Officials from Oregon’s seven public universities say they need more than $1 billion over the next two years to maintain services amid inflation and to avoid deep cuts and layoffs. That’s $100 million more than funding the state’s seven universities received in the last biennium for general support.
Three world premieres are on the program for Southern Oregon Repertory Singers’ James M. Collier First Light Festival Saturday and Sunday, May 13-14, at Southern Oregon University’s Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland.
Kingston Cannabis Co. has opened just west of Exit 14 in the former Phillips 66 gas station at 2366 Ashland St., which required more than a year of remodeling. Three food trucks — Laika’s Lox and Bagels, Tacos Libertad and Cat’s Crepes — rotate through the space outside the store.
A show celebrating European and African-American musical traditions through the lens of sisterhood is coming to Southern Oregon University at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the SOU Music Recital Hall, 450 S. Mountain Ave., Ashland, according to a news release.
A native plant sale focused on pollinators will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, at the Pollination Place, 312 N. Main St., Phoenix, according to a news release.
A day devoted to learning about birds that might live in your own backyard will be held 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 13, at the North Mountain Park Nature Center. 620 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland, according to a news release.
Chris Honoré: “During his first two years in office, Biden signed a blizzard of bills, and he has arguably been the most accomplished president since Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s.”
Herbert Rothschild: “Using immigrant worker visas, a crime ring imported workers from Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras and jobbed them out to farmers who held them in conditions approaching slavery.”
Supporters of Measure 15-214 say it would expand the use of tax dollars within the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department (APRD), while those opposed argue it should be a referendum on department management. Advocates for and against the measure spoke Tuesday during a virtual forum hosted by the League of Women Voters.
After a site visit on Monday afternoon, the Ashland Planning Commission held a public hearing Tuesday night where they unanimously approved the land use and design measures needed for a new water treatment plant for the city. Final approval by the commission is expected in two to four weeks when they make necessary legal findings.
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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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