Northern crayfish, which can negatively impact other fish populations, were found in the Ashland canal, according to state Fish and Wildlife officials, the first such discovery in the state. The species is native to the Midwest. Officials said, “This discovery could be bad news for Oregon’s native signal crayfish — northern crayfish are much more aggressive.”
John Marciano: “The thousands of blacks who die because they lack health insurance are victims of an institutional hate crime. Don’t their Black Lives Matter?”
Climate Spotlight: “Using ‘natural’ gas is one of the biggest sources of emissions in Ashland. The city needs a concrete plan to phase it out — and so do all the rest of us.”
John Darling: “Almost always in these interviews, there comes a moment when they pull back the curtain and say something about themselves, about how they understand life, about what it all might mean.”
More than 2,000 abortion rights protesters gathered at the Ashland Public Library Saturday and marched down Main Street to the Ashland Plaza, one of hundreds of “Bans Off Our Bodies” rallies across the nation in response to a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.
A march is set to start from the Ashland Public Library at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, and head north for four blocks up East Main Street sidewalks to the Ashland Plaza for a “Bans Off Our Bodies” rally decrying a draft Supreme Court decision leaked last week that, if finalized, would overturn the 1970 court decision that recognized a pregnant woman’s right to make a choice whether to have an abortion.
It’s not necessary to travel to New York City to see a Broadway-quality musical — just head to Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland to see Lin Manuel-Miranda’s “In the Heights,” an energetic, dazzlingly choreographed and incredibly produced musical that won four Tony Awards in 2008, including best musical.
Herbert Rothschild: “Over the course of 40 years, administration after administration has chosen to wage wars from which no one benefitted except weapons makers and military contractors.”
A building on Ashland Plaza suffered significant damage Wednesday afternoon from a fire of unknown origin that didn’t cause any human injuries, but destroyed the home of a longtime Ashland couple and claimed the life of one cat while sparing another. The fire caused “significant damage” to two residences and three offices on the upper floors, while the ground floor shop and restaurant suffered smoke and water damage.
Southern Oregon University is looking for ways to smooth out access for students in the southern Oregon region. Ashland and Medford school districts signed an intergovernmental agreement with SOU in the past week to share basic “directory information” about high school students to help the university reach out to them about enrollment opportunities.
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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.
It’s complicated.
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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