Jason Houk: There is nothing new today that would prevent community groups from using Pioneer Hall right now as it is intended to be used. SOJWJ has offered to pay for the costs of cleaning Pioneer Hall, the costs of extermination and continued maintenance.
Jeff LaLande: I believe Lathkawk was the Upland Takelma name for Grizzly Peak, as J.P.Harrington’s Upland Takelma source, Molly Orton, told him nearly a century ago, and that Lathkawk was not the name for Pompadour Bluff.
The emergency severe weather shelter at 2200 Ashland St. will open at 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday nights, the city of Ashland announced Tuesday. The shelter opens at 5 p.m. The doors close and lights go out by 10 p.m. The shelter closes at 9 a.m. the next morning.
Gov. Tina Kotek on Dec. 5 issued new orders to forgive unpaid traffic fines for more than 10,000 Oregonians, making them eligible to get their driving privileges reinstated.
Piled high with ski boots, snowboards and other snow apparel, Southern Oregon’s Stevenson Union building was packed with people Saturday morning looking to purchase fresh equipment at the annual Ashland Ski Swap. While nearby Mt. Ashland Ski Area remains closed until the mountain receives a healthy dose of new powder, many ski swap attendees were eager to buy gear for the upcoming season.
Five gray wolves captured by Colorado wildlife agents in Oregon were released into the wild on the Western Slope of the Rockies on Monday, fulfilling a Colorado voter-approved 2020 ballot initiative to reintroduce the animals in Colorado in the name of restoring ecological balance.
Gayle Kouklis: As a climate physician, what I thought stood out most was the summit’s first-ever Health Day. For many in attendance, this was the first time they made the connection between medical illness and climate change.
The Friends of the Hannon Library will host the 29th William Stafford Poetry Celebration from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at Southern Oregon University’s Hannon Library, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland, in the Meese Room.
An unknown individual called an Ashland gas station and convenience store over the weekend and attempted to extort money through a threatening phone call. The threatening call came in to the Chevron at 2500 Highway 66 on Saturday, said Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara.
The holiday spirit of joyful giving and gratitude was on full display at the Ashland Armory on Sunday afternoon with the return of the Abundance Swap. Created in 2001 by state Sen. Jeff Golden, D-Ashland, to combat the commercialism often associated with the holiday season, it also promotes community and connectedness.
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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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