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Property owners are understandably concerned about a new fire risk map that some say is already affecting their fire insurance rates and availability. More than 1,200 of them started last week at a Zoom meeting called by the state Department of Forestry to present the maps and explain how they will be used to implement legislation passed by the Legislature after the wildfire. ‘Almeda and other fires that devastated Oregon. communities The meeting was moved from an in-person session to an online one. More on that in a moment. But first, it’s important for everyone involved in this process to…

Please allow me a moment of nostalgia. It was 40 years ago, the first Christmas, my husband and I celebrated that holiday together. We were staying in a cabin in north Georgia, and there was an unexpected light snow on the ground. We went for a winter walk and came back to the cabin to make lentil soup and play Scrabble. He gave me seven presents that Christmas Eve, claiming that each gift represented or “spoke” to some part of me that he loved. There was a book on feminist history, a poem by Rainier Marie Rilke, framed as I…

Vintie Beall and her relatives spent their entire lives telling people how to pronounce their last name. “It’s like a bell,” they said. “Like a church bell.” But few people remembered for long. Vintie was the only child of Robert Vinton Beall, a pioneer who arrived in Oregon with his brother, Thomas, in July 1852. Lured to the valley by the promise of gold, the brothers quickly headed south to Josephine County, where they mined briefly before. moving to Jackson County in late August. By 1854, both had claimed land near Central Point and were operating a railroad company between…

The pack has been accused of seven attacks on livestock in less than three weeks Left: A remote camera captured this photo of OR-7 on May 3 in eastern Jackson County. Right: This blurry image shows a second wolf, determined to be female, in the same area as OR-7. The gray wolf pack is in the midst of a record series of livestock attacks, the likes of which would possibly lead to government culls of wolf packs if they weren’t protected by federal law. Thursday’s confirmation of a 700-pound yearling steer injured by wolf attacks on a private pasture in…

News from 100 years ago The following news items were taken from the Mail Tribune archives 100 years ago July 31, 1922 TERRILL IS WINNER BY 305 VOTES Charles E. Terrill, the two-time sheriff of Jackson County elected by the people, a 50-year resident of southern Oregon and the subject of a year of gossip and gossip, retained his official position Saturday in a recall election by a majority of 305. on DM Lowe, proclaimed during the campaign as a candidate and member of the Ku Klux Klan, although he denied the latter charge, in an affidavit in the closing…

Philip Yates connected his community through food, helping them acquire, distribute, prepare and enjoy it together Andy Atkinson / Mail Tribune Philip Yates tends plants in the garden at his home in Talent. Editor’s note: Community Builder is a regular Q&A series featuring perspectives from local people who have been involved in meaningful change in Southern Oregon. Today’s conversation is with Rogue Valley Farm to School Board Member Philip Yates. Q: For many years you worked at ACCESS to secure food for families in the Rogue Valley. How did you end up getting involved in food provision and food insecurity…

County GOP resolution Thank you so much for the article and editorial about the Jackson County Republican Party rejecting Biden’s victory. Many years ago I proudly interned in Washington, DC for Charles Percy, a Republican United States Senator from Illinois (my home state). He was a principled man who believed more in democracy than in power. After the Watergate break-in, when President Nixon authorized a new attorney general to “make all decisions” related to the break-in, Senator Percy proposed a resolution that was passed by the Senate calling for an independent prosecutor. of the highest character”. and integrity” from outside…