“New Approaches to End-of-Life Care” on Tuesday, Sept. 5, will be the first of six public discussions in the monthly “Big Ideas” series, featuring prominent local experts speaking on relevant and timely issues affecting our community.
Oregon officials can do more to increase public awareness about an obscure civil court tool that can prevent gun violence and suicides, according to an Oregon Secretary of State report released Wednesday. The tool is based upon Oregon’s “red flag” law, which allows family members or law enforcement to petition the court for someone to turn in their firearms if they are a risk to themselves or others.
Herbert Rothschild: Frustrated by majority rule, Republican legislatures try to make it harder for citizens to get measures on ballots.
Obituary: Gloria Louise Boyd, 94, a longtime member of the Ashland community, passed away after a long illness on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Edward Hirsch: Make yourself available to God and you will find God is fully available to you.
The median Oregon taxpayer will receive close to $1,000 back on their taxes next year thanks to state tax revenue continuing to surpass expectations, state economists told lawmakers Wednesday. The state is set to pay out a record-breaking $5.6 billion through the unique “kicker” rebate, which kicks in when revenues collected exceed official projections.
Firefighters were hard at work before dawn Wednesday knocking down a grass fire on Dead Indian Memorial Road. The fire call came in at 3:06 a.m., and the first engines on scene immediately set to work defending nearby structures, said Fire District 5 Battalion Chief Jim Campbell.
A former Ashland Parks & Recreation employee will receive $700,000 to settle a lawsuit dating back to February 2022, the city of Ashland said in a statement released Monday. A post on the city’s website said the lawsuit filed by Laura Chancellor against Ashland Parks & Recreation, the city and five employees and was dismissed with the agreement of all parties “to avoid the expense and burden of further litigation.”
A newly-released aerial survey of the Ashland watershed revealed some 20% of Douglas firs have died and more are expected to die. The Douglas-fir mortality, which is impacting many areas of the state, represents a “decline spiral,” according to research papers by both the Oregon State University and U.S. Forest Service.
Southern Oregon University has earned Campus Pride’s top ranking for the 11th consecutive year as one of the nation’s top 30, “Best of the Best” LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
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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.
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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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