Posted Thursday, November 29, 2001

The Siskiyou Summit is empty Wednesday afternoon save for two Oregon State Police officers, Lt. Daniel Durbin (right) and Patrol Sgt. Brian Powers, who stop to compare notes after each made a sweep of the interstate. Ashland Daily Tidings/DENISE BARATTA

Plows clear I-5 pass
Traffic on Interstate 5 slowly got back to normal today, following blizzard conditions on the Siskiyou Summit which forced overnight closure in both directions.

Head to the slopes
It's official: the Mt. Ashland Ski Area opens Friday.

Metro Air One board agrees to flight restrictions
After months of community meetings, controversy and debate, the Talent City Council and the board of directors governing the Metro Air One police helicopter have reached agreement over use of the chopper in city skies.

Two arrested at timber sale protest
A crowd of protesters converged on the Jackson County Fairgrounds Exposition Park in Central Point this morning to express opposition to the Medford District Bureau of Land Management's auction of timber sales.

Rebels say they are in Kandahar
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A top commander of the northern alliance said today that his forces were moving into Kandahar, the only city the Taliban still control in Afghanistan. The Pentagon said opposition troops could be in the provincial district around the city.

Cost overruns could limit Olympic pageantry
WASHINGTON (AP) - Salt Lake Olympic chief Mitt Romney says the costs of the Olympic Games are growing out of control and the pageantry surrounding the games should be scaled back.

Sharon: Truce hinges on week without violence
JERUSALEM (AP) - In a tough speech ahead of his U.S. trip, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said today he will not budge from a demand for a week without Palestinian attacks as a condition for carrying out a U.S.-backed truce deal.