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Find part of galleon's beeswax cargo Loretta LeGuee of Gold Beach displays a chunk of beeswax recovered from a Spanish shipwreck off the Oregon Coast. The find may provide valuable information for archaeologists trying to pin down the history of two Spanish galleons. Jim Craven Monday Feb 25, 2008 at 12:01 AM Feb 25, 2008 at 12:41 AM Experts believe an object found near Gold Beach is a chunk of beeswax from a Spanish trading vessel that sank off
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Arthur I. Cyr: United States military in Syria — does anyone care? Arthur I. Cyr Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 1:46 PM Arthur I. Cyr More Content Now Military forces of the United States are now on the ground in Syria, a nation gripped in civil war in one of the most dangerous and violent regions in the world. Four-hundred U.S. Marines and Army Rangers have just been dispatched to the city of Raqqa in Syria to join the battle with the Islamic State. These new American m
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George Washington Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 11:57 AM Mar 14, 2017 at 11:57 AM Background/Early Life • George Washington grew up in Virginia, raised mostly by his mother and his older half-brother, Lawrence, after his father died when he was 11 years old. • Washington’s early military experiences were not successful, but helped him prepare for his leadership during the American Revolution. He took over command of his half-brothe
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Crater Lake sets visitor record second year in a row Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 1:29 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 4:52 PM Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune @RyanPfeil Crater Lake set another record for visitors in 2016, drawing 756,344 people to Oregon's only national park. The total was 23 percent more than 2015, when the park set the previous record of 614,712. Nearly 83 percent of visits in 2016, or 621,791, were recorded from June through September. Crater Lak
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Black Sails Finale Exclusive: Can Silver Afford a Friendship with Flint? Luke Arnold, Black Sails | Photo Credits: Starz Friday Mar 25, 2016 at 8:23 AM Mar 25, 2016 at 11:33 AM It's been a rocky road for Flint (Toby Stephens) and Silver (Luke Arnold) on Black Sails. And in Saturday's finale, Silver will have to decide whether or not that relationship is truly in his best interest. "It would seem that those closest to you meet their end, not just
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Oregon Cheese Festival returns this month Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 3:16 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 5:11 PM The Oregon Cheese Festival returns to the Rogue Creamery, 311 N. Front St. in Central Point, Saturday and Sunday, March 18-19. The event is open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. The farmers market-style event will feature cow, sheep and goat cheese from across the state and western U.S., along with Southern Oregon wines, craft beers, ciders, local crafts
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Habitat for Humanity holds application orientation Tuesday Mar 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM Mar 14, 2017 at 1:48 PM Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity will hold an orientation for those interested in applying for a Habitat Humanity home this year. Participants will hear an overview of Habitat and its mission, information about housing program qualification standards for 2017 and details about the application process and requirements. The orientation will b
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Fishing Report: Friday, March 10 Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM OCEAN OUTLOOK COASTWIDE: The weekend weather is predicted be decent for offshore anglers along the south coast, though today will be a bit dicey. Forecasts call for 15-knot winds and swells of up to 11 feet today, followed Saturday and Sunday by 15-knot winds and 5-foot swells. Crabbing is open along the entire Oregon Coast and estuaries. Bay crabbing has been poor, however, because heavy freshwater flows a
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Oregon joins fight against Trump travel ban Thursday Mar 9, 2017 at 5:15 PM Mar 9, 2017 at 5:15 PM By Martha Bellisle The Associated Press SEATTLE — Legal challenges against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order, and a judge granted Oregon's request to join the case. The events happened a day after Hawaii launched its own lawsuit, and Wa
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Ten years after: the Biscuit fire revisited Sunday May 6, 2012 at 2:00 AM It's been nearly 10 years since the July 2002 lightning storm that sparked the 500,000 acre Biscuit fire. For many of us in Southern Oregon, the Biscuit fire was a defining event — beloved forests were drastically altered, the politics of logging and wildlands protection were turned on their heads and the realities of living in a fire-evolved landscape came home to roost. By George Sexton It'
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The man who cried at El Rosario A man at El Rosario Monarch Preserve in Michoacan, Mexico, admires one of the butterflies. [Photo by Robert Coffan] Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Robert Coffan for the Mail Tribune I’ve been off in rural Mexico experiencing one of my Bucket List items — seeing where virtually all of the migrating eastern monarch butterflies go to overwinter each year. I am in Angangueo, a small town at 8,000 feet in the center of the El
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Dad says South player's suspension is too harsh South Medford High senior Jonnay Foote, left, pictured here in January against South Eugene, is fighting a school athletic suspension that bars her from playing in the state basketball playoffs. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Thursday Mar 9, 2017 at 6:22 PM Mar 9, 2017 at 6:22 PM Nick Morgan Mail Tribune @mtcrimebeat The father of a suspended South Medford girls basketball player says the Medford Schoo
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Emergency services, March 10 Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 12:05 AM Felony arrests Drugs — Brad Bell Blachly, 35, no known address. Medford police arrested Blachly Tuesday on felony charges of possessing heroin and methamphetamine, and on a misdemeanor charge of second-degree trespassing. He was booked in the Jackson County Jail Tuesday and released Wednesday because of overcrowding. Sexual Abuse — Steven Andrew Herring, 25, no known address. Jackson County sherif
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Wildfire fuel breaks planned for Idaho, Oregon Friday Mar 10, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Ketih Ridler The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — A plan to create a fuel break system along 271 miles of roads in southwest Idaho and southeast Oregon to limit the size of destructive rangeland wildfires and protect habitat for sage grouse has been approved, federal authorities announced. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a decision released Wednesday says the fuel breaks will be
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Medford Senior Center may get city's help Bingo player Reta Hasha, left, of White City, buys game cards from Nina Duncan, at the Medford Senior Center. Activities such as bingo and other programs would get a boost under a proposal from the city to hire a full-time program diector for the center. [Mail Tribune / file photo] Thursday Mar 9, 2017 at 5:37 PM Mar 9, 2017 at 5:37 PM Damian Mann Mail Tribune @reporterdm A proposal for Medford's Parks an
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Eugene bans dogs downtown for owners not living there In a Nov. 10, 2016, photo, a dog joins a group of people sitting on the sidewalk at Broadway and Olive in Eugene. A wave of complaints about aggressive dogs in the downtown area of Oregon's third most populous city has prompted Eugene city councilors to ban dogs from the downtown area except those owned by people who live or work there. [Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP] Thursday Mar 9, 2017 at 7:13 PM The Asso
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Red Cross to share quake survival tips Monday Mar 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM By Joe Zavala for the Mail Tribune It’s almost impossible to describe the anticipated consequences of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake without sounding like you’re being interviewed by the producers of “Doomsday Preppers.” But Steve Eberlein can pull it off because the Klamath Falls native, who will be leading an American Red Cross presentation on the subject Tuesday in
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OSF's 'Mojada': Greek tragedy meets the immigrant experience Armida (Vilma Silva) gives a final ultimatum to Medea (Sabina Zuniga Varela) as Tita (VIVIS) looks on in "Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles" at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. [OSF photo by Jenny Graham] Monday Mar 6, 2017 at 2:00 AM By Bill Varble for the Mail Tribune Medea stands out as a tough nut for a contemporary audience, even among the flawed heroes of Greek tragedy. It’s hard to spin-doctor killing
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Piece of Cake Tiffany Myers Carroll and her son Everett Carroll, 4, display some of the cheescakes from Chemo Cakes, which Tiffany created to help fund her cancer treatments. [Mail Tribune / Denise Baratta] Monday Mar 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM Buffy Pollock for the Mail Tribune Not one to "mope around and feel sorry" for herself, Central Point resident Tiffany Myers Carroll still flashes a big smile some two years into aggressive, and experimental, cancer treatment. The odds a
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Riders pump it up, conquer hills Bikers watch fellow cyclists from a bridge on Old Highway 99 as they make their way Sunday to the Siskiyou Summit. Jim Craven Monday Sep 14, 2009 at 12:01 AM Sep 14, 2009 at 10:53 AM ASHLAND — Thousands of cyclists wound up Old Highway 99 in Ashland and over the Siskiyou Summit to Yreka Sunday on the first day of the 400-mile Cycle Oregon across the scenic and rugged State of Jefferson. By PARIS ACHEN ASHLAN