Obituaries
Obituary: Elizabeth Ann Bard Golledge
Obituary: Elizabeth Ann Bard Golledge, 82, passed away the night of Feb. 14, 2023. The funeral will be a private ceremony with only close family members present.
February 24, 2023
Obituary: Elizabeth Ann Bard Golledge, 82, passed away the night of Feb. 14, 2023. The funeral will be a private ceremony with only close family members present.
Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey spent time in Salem this week, with plans to meet with the six other public university presidents, state House Speaker Dan Rayfield, and other key legislators regarding funding for SOU and other public higher education institutions across Oregon.
An Ashland man accused of killing a teenager for playing loud music in 2020 is due to stand trial at the start of May. Robert Paul Keegan, 49, is accused of shooting Aidan Ellison, 19, in the parking lot of the Stratford Inn in Ashland on Nov. 23, 2020.
A pilot program gaining steam in Salem would help low-income Southern Oregon children under 5 get the support they need before they start school. State Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, is one of the sponsors of House Bill 2726, which would provide $5 million a year for the next five years to help fund the program in Jackson and Josephine counties.
Oregon lawmakers plan to spend nearly $200 million within the next few weeks to address housing and homelessness, describing it as a “down payment” with more to come. A trio of Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday shared the details of their plan, which also includes new policies to slow evictions and streamline home building permits.
Police in Southern Oregon received several anonymous phone calls Tuesday reporting school shootings that turned out to be false, including a call at about 8:33 a.m. claiming that a shooting had occurred at Ashland High School, prompting a lockdown for about 15 minutes.
Moderate to heavy snow is expected Tuesday evening into Wednesday morning in Southern Oregon areas above 1,500-foot elevation, according to a winter storm warning issued late Sunday by the National Weather Service and reinforced by an “urgent winter weather message” Monday afternoon.
A 70-year-old man died Sunday at Mt. Ashland Ski Area, apparently of a “cardiac incident,” according to a news release. He was unresponsive when found on the Upper Romeo Trail.
Applicants for two open seats on the Ashland City Council represent a wide diversity of backgrounds, from blue-collar residents to a former gubernatorial candidate. A total of 19 applications were received by a deadline of Tuesday, Feb. 14, and the council hopes to interview candidates through Monday, Feb. 20.
ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems can write poems, term papers and quick, coherent responses to countless questions in ways that seem authentically, or deceptively, human. Tony Davis, who has worked two decades as computational linguist, will lead a discussion of those concerns, titled “Who Wrote That?” Sunday, Feb. 19, at ScienceWorks in Ashland.
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Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
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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