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Artistic Director of Ashland-based Brava! Opera is dead this week Willene Gunn after a Brava! Opera Workshop in Ashland in 2015. [Brava! Opera photo] Willene Gunn after a Brava! Opera Workshop in Ashland in 2015. [Brava! Opera photo] Friends said goodbye this week to Willene Gunn, artistic director of Brava! Opera, who died on August 10 of complications following open heart surgery. “We are devastated, she was a one-of-a-kind legendary opera singer,” said Lorrie Hall, CEO of Brava! opera “She was my dear friend.” Hall remembered Gunn for his talent as an artist and the power of his personality. “She…

Salman Rushdieauthor whose writing drew death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was stabbed Friday as he was about to give a lecture in western New York, authorities said. The 75-year-old perpetrator was stabbed at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen, officials said during a news conference Friday evening. Hadi Matar, 24, of Fairview, New Jersey, was identified as the suspect in the stabbing, New York State Police Maj. Eugene J. Staniszewski told reporters. He had a pass to enter the venue, as did others in the audience, officials said. Matar was arrested by a state…

National Health Center Week is from August 7 to 13. As we do every August, Rogue Community Health is taking this time to promote the important work that community health centers across the country are doing: providing preventive and primary care services to nearly 29 million people. Community health centers provide services to people who disproportionately suffer from chronic illnesses and lack access to affordable, quality care. Although the focus is community-based and local, collectively, community health centers are the backbone of the country’s primary care system. Community health centers reduce national health care costs on the order of $24…

The president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), Brian Lewis, has expressed his shock and dismay at the content of a video showing Grenada’s javelin world champion, Anderson Peters, being hit and thrown from ‘a ship Wednesday. The incident, which has caused an uproar in the region, is still being investigated in his native Granada, where it occurred. The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) is expected to send a file to the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) shortly. Details about the causes of the incident, however, are still unclear. However, the company at the center of…

SAN DIEGO — San Diego police busted an unlicensed cannabis delivery service this week, seizing more than $700,000 and raiding a hash oil extraction lab in the process, police said. Detectives from the Police Department’s narcotics unit also arrested three people in connection with the operation, San Diego Police Lt. Paul Phillips said in a news release. The investigation began Wednesday when police received a complaint about an illegal cannabis dispensary and delivery service. Narcotics detectives were dispatched to Friars Road, west of Fashion Valley Road, and found three people loading items into a rented U-Haul truck, Phillips said. Investigators…

The president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC), Brian Lewis, has expressed his shock and dismay at the content of a video showing Grenada’s javelin world champion, Anderson Peters, being hit and thrown from ‘a ship Wednesday. The incident, which has caused an uproar in the region, is still being investigated in his native Granada, where it occurred. The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) is expected to send a file to the country’s Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) shortly. Details about the causes of the incident, however, are still unclear. However, the company at the center of…

Tyson Fury has confirmed he plans to return to the boxing ring as he urged Derek Chisora ​​to accept his offer of a trilogy fight after revealing Isaac Lowe as his new trainer. Fury claimed in April that he was due to retire after a sixth-round knockout of Dillian Whyte at Wembley Stadium, but has repeatedly hinted that he was considering a U-turn. Earlier this week, Fury’s co-promoter Frank Warren said the 33-year-old has “itchy feet” and “wants to fight”, while the WBC heavyweight champion pledged to face- se to the winner of the upcoming battle between Oleksandr Usyk and…

After being forced out of Yreka due to the McKinney fire, the Siskiyou Gold Fair moved an hour north to a warm reception at The Expo. Hannah Harrison, 14, of Yreka prepares her cow Friday during the Siskiyou Gold Fair, held this year at the Jackson County Expo because of the McKinney fire. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Jason Franklin, 13, of Yreka, shows off a turkey Friday during the Market Turkey Show at the Siskiyou Gold Fair at The Expo. [Jamie Lusch / Mail Tribune] Uriel Valdez, 20, of Yreka, practices her roping skills Friday at The Expo. [Jamie…