NBC5 News reporter Mariah Mills is a Medford native. She graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s Degree in journalism. She also minored in sociology.
In school, she covered Oregon athletics for the student-run television station, Duck TV. When she’s not reporting, she’s reading, hiking and rooting for her favorite teams, the Seattle Seahawks and the Oregon Ducks.
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An undergrad student from Southern Oregon University is doing just that.
Last month, Jack Diab, an incoming senior at SOU has been working remotely with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Diab says he’s wanted to work with NASA since he was a kid.
He says he’s doing research on a dwarf planet called ‘Series’ in the asteroid belt.
“We’re using a lot of thermodynamic modeling and numerical models to kind of simulate the ocean composition of early series and kind of relating that to data from the Dawn spacecraft which finished its mission,” said Diab.
Diab says he hasn’t gone to the lab down in California due to COVID restrictions.
SALEM, Ore. The Oregon Forest Resources Institute is being asked to improve its performance and operations following an audit conducted by the Secretary of State’s Office.
The audit claims the state agency’s public research and advertising efforts may be working to shift public opinions and attitudes to favor the forest industry, rather than providing objective information.
The Beaverton-based OFRI was established back in 1991 to create forestry education programs and materials.
It’s at risk of statutory non-compliance after participating in various events and outreach activities that covered controversial topic areas, which may have catered to policymakers.
The Secretary of State’s audit says between 2019 and 2020, the agency’s content garnered over 52 million impressions across advertising, digital media, online streaming, and trade print.
ROGUE VALLEY, Ore. School districts across Oregon are keeping students busy in fun and engaging ways this summer.
This comes after the state gave districts new funding to ensure students continue learning after a pretty tough last school year.
Arts and crafts, lego building, science experiments, and much more are being offered to kids aged kindergarten to 8th grade this summer.
The best part for parents? The summer sessions are free.
“We have been breaking open rocks, and we have these cool rock kits and check if they’re magnetic and like, look at the different minerals in them,” said incoming 5th graders at Central Point Elementary School, Carter Rosetto and Jackson Broughton. They’re a part of CPE’s Connect Summer Program.
The fire is completely contained, but it provided some frightening moments for people in the area.
“I stayed here and kept the site secure and was able to monitor the fire and update the guests and staff down at the cooling shelter,” said Operations Manager for Rogue Retreat, Justin Hon, says Sunday’s fire near the Bear Creek Greenway brought back some terrible memories from last fall.
“I saw this big plume of smoke and I was extremely devastated, you know because it triggered the Almeda with me and I thought – we’re going to lose everything.”
Hon says Rogue Retreat recently secured a lease on the land behind the old Crater Meat Packing building to establish another urban campground.