A 64-year-old Ashland man was indicted today (Jan. 18) on a pair of sexual abuse charges involving a 14-year-old boy, the Ashland Police Department announced in a news release. Police believe there may be more victims and are asking anyone with more information to call them.
Work is set to begin Tuesday, Jan. 17, on creating an emergency evacuation on-ramp to allow motorists evacuating Ashland to get from North Mountain Avenue onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 5.
The words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech echoed throughout Ashland Plaza Monday afternoon, as attendees commemorated the slain civil rights leader’s life and legacy. Saturday would have been his 93rd birthday.
John Marciano writes that, “Ending violence against Blacks and people of color within and outside the nation begins with rejecting the lies and myths about racism, and the core beliefs of American Exceptionalism.”
A trio of Ashland events Monday, Jan. 17, will mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. There will be a socially distanced and masked gathering outdoors on the Ashland Plaza at 12:30 p.m., followed by the live online premier of “Martin Luther King, Jr.: Our Voices,” and a special screening of the movie “Selma” at the Varsity Theatre.
The Ashland Social Equity and Racial Justice Commission will give its first presentation to the City Council on Feb. 15.
A white Jackson County man accused of killing a black teenager in Ashland in 2020 has had his trial postponed afte
Ashland High School teachers will offer flexible, alternative options for finals to students starting the week of Jan. 24, following the school’s transition to short term distance learning on Monday, Jan. 13.
Ashland.news announced it will launch a local news site focused on Ashland, Oregon, at a news conference on Dec. 16, 2021, at Peace House in Ashland.
Longtime Ashland Parks & Recreation Commissioner Mike Gardiner announced his resignation earlier this week, adding to an already topsy-turvy time for the Park Commission as they navigate how to keep parks funded long-term.
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After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
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Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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