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Scenes from the year 2022 Dec 31, 2022 12:45 AM A A 10 View all photos A look at some of the memorable photos from the Mail Tribune this year An Oregon Department of Forestry helicopter passes over the memorial service held Aug. 29 for fallen wildland firefighter Logan Taylor at Harry and David Field in Medford. Taylor was killed by a fallen tree Aug. 18 while battling the Rum Creek Fire near Galice. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] A helicopter attack crew works to contain the Rum Creek Fire burning in the Lower Rogue River Canyon near Rainie Falls in August. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] A helicopter drops water Sept. 12 on a house fire off Pioneer Road. The family was attending a birthday party at a pizza place when their house caught fire. The firefight was temporarily suspended when a drone was spotted over the scene. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Robert Black, planetarium director and astronomy teacher at North Medford High School, demonstrates features of the school's recently renovated planetarium in November. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] A cat is given oxygen after it was rescued from a structure fire May 11 in downtown Ashland. The fire damaged the historic Ashland Improvement Company Building and forced about 10 people from apartments on the second floor of the building. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Jason Franklin, 13, of Yreka, shows off a turkey during the Market Turkey Show event Aug. 12, at the Siskiyou Golden Fair. The fair was held at the Jackson County Expo after the Siskiyou County Fairgrounds were closed by the deadly McKinney Fire. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Geoff Houghton, of Ashland, rides his unicycle on bike trails in the Ashland watershed in February. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Karen Weissenback, left, and Amber Weissenback, are given an American Flag during an honors ceremony for Edward James Weissenback at the Eagle Point National Cemetery. Weissenback, who was among four souls shot down in Laos, Dec. 27, 1971, was buried at the cemetery June 17, in a ceremony that brought people from across the country to the Rogue Valley. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Melissa Ghiglieri paints a mural on a pillar of the Interstate 5 viaduct at Hawthorne Park in November. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Maya Smith, a environmental science and policy student at Southern Oregon University, checks out a culvert under Interstate 5 near the Siskiyou Summit. The culvert was one of several being eyed along I-5 as a potential corridor that wildlife could use to cross under the freeway. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune]