union, comprising a federation of all Christian Young Peoples' societies of the city, the matter of bettering the social, civic and spiritual condition of young people was considered. This union of young people, while having been organized but a little over a month, has shown splendid results and much interest is manife
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Still no sign of missing doctor Ashley Laird Sunday Aug 28, 2016 at 3:31 PM Aug 28, 2016 at 6:26 PM By Hannah Golden Mail Tribune Though dozens of volunteers searched Sunday for missing Jacksonville doctor Ashley Laird, 37, there is still no sign of her. About 100 people left from a command center set up at Jacksonville Elementary this morning, and another 60 people went to the Laird house to assist the family directly in a coordinated search. "W
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Since You Asked: Rumble strips will be back on Interstate 5 Monday Aug 29, 2016 at 12:01 AM Why did the highway department fill in the safety rumble strips to the right of I-5? They were a blessing for drowsy drivers. — Jerry H., by email And drowsy drivers will continue to be blessed, eventually, Jerry. According to Gary Leaming, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Transportation, the rumble strips along the outside edges of the freeway traffic lanes will be
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Social media celebrates discovery of Jacksonville runner Ashley Laird Monday Aug 29, 2016 at 10:49 AM Aug 29, 2016 at 10:49 AM Facebook posters celebrate with well-wishes, tears and grateful prayers after Dr. Ashley Laird, a Jacksonville runner who disappeared while on a run Friday, is found alive late Sunday afternoon in Forest Park. She's recovering now from dehydration at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center.     [View the story "Hap
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Butte Falls reaches out to 7-year-old with rare disorder Blair and Courtney Anderson walk with their son Carter, 7, who suffers from a rare brain disorder known as PKAN. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 6:19 PM Oct 22, 2016 at 9:49 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Seven-year-old Carter Anderson, sporting a fedora-style hat and a prominent dimple, was all smiles trying out his shiny new wheelchair on a chilly Friday mornin
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Lead found in east Medford water Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 4:54 PM Oct 21, 2016 at 4:54 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Lead levels 190 times higher than federal standards have been discovered at a house on Hillcrest Road in east Medford. The results, released by the Medford Water Commission, are part of the latest round of testing at residences where lead connectors known as pigtails have been found. The house on Hillcrest Ro
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Medford official placed on administrative leave Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 4:03 PM Oct 21, 2016 at 5:33 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm Brian Sjothun, Medford's new city manager, placed his Deputy City Manager Bill Hoke on paid administrative leave Friday. "It's a personnel matter right now that I can't discuss," Sjothun said. "We hope to have a resolution to this in the very near future." Hoke receives a base salary of $1
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Since You Asked: Free tickets haven't won any Megabucks jackpots Saturday Oct 22, 2016 at 12:01 AM I've been playing Megabucks for years. I have won free tickets numerous times for the drawings. Has there ever been a winner of Megabucks on a free ticket? How long do they keep winning tickets. Do many winners never pick up their money? Where does the money go if nobody claims it? — Old Guy Well, Old Guy, I guess we can't call you rich guy quite yet. We hope you win
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Six honored for helicopter crash investigation Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 4:32 PM Oct 21, 2016 at 4:32 PM A Medford federal prosecutor and five federal agents have been recognized for their investigation into the 2008 Iron 44 helicopter crash that killed nine firefighters in Northern California. On Thursday evening at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C., the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency honored Assistant U.
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Officials issue health alert for pesticide-tainted pot Saturday Oct 22, 2016 at 10:52 AM Oct 22, 2016 at 10:52 AM MCMINNVILLE (AP) — State health officials have issued a health alert about marijuana products that may have been tainted with high levels of a pesticide and sold to about 130 people southwest of Portland. The Oregon Health Authority said Friday the alert concerns dried flower marijuana sold by a medical marijuana dispensary cal
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Dane Gola Collins Saturday Oct 22, 2016 at 2:00 AM May 29, 1959 - October 13, 2016 Dane Gola Collins, 57, formerly of Medford, Ore. passed away October 13, 2016, in Fort Smith, Ark. He was born May 29, 1959, at Tyndall AFB, Panama City, Fla., the fourth son of Gola "Pete" and Kathryn Collins. Dane received his GED from Medford High School and worked as a forklift operator for fruit-packing companies in the Medford area. He spent the last 34 years with the love of his lif
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Gymnastics coach again admits to secret filming Attorney Jeni Feinberg argues on behalf of Jeffrey Bettman before his guilty pleas and sentencing Friday for 10 felony counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct. Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Friday Aug 26, 2016 at 5:12 PM Aug 27, 2016 at 4:15 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat A former gymnastics coach who was sentenced earlier this month to prison for secretly filming
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Our View: Yes on 98, no on 96 and 99 Wednesday Oct 5, 2016 at 2:00 AM Oct 10, 2016 at 9:44 AM Three statewide ballot measures set out to accomplish good things for Oregon, but only one gets our nod. Measure 98 is a well-researched, carefully crafted plan to take direct aim at Oregon's abysmal graduation rate by funding career and technical education (CTE), college-credit classes for high school students and dropout prevention programs. It would d
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Lithia Motors posts 9 percent revenue gain in Q3 Thursday Oct 20, 2016 at 3:19 PM Oct 20, 2016 at 3:19 PM Greg Stiles Mail Tribune @GregMTBusiness New-vehicle sales might be leveling off across the auto industry, but Lithia Motors CEO Bryan DeBoer isn't buying it. Not only did Lithia Motors report its best third quarter ever Thursday, but new-vehicles sales in California, Hawaii and Oregon were decidedly on a roll. "Every market is different," De
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Our View: Yes on Measures 94, 95, 100 Tuesday Oct 4, 2016 at 12:01 AM We begin our endorsements in the 2016 general election with three statewide ballot measures that deserve to pass and have little or no opposition. We will address other measures on the ballot in later editorials. Measure 94 would remove the statutory age limit that requires all judges in Oregon to retire at 75 whether they want to or not. We all know vital, energetic people in their 70s, and among them
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Our View: Pam Marsh in House District 5 Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Rep. Peter Buckley will leave big shoes to fill in House District 5. The Ashland Democrat has served admirably in Salem since 2004, co-chairing the budget-writing Ways and Means Committee for the past eight years before announcing his retirement from lawmaking. We recommend voters send Pam Marsh to succeed him. District 5 encompasses the south end of the county, including Ashland, Phoenix, Talent, so