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Back on the road to health - 5/19/2013

Last fall, Rocio Mendoza wondered whether she would ever hold her daughter again or go to work or even write her name.
'Empty' quarter is alive with birds - 5/19/2013

It could be a scene out of "The Big Year," the bird-watching comedy with Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson.
Tips for turning barnyard leavings into organic garden fertilizer - 5/19/2013

CORVALLIS — The manure that chickens, horses, llamas and many other barnyard animals leave behind is rich in nutrients that make a great...
Wild Read - 5/12/2013

Chris Uhtoff had a problem.
New book explains furniture makeovers - 5/12/2013

Repainted and repurposed furniture is all the rage, but just slapping on a coat of paint doesn't always yield high-quality results.
Survey says real men wear dirty underwear - 5/12/2013

When it comes to airing their dirty laundry in public, men win hands down. Or noses up, as the case may be.

Crazy for cauliflower - 5/22/2013

For a long time, I wouldn't touch cauliflower.
Dinner in the sky: Vegas one-ups itself again - 5/22/2013

Want to eat dinner strapped into your seat at a table hovering in the open sky 180 feet above ground, complete with views of the Las Vegas Strip?...
'Counter' burgers get a personal touch in L.A. - 5/22/2013

LOS ANGELES — Jeffrey Weinstein once swept through 19 Denver restaurants in six hours, a feat that most people would characterize as gluttony.
Celebrity chef Stone asks, 'What's for dinner?' - 5/22/2013

Curtis Stone has spent a lot of time in American home kitchens.

Southern Oregon aids Washington's sage grouse comeback - 5/24/2013

Prairie grouse, formerly abundant in the sage-steppe regions of Eastern Washington, are slowly improving from the brink of extirpation with the help...
Up and over 'The Rogue River Ramble' - 5/24/2013

The State of Jefferson is a dream for mountain bikers and road cyclists, with hundreds of challenging single-tracks in the Sikiyous and Cascades and...
Some rocks beneath us came from far away - 5/24/2013

Rocks west of the Bear Creek Valley define the "Applegate Group" of the Siskiyous, a part of the larger Klamath Mountains geologic province.

Religion briefs - 5/24/2013

Kathy Zavada will be the guest for this week's Unity in Ashland service, at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 26, at the Havurah, 185 N. Mountain Ave.
Talent's oldest building gifted to a new congregation - 5/20/2013

TALENT — It's not often that the oldest building in a town is given away.
Religion briefs - 5/17/2013

Cornerstone Christian Church will host Dr. Derek Thomas in a lecture titled, "Getting the Gospel Right," from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
'We must protect the Earth' - 5/14/2013

Takelma elder Agnes Baker-Pilgrim of Grants Pass sat on the Dalai Lama's interfaith panel and gave the opening prayer for his three-day visit to...

'Empty' quarter is alive with birds - 5/19/2013

It could be a scene out of "The Big Year," the bird-watching comedy with Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson.
Who drained the pool? - 5/19/2013

It seems every decade or two in Medford, a few people would like to make a splash by taking a deep dive into a pool idea, while others prefer the...
The politics of fish and pine trees - 5/12/2013

Twenty-five years ago, temperatures already were climbing into the mid-70s as the military transport plane carrying Vice President George Herbert...
Owyhee wildernesses — rugged, remote - 5/12/2013

BRUNEAU, Idaho — An ocean of grayish-green sagebrush looms from horizon to horizon as you walk the canyon rims of Owyhee wilderness areas.