Ashland Fire & Rescue has hired Mark Shay as its first dedicated fire marshal in a few years. Because the city hasn’t had a fire marshal in a while, Shay has some catch-up work to do on the bread and butter of a fire marshal’s work — fire prevention.
Republican senators who participated in the longest quorum-denying walkout in state history will learn their political fate on Thursday when the Oregon Supreme Court rules on their lawsuit over a voter-approved law intended to discourage walkouts.
Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Council Chambers, 1175 E Main Street
Monday, February 5, 2024. Council Chambers, 1175 E Main Street
Ashland Dairy Queen Owner Jason Federico opened the back door to the fast food franchise restaurant on Tuesday afternoon, but instead of a bustling and cheery ice cream eatery, he stepped into an echoey, bare-bones remnant that still smelled of smoke, a far cry from what it was when he opened it in April 2022.
Erin Zelinka: “Put your art out there, whether it’s writing or visual arts or music. If you can have the bravery to be authentically you, your people will then find you and support you.”
The theme of this debut crossword for Ashland.News is our favorite urban denizens. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print.
Wind gusts of up to 70 mph are expected from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 7 p.m. Wednesday in southeast Jackson County, including Ashland and Interstate 5 over Siskiyou Summit, the National Weather Service said in a high wind warning notice issued Monday evening.
Not one, not two, but three individuals were awarded Southern Oregon University’s highest honor — The President’s Medal — on Jan. 10 at the Ashland campus. Former Oregon Poet Laureate Lawson Inada, artist Betty LaDuke, and founder of the sister university partnership between SOU and University of Guanajauto “Senora Chela” Tapp Kocks were recognized for their wide ranging achievements.
“The Meaning of Love” at the SOU Music Recital Hall will feature Portland vocalists Jocelyn Clare Thomas and Zachary Lenox as guest artists.
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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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