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Meadowlark Comic-Con packs Rogue X this weekend
MEDFORD, Ore. – The biggest event in Medford opened it’s doors Saturday at the Rogue X, and there’s still one more day to catch all the fun. At a new venue this year, the 7th annual Meadowlark Comic-Con kicked off at 10 a.m., packed with food, vendors, and exhibitors.
Shelly Fire now 92% contained, 11 zones downgraded
SIS-2301-A Evacuation Warnings (BE READY TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!):. West Webb St. and Hoag St. in Montague. There is RV dry camping and parking, but no extra services like sewage, water or power hookups. Dry RV Parking is available at West Webb St. and Hoag St. in Montague, CA 96064. At...
Phoenix High to launch new EMS career program in the fall
The Phoenix-Talent School District is teaming up with Rogue Community College and Mercy Flights to offer high school students college credits to give them a head start for emergency medical services careers. Starting this fall, Phoenix High School will offer an emergency medical services course aimed at advancing students with...
Agricultural Leaders Defend Pesticide Practices Amid Calls for Exact Location Notifications
Several farmworkers and environmental activists gathered at the Shafter Youth Center on Tuesday to demand the exact location of planned pesticide applications. The public hearing, hosted by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, was intended to address proposed modifications to the first-of-its-kind pesticide application notification system — SprayDays. The...
HOOPA VALLEY TRIBE: Biden administration policies have tribe’s trinity river coho fishery on path to extinction
Press release from the Hoopa Valley Tribe (7/25/24):. Today, following American Rivers named California’s Trinty River to its top-ten list of endangered American rivers. https://www.americanrivers.org/media-item/trinity-river-named-among-americas-most-endangered-rivers-of-2024/, the Hoopa Valley Tribe (Hoopa) charged the United States Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”) and California Department of Fish and Wildlife (“CDFW”) with violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”).
Oregon poachers are harassing, killing deer with pellet guns
Authorities in Oregon are hopeful that a newly offered $2,000 reward will help them identify and prosecute the person or persons responsible for harassing and killing deer with pellet guns. Five black-tailed deer carcasses have been discovered so far this month in Roseburg, according to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. At least one deer died after a pellet became lodged in its lung. “It was a nice, forked horn buck that ended up dying next to a resident’s barn,” said Jason Stone, an Oregon State Police/Fish & Wildlife senior trooper. “The pellet broke a rib and clipped its lung, which...
California fire rapidly reaches state's top 10 biggest ever
A fire raging out of control in northern California has rapidly become among the biggest ever in the western US state, authorities said Saturday. The so-called Park Fire had burned almost 350,000 acres (142,000 hectares) as of late Saturday morning, making it the seventh-largest ever recorded in California history, the state agency Cal Fire said on X. The fire, which prompted orders for more than 4,000 people to flee their homes, was burning through a largely rural, mountainous area near the city of Chico, some 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of state capital Sacramento.
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