This photo of a black bear was snapped around 6 p.m. on Aug. 7 in an alley near downtown Ashland. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said it has received more than 60 reports of bear sightings in Ashland this year.
By Emma Maple of the Daily Courier
With slim pickings in the mountains, black bears seem to have turned to the next best option — roaming through Ashland in search of trash, and chickens, to satisfy their cravings.
Bear sightings have been more frequent and earlier in the season this year in Ashland, according to city and state officials. With a low snowpack and light spring rainfall lightening the berry season, bears have been wandering around town in search of food.
Branson Young and Cashel Bost scored for Grants Pass in a 2-1 win in Saturday’s non-league boys’ soccer game against Corvallis, last year’s Class 5A runner-up, on Saturday at Mel Ingram Field.
The Cavemen (1-1) managed to hold on in a match in which all of the scoring took place in the first half.
Young scored on a set-piece with an assist from Drew Townes, and Bost scored on a Caveman corner kick, with an assist from Alessandro Corradi.
A motorcyclist who crashed 30 feet down a steep, rugged Rogue River embankment on Monday was rescued by first responders and airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries, according to Rural Metro Fire.
A REACH Air Medical Services helicopter landed on the Grave Creek Bridge near the Rainie Falls trailhead in order to pick up the motorcyclist.
Two wild horses in the Adobe Valley area of California's Eastern Sierra tussle in "Sparring," an image that earned a first place in the Southern Oregon Photographic Association's competition.
Daily Courier
The Southern Oregon Photographic Association has named the winning images from its September competition.
A total of 106 images were submitted by members for judging, 69 in the electronic image division and 37 prints.
The electronic images were judged online by members of the Film Pack Camera Club based in Clark County, Washington.
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