Jackson County Library Services and the Southern Oregon Historical Society will hold a presentation dedicated to taking a look at past local Independence Day celebrations from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 12, at the Ashland library, 410 Siskiyou Blvd.
Ashland residents who have ever wanted to meet their city manager and various city council members will soon be able to do so over a cup of coffee.
Solo guitarist David Rogers will perform from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at La Baguette Music Café, 340 “A” St., Suite 2, Ashland, playing a variety of songs from Bach to Beatles.
Based on its initial reading of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down affirmative action in higher education, Southern Oregon University leadership said the ruling won’t change the diversity of its student population.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the White House student debt relief program will have a wide effect in Oregon. About 500,000 Oregonians qualified for the program, and by late last year when the court halted applications about two-thirds with student debt had applied.
Review: The Tony Award winning musical “Kinky Boots” is an energetic production with a truly huge-hearted message. Although the play sometimes stalls, it zips back into high gear with its dazzling choreography, powerful acting, incredible costuming and lively, infectious music.
ASHLAND PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION. Council Chambers – 6 p.m. 1175 E Main St.
Oak Street Tank & Steel is one of at least 13 businesses being honored as collective Grand Marshals for the Fourth of July Parade on Tuesday, July 4, organized by the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. The fifth-generation fabrication business will join others in the lineup, including Paddington Station, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.
Sometimes, Oregonians don’t get everything they want from the Legislature, even after a 160-day session. And sometimes, not even a governor can convince enough legislators to pass a bill. Now, Gov. Tina Kotek is mapping out a future strategy after the Senate killed her proposal on changing the land-use law so cities can extend their urban growth boundaries or the area where they can build.
The snow has mostly melted, streamflows are down and at least one irrigation district has begun to draw down reservoirs for irrigation in Jackson County, where Gov. Tina Kotek on Tuesday declared a drought emergency. The Jackson County Board of Commissioners requested the emergency declaration last month.
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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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