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Phoenix voters will decide on recreational pot tax, mayor's seat Friday Aug 26, 2016 at 4:15 PM Aug 26, 2016 at 4:15 PM PHOENIX — Voters will decide if the city should enact a 3 percent tax on recreational marijuana sales and choose between two candidates for mayor at the Nov. 8 general election. Filing for city offices, which also include three City Council seats, closed Thursday. City Councilor Chris Luz is seeking the mayor’s pos
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Fire damages west Medford duplex A fire caused some damage to a Hamilton Street duplex in west Medford Friday morning. Photo courtesy of Medford Fire-Rescue. Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 11:57 AM Oct 21, 2016 at 11:57 AM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil A fire damaged part of a duplex in west Medford this morning, but no one was injured. Medford Fire-Rescue crews responded to the blaze at 320 Hamilton St. at 9:16 a.m. The first crews to arrive spotte
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Grants Pass man killed in I-5 crash Saturday Aug 27, 2016 at 10:22 AM Aug 27, 2016 at 10:22 AM Local report The Oregon State Police has released the names of three drivers involved in a fatal traffic accident Friday on Interstate 5 near Hugo. Robert W. Chavers, 86, of Grants Pass, was killed in the accident after his vehicle was struck by a following car at about 10:30 a.m. near Milepost 66. The OSP investigation revealed that a 2001 Toyota Camry
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Election Letters, Oct. 21 Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM A mayor for everyone Jacksonville's mayors have aggressively pursued development since an endless(?), water source from Butte Falls became connected to Jacksonville. Building codes were radically changed to allow high-density development that directly violates the historic charter. Now the historic core has pseudo-historic structures towering over historic homes, all with the approval of this city administration.
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Oregon measure seeks to connect more veterans with VA benefits Thursday Oct 20, 2016 at 8:37 PM By Lillian Schrock The (Eugene) Register-Guard  EUGENE  — Mike Barker spends his days helping veterans obtain benefits from the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs. Barker, a former Marine, is a veteran services officer, an independently trained advocate who helps former members of the military through the VA claims process. "They need a personal touch who
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Iconic American dishes at Taprock Northwest Grill The Oregon Trail Steak, with onion rings, mixed vegetables and Parmesan and sour cream mashed potatoes at Taprock in Grants Pass. Mail Tribune / Vickie Aldous Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous Taprock Northwest Grill is following the trend of using local ingredients wherever possible while still serving up fairly traditional American food. After dining there recently with my family,
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Four vie for Ashland mayor Biome Erickson, left, John Stromberg, and Carol Voisin. (John Greene photo not available) Thursday Oct 20, 2016 at 5:34 PM Oct 20, 2016 at 5:38 PM Here are the four candidates for Ashland mayor. Ballots go out Friday and must be returned to the Jackson County Elections Office by Nov. 8. Editor's note: A photo of John Greene was not available. Biome Erickson Age: 41 Occupation: Freelance conscious, semi-skilled laborer E
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Letters to the Editor, Oct. 21 Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 12:01 AM Skateboarders a hazard This is an open message to parents who live in the area of Phoenix High School. I live in senior and disabled housing at the end of Cheryl Lane, and we have had a problem this summer with kids on skateboards going through our complex at very high speeds. The kids have been spoken to and yelled at many times over the course of the summer, but they just don't get it. We do have a lot of s
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Emergency services, Oct. 21 Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Failing to Register as a Sex Offender — Miguel Joseph Barron, 36, no known address. Medford police arrested Barron Wednesday on a felony charge of failing to register his address as a sex offender and for violating his parole on a previous strangulation conviction. He was lodged in the Jackson County Jail Wednesday without bail. Drugs — Pedro Sanchez-Camacho, 19, of the 400 block of
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Gold Hill boil notice has been lifted Friday Oct 21, 2016 at 1:35 PM Oct 21, 2016 at 5:54 PM Water in Gold Hill is safe to drink out of the tap again, but only until Monday. The Oregon Health Authority authorized the city to lift a boil order issued Wednesday after Southern Oregon Water Technology of Cave Junction tested 13 samples for bacteria, and all came back negative, a news release issued by the city of Gold Hill said. 
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Medford exit blocked by excavator Thursday Oct 20, 2016 at 5:26 PM Oct 20, 2016 at 6:45 PM A Medford exit was temporarily blocked by a piece of heavy construction equipment that fell off its trailer late Thursday afternoon, according to an Oregon Department of Transportation release. An eastbound lane of the exit 30 off-ramp from southbound Interstate 5 was blocked at about 5 p.m. by an excavator that fell off its lowboy trailer. The accident cau
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Poetry power Ashland High School students listen Wednesday to poet Natalie Diaz read selections from her book "When My Brother was An Aztec." Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 3:21 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 2:12 PM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune For Natalie Diaz, every syllable matters and is there for a reason, so it's no accident when she uses the word “lucky” to describe the knee injury that ended her professional
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Green Shows in OSF's courtyard San Diego band Todo Mundo will blend pop, reggae, rock, Gypsy, Caribbean and Latin music Sunday and Tuesday, Sept. 11 and 13, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's Green Show. www.todomundomusic.com Wednesday Aug 31, 2016 at 12:21 PM Aug 31, 2016 at 12:21 PM Free outdoor entertainment begins at 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays on the Courtyard Stage, outside the Allen Elizabethan Theatre on the Oregon Shakespeare F
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Emergency services, Oct. 25 Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 2:42 PM Oct 24, 2016 at 8:24 PM Felony arrests Burglary — Zachary Todd Hallen, 19, of the 400 block of Teakwood Drive, Eagle Point. Medford police Monday arrested Hallen on charges of second-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief,second-degree theft, possession of methamphetamine and interfering with a police report. He was lodged Monday in jail and released on his own recog
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Commissioners to hold hearing on monument expansion Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM Oct 25, 2016 at 2:27 PM Vickie Aldous Mail Tribune @VickieAldous The Jackson County Board of Commissioners will hold its own public hearing on the proposed expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument after an earlier meeting called by U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., attracted mostly expansion supporters. The commissioners' hearing is at 6 p.m. Thursday in
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Since You Asked: Chinook eggs could be lost if small streams dry up Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 12:01 AM I was wondering about all the fall chinook salmon that supposedly are spawning now in tiny urban creeks because we had a wet October. Don't get me wrong, I think it's cool to have salmon in town. I'm just worried what will happen if these little creeks dry up this winter because we get a little dry spell. Isn't that bad? — J.A., Medford   A dry spell certain
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OMSI president to speak at ScienceWorks Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 9:30 AM Oct 26, 2016 at 9:30 AM Nancy Stueber, president of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, will be the keynote speaker at ScienceWorks's ninth annual luncheon fundraiser at noon Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Rogue Valley Country Club in Medford. The luncheon benefits ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum's education programs that serve more than 7,000 school children ever
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Evans named SoHumane's executive director Wednesday Oct 26, 2016 at 10:12 AM Oct 26, 2016 at 10:12 AM Karen Evans has been named Southern Oregon Humane Society's new executive director. Evans has been serving in the position as interim since Kenn Altine left in June to become CEO of the Sacramento Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Evans was first hired on at SoHumane as development director in 2015, increasing donations and t
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Man killed after being hit by car in Eagle Point Tuesday Oct 25, 2016 at 11:19 AM Oct 25, 2016 at 3:59 PM A man died Monday evening after being struck by a car in Eagle Point. On its Facebook page, the Jackson County Sheriff's Department reported William Gary Belknap, 36, was pronounced dead by medical personnel in the 900 block of West Linn Road. The incident was reported at 6:47 p.m. Sheriff's officials said Belknap was in the road when he was
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County Fair Board asks for public input Monday Oct 24, 2016 at 3:37 PM Oct 24, 2016 at 3:37 PM The Jackson County Fair Board will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. Tuesday on the current state and possible future direction of the fair and The Expo. The hearing will be held in the Mace Watchable Wildlife Center at The Expo, 1 Peninger Road, Central Point. Previously supported with county government funding, The Expo is now expected to be a self-supp