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January 2023

City Government

City manager: Ashland ‘not going to miss a beat’ after resignations

Ashland City Manager Joe Lessard said the sudden resignations of former Mayor Julie Akins and former Councilor Shaun Moran, and upcoming efforts to fill their seats, will not impact city services or administration. Lessard told Ashland.News in an interview Friday, while there may be “bumps and changes” in filling the two vacancies, the routine at City Hall will be “business as usual.”

January 28, 2023

City Government

City Council calls special meeting to discuss process for appointing new mayor, councilor

The Ashland City Council is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, to determine how to fill vacancies left by former Mayor Julie Akins and former Councilor Shaun Moran. Akins and Moran resigned abruptly Jan. 23 and 24, respectively, and the City Council has 60 days to fill the positions, according to the Ashland City Charter.

January 27, 2023

City Government

Ashland priorities topic of town hall meeting Monday

A town hall meeting called by the city of Ashland to discuss Ashland’s priorities for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, as well as longer-term priorities over the next six years, is set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.

January 27, 2023

Relocations

Relocations: MLK and the triple evils of our society

Herbert Rothschild: “Is ‘I have a dream’ the MLK speech we should be hearing now?”

January 27, 2023

City Government

Emergency warming shelter to open Saturday through Tuesday nights

Ashland’s weather forecast for the next several days includes nighttime low temperatures that drop as low as the high teens, prompting city officials to open a warming shelter Saturday evening through Wednesday morning.

January 27, 2023

Latest news

Ashland musician recalls long partnership with David Crosby

As the music world mourns the loss of David Crosby, 81, on Jan. 18, one Ashland musician says the loss was deeply personal. Jeff Pevar was a longtime friend who played guitar in Crosby’s bands for more than three decades.

January 27, 2023

Latest news

Say Their Names memorial restored by community within hours of vandalism

Following an act of vandalism to the Say Their Names memorial along the fence line at Railroad Park in Ashland in between Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning, residents came together Wednesday afternoon to restore what had been taken down and renew the community spirit surrounding the T-shirts, which bear the names of Black men, women and children lost due to their race.

January 25, 2023

Latest news

Say Their Names memorial along fence at Railroad Park vandalized

Hundreds of T-shirts making up the Say Their Names memorial in Ashland’s Railroad Park were torn down sometime late Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning. People came to the park Wednesday morning to collect, straighten and clean the shirts with the plan to return at 3:30 p.m. to rehang them.

January 25, 2023

Education

SOCAN to offer 10-week course on climate change

Southern Oregon Climate Action Now will offer a 10-week comprehensive course on climate change and its societal effects. Classes will be held 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays starting Feb. 6 at the RCC/SOU Higher Education Center, 101 S. Bartlett St., Medford.

January 24, 2023

Obituaries

Obituary: Carol Lee Perez

Obituary: Carol Lee Perez, loving sister and mother, passed away in the early morning of December 28, 2022, at the age of 74. Memorial services will be held at at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 4, at Our Lady of the Mountain Catholic Church, 987 Hillview Drive, Ashland.

January 24, 2023

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