An Ashland School District employee has started a petition opposing cuts to full-time, in-person librarian positions at Ashland Middle School and Ashland High School that will be eliminated this fall.
A majority of U.S Supreme Court justices Monday seemed inclined to side with an Oregon town’s law that bans homeless people from sleeping outdoors, in a case that could have broad implications for local ordinances related to homelessness across the country.
With the sudden death of community servant Troy Ferguson earlier this month, many in Southern Oregon are remembering the work he did throughout his life to benefit those in need in the Rogue Valley. A funeral service will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 26, at First Baptist Church of Ashland.
Ask Strider: This week, Strider has mail! He would blush if he wasn’t a dog at some of the praise, and he gets some snark from readers about the CIA, as well as an unexpected question difficult for a dog to answer on his own — even a dog like Strider.
Elisabeth Zinser: With a quarter century of law practice handling a wide variety of cases, Joe Davis is well-positioned to address the diverse range of matters that emerge in our county.
Poetry Corner: This week, two Ashland poets, Johanna Goff and Laurel Winter, celebrate nature and spring in our own backyard. And Barry Vitcov renews his call to Ashland poets for Ashland-focused poetry.
Council Corner: Oregon is a childcare desert. For every three children needing early learning or childcare, there is only one slot available. According to the Southern Oregon Education Service District, only 40% of families seeking early learning and childcare in Ashland have access to slots.
A recent poll now shows that if Donald Trump were found guilty in the hush money trial, it would have little impact on voters in November. Republican voters, that is.
Obituary: Judith Norma Franco Bennett, born Feb. 17, 1940, died in her home in Ashland, Oregon, on Monday April 15, 2024. She loved the saying “Duerme con los angelitos (Sleep with the angels),” and we rejoice that she is doing so now.
Ingrid Laursen: Becoming an Ashland Food Project green bag donor is guaranteed to put a feel-good smile on your face, and on those of our neighbors in need.
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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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