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November 20, 2009
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County libraries bounce back - 8/14/2008
Despite limited hours, library patronage is almost back to normal 10 months after a private company...
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Medford council ponders library levy - 1/16/2008
MEDFORD — A proposed property tax levy would give Medford's Central Library a 16-hour-a-week...
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Library projects on track - 12/8/2007
As Medford school officials wrestle with spiraling costs on its bond projects, Jackson County...
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Medford to search budget for more library money - 11/16/2007
At the request of a local library group, the Medford City Council Thursday voted unanimously to...
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Medford library tax levy discussed - 10/26/2007
MEDFORD — Medford voters in 2008 could see a property tax proposal to boost the Medford...
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County reserves federal cash for libraries - 10/18/2007
Jackson County will tuck almost $11 million into reserves to pay for libraries during the next few...
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Medford may offer levy on library hours - 10/10/2007
MEDFORD — City officials are considering putting a levy before voters as soon as May to...
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Libraries will start to open Oct. 24 - 10/9/2007
Closed indefinitely six months ago, libraries in Medford and Ashland will open their doors again to...
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Library operators open the doors - 10/8/2007
Jackson County residents will get a chance to meet the new operators of the library system Thursday...
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Library workers apply for their old jobs - 9/28/2007
Laurel Prchal found herself in a very peculiar situation at the Medford library Thursday as she...
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County libraries will reopen - 9/27/2007
Book lovers could see Jackson County's libraries open their doors before November after...
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Talent enacts library surcharge - 9/20/2007
TALENT — The City Council Wednesday unanimously passed a utility surcharge — $1.
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Ashland approves library tax levy - 9/19/2007
Jubilant Ashland Library backers say doors should open in late October — Nov.
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Libraries: up, open and running by November? - 9/16/2007
All 15 libraries in Jackson County could reopen by the first week in November if an outsourcing...
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Ashland library votes are coming in slowly - 9/13/2007
Only 18 percent of voters have turned in their ballots on a library levy as of Wednesday afternoon,...
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County won't let Ashland join library negotiations - 9/6/2007
Negotiations to reopen libraries are complicated enough that Jackson County commissioners...
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'Mother grizzly bear' wants her $83,000 returned - 9/6/2007
An Eagle Point woman has demanded Jackson County return an $83,000 donation because it failed to...
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Ashland library levy would cost less if the system reopens - 8/17/2007
ASHLAND — If Jackson County finds a way to reopen its libraries, a proposed levy on Ashland...
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Libraries could reopen before year's end - 8/16/2007
Libraries might reopen by the end of the year as Jackson County officials consider an outsourcing...
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Eagle Point wants its library back - 8/9/2007
EAGLE POINT — Friends of the Library has sought professional help to organize a discussion...
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Weekly read-ins keep spotlight on Talent's library dilemma - 8/7/2007
TALENT — Vowing that they won't let citizens or town officials forget the closed library, a...
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Library director is off to greener pastures - 8/1/2007
Ted Stark, Jackson County's interim library director for seven months, has resigned to lead a...
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Where the sidewalk ends - 7/29/2007
A few businesses near the downtown Medford library are reeling from a drop-off in customers after...
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Ashland group sets library levy goals - 7/24/2007
ASHLAND — To boost the chances for passage of a local library levy, a newly formed campaign...
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Girl Scouts' library goes mobile - 7/20/2007
After the indefinite closure of Jackson County's 15 public library branches in April, the Jackson...
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Talent library goes to vote - 7/19/2007
The Talent City Council mapped out a strategy Wednesday night to open its library later this year...
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Revive some library service - 7/15/2007
Jackson County has so much to offer: Britt and Shakespeare. The Rogue River, great skiing.
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County pleads for help - 7/15/2007
Jackson County officials sent out an appeal last week to local cities for help to reopen libraries.
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Schools cover for library loss - 7/14/2007
While the county branch library in downtown Ashland stands empty, the little library at Walker...
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County solicits bids for library operations - 7/9/2007
Jackson County residents should know by August whether the library system can be run more cheaply...
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Centralization spreads the cost - 7/5/2007
The cost estimates for cities operating individual libraries reported in Sunday's Mail Tribune may...
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Libraries research the bottom line - 7/1/2007
If some Jackson County communities decide to go it alone to reopen their libraries, they might get...
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Stop the blame game, solve library dilemma - 7/1/2007
There is more than enough blame to go around Southern Oregon for the library dilemma facing our...
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Books for Kids program tries to fill library gap - 6/13/2007
MEDFORD — In response to the closure of Jackson County's libraries, a Medford woman has...
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Library not to blame for funding crisis - 6/10/2007
The Jackson County Library was once before in dire straits.
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Three districts offer summer books for kids - 6/8/2007
With the closure of Jackson County's public library system in April, summer reading prospects...
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Four-library option still costs a bundle - 6/1/2007
Opening four of Jackson County's 15 libraries might not generate the savings some residents have...
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Outside contractor for libraries? - 5/26/2007
Outsourcing library operations has the potential to knock 40 percent off the budget for all 15...
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Ashland, Talent voters favored library levy - 5/23/2007
Residents in Ashland and Talent voted overwhelmingly in favor of a library levy May 15, but most of...
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Ashland schools salvage summer books program - 5/23/2007
The Ashland School District and city government are teaming up to provide a summer reading program...
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Medford looks at library options - 5/19/2007
The Medford City Council will explore options for opening the doors of the Central Library to the...
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Ashlanders want their library back - 5/17/2007
ASHLAND — Mayor John Morrison vowed to reopen his city's library even as the dust settled...
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County library levy fails handily - 5/16/2007
A dejected group of library supporters were stunned Tuesday night by the overwhelming defeat of a...
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Outdoor storytime - 5/7/2007
ROGUE RIVER — Tina Ferris intently watched her daughter participate in a storytime reading in...
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Library levy's pros and cons - 4/29/2007
With less than three weeks before voters decide on Measure 15-75, Jackson County residents hold the...
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Talent resident says library 'sob' stories are misleading - 4/29/2007
On a mission to make sure voters kill the May library levy, Don Rist is putting his own money where...
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The facts about Measure 15-75 - 4/29/2007
Measure 15-75 would raise more than $8 million annually for Jackson County's 15 library branches by...
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School boards back library levy - 4/26/2007
Citing public libraries' role in enhancing education, three Jackson County school boards have taken...
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Congress trims county payments - 4/25/2007
Congress has dropped a proposed five-year extension of federal safety-net funding for...
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When 15 doors close - 4/15/2007
As she paws through the Willow Wind Community Learning Center library of a few hundred books, it...
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In praise of libraries - 4/13/2007
Since all 15 of the branches in the Jackson County Library Services closed on April 6, there has...
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Closure doesn't stop tutor - 4/11/2007
JACKSONVILLE — Hawk Starkey has set up shop in front the Jacksonville library's locked door,...
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NOW WHAT? - 4/8/2007
Libraries closed indefinitely Friday and Jackson County residents now must sort through a...
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Libraries close - 4/7/2007
Jo Nash fought back angry tears when she left Jackson County's Central Library in Medford a few...
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Ashland children stage library sit-in - 4/7/2007
The 11-year-old expressed his frustration with a room full of other young library regulars Friday...
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Shady Cove library staff, patrons say goodbye - 4/7/2007
SHADY COVE — After opening the library daily for nearly 14 years, branch supervisor Karen...
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A LIBRARY'S LAST DAY - 4/6/2007
Choked with emotion, Carole Mercer carefully removed embroidered jeans and tennis shoes Thursday...
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Eagle Point library closure, April 6, 2007 - 4/6/2007
Supporters hold an emotional closure ceremony Friday for the Eagle Point Branch Library.
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Medford library closure, April 6, 2007 - 4/6/2007
Medford Central Library patrons lament the closing of the county's main library.
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Talent library closure, April 6, 2007 - 4/6/2007
A Talent library supporter explains why she considers libraries important to the community.
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ILLS for LITERACY - 3/23/2007
Families soon will see an end to several popular literacy programs, even though they're funded by...
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Since You Asked: Take the library to the levy - 3/22/2007
Please help. I am confused. I understand there will be a library levy on the ballot this May.
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Important dates for library patrons - 3/20/2007
In preparation for closing all our libraries at the end of the business day on April 6, the Jackson...
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Central Point considers libraries - 3/19/2007
CENTRAL POINT — The City Council will review a proposed library funding idea and discuss...
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A failed library levy won't stop supporters - 3/14/2007
Library supporters are looking beyond the May 15 election in case voters reject a levy that would...
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Task force seeks solutions to county funding gap - 3/8/2007
As Jackson County grapples with a $23 million budget gap, a group of business and community leaders...
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Library PAC guns for levy passage - 2/28/2007
Jackson County library supporters have galvanized in preparation for a 76-day marathon to persuade...
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Library levy backers focus on their message - 2/28/2007
Jackson County library supporters will have many hurdles to clear to get voter approval for a...
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