John Darling: The labyrinth affirms this right off by taking you straightaway nearly to the center, the goal, then diverts you away to these winding, Byzantine switchbacks to nowhere, which serve the purpose of frustrating the mind and ego and all its sense of right-wrong, good-bad, success-failure — and it’s oh-so-dear need for control.
AJ Cooper, a key player for three of the most successful football teams in Southern Oregon University history, has been named inside linebackers coach for the Oregon State Beavers.
The city of Ashland will ring in the new year with a town hall meeting. The public is invited to join Mayor Tonya Graham, City Council members and city staff as they gather from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, in the Rogue River Room in Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon University.
A new infusion of financial support for survivors of the 2020 Labor Day weekend fires will be available in the new year. The Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program will focus on low to moderate income homeowners who still need to rebuild or repair from wildfire damages.
Chris Honoré: The Endangered Species Act turned 50. Honeybees are reportedly making a comeback after three pesticides were banned. May Earth’s other struggling species follow.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has issued a report summarizing public comments the agency received about its efforts to revamp management of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Issues from the public included concerns about wildfire, logging and grazing, among others.
Peter Melton: That confusing time led to this experience of knowing herself in a brand new and glorious way, as a butterfly.
Herbert Rothschild: It’s time for us Jews to stop using the unique horror of the Holocaust as an excuse to minimize monstrous crimes against other people.
Jackson County is seeing a “high” level of flu virus cases, leading to an increase in emergency room visits, particularly among children, Jackson County Public Health officials said Thursday.
While government’s wheels sometimes turn slowly — and yours sometimes feel the jolt of a pothole — Ashland drivers will be pleased to learn that major roadway improvements are in the works for the new year. Several Ashland streets are set for rehabilitation, and two big public works projects are scheduled to be completed in 2024.
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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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