Ashland resident and professional musician Kris Yenney has been building a concert series of top-notch talent in the acoustic, folk and traditional spaces over the last few years. The series provides world-class musicians on intimate stages in the area such as Grizzly Peak Winery, Laughing Lady Farm and even Yenney’s home in Ashland.
Marsha Chevalier: The media, both professional and amateur, has spent a lot of time vilifying Trump and painting a dire picture of what will happen if he wins the presidency again (or even if he loses).
The Southern Oregon Homelessness Summit is an opportunity to learn how services work and what is being done to address homelessness throughout the region, said Cass Sinclair, executive director of Opportunities for Housing, Resources & Assistance. Curious community members can attend for $25 — a cost that includes a “nice lunch” — from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 3, at Ashland Hills Hotel.
Obituary: The world lost a beautiful soul with the unexpected passing of Bill Archer on Dec. 21. Born in Ashland, Bill helped on the family ranch, played sports and developed a love for the outdoors. A celebration of Bill’s life will take place May 4 in Ashland.
Ashland artist Chava Florendo, whose work with Indigenous communities cultivates social change, has been awarded a Fields Artist Fellowship.
Ashland police arrested one former Southern Oregon University student and cited another in connection with the vandalism last month at Chabad Jewish Center in Ashland.
Ashland Parks & Recreation Commissioners on Wednesday approved another three-year contract for continued riparian restoration using controlled herbicides with the Freshwater Trust.
A Jackson County grand jury indicted a Sacramento man on multiple felony drug charges accusing him of bringing to Southern Oregon more than 100 pounds of suspected methamphetamine and roughly 12 pounds of fentanyl pressed into counterfeit oxycodone pills seized Tuesday in south Ashland.
Ashland residents Wednesday night got a taste of the challenges Sen. Jeff Golden will face in the upcoming short Oregon legislative session. Dominating the discussion both nights was repealing or modifying a drug decriminalization law, homelessness, affordable housing and the issue that remains front and center for Ashland residents: the lack of state funding to help this community deal with wildfires.
Sally McKirgan: It is important to watch what you are thinking and be the curator of your thoughts. Is it kind? Is it judgmental? Is it reflecting jealousy? Is it comparing or condemning yourself?
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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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