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Avatar is expanding its franchise, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, Bob Iger, announced recently. As the recent movie, Avatar:The Way of Water was a huge success, California’s Disneyland Resort is taking measures to incorporate this…

If you are the proud owner of a cat, then the likely hood is that you have had the unpleasant experience of your feline friend bringing you home a gift in the form of a dead bird or small mammal such as a mouse or a vole. Don't be…

Medicare is a Federal health insurance program available for US residents who are aged 65 or to younger people who are disabled or have certain health conditions that make them eligible for Medicare. These conditions include End-stage Renal…

Veterans Administration Environmental Health Coordinator Rey Quintanilla assists injured veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, napalm, or other toxic substances while serving in Viet Nam, Iraq or Afghanistan. Recently, in conversation…

I got a call three weeks ago telling me that my father was in the hospital with pneumonia. He is 92 years old, so a bout of pneumonia is no small matter. I changed my vacation plans, got on a plane and flew to Southern California. Dad…

Legend has it Native Americans used it to care for the sick or elderly. In the early 1900s visitors began flocking to Ashland to bathe in it. And almost exactly 100 years later, many locals still describe it as a miracle drink. But does…

It’s great when people have made arrangements for their estate planning by setting up a will or a trust. Most people understand the importance of having these legal documents in place and reviewed with some regularity. However, recently a…

subs at Tolman Creek Plaza in Ashland, Mystic Treats is facing closure because of steep rent, owners say. Erika and Michael Lowe this week got a $5,000 loan from a loyal customer to use toward rent, but have to come up with $10,000…

On January 26, 2009, a dozen Ashlanders met to discuss a new way of supporting the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. The economy had crashed four months earlier, and the number of people in Ashland who needed emergency provisions had jumped…

HOUSTON — Alaska's moon rocks disappeared on Sept. 6, 1973. A fire set by an arsonist had torn through the state transportation museum in Anchorage, where the four rocks had been on display. The fragments, each smaller than a pea,…