Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey on Tuesday denounced the loss of life in Gaza, and simultaneously condemned a statement written in chalk last week on the Ashland campus that was offensive to some Jewish students and staff on campus.
Fire has long been a fundamental part of forest regeneration that creates soil health, and less density and competition among trees to Indigenous communities. State and federal agencies are now beginning to come around to Indigenous knowledge of low-intensity fires, curbing severe wildfires.
Service Notice: A brief Catholic memorial service for Judy Bennett, followed by an informal gathering to share memories, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 27, at the Litwiller-Simonsen Funeral Home Chapel, 1811 Ashland St., Ashland.
In the primary race between a pair of Ashland Republicans competing for the chance to unseat state House District 5 Rep. Pam Marsh — an Ashland Democrat — in the November election, Katherine Green garnered nearly twice as many votes as Sandra Abercrombie.
Garden of the Month: John Schroeder and Debbie Beck have been gardening at the Laurel Street home since they purchased the property in the spring of 1983.
Oregon voters decided to give a slate of state legislators a chance to prove themselves worthy of a promotion to statewide office in the November elections. Three statewide races — for attorney general, secretary of state and treasurer — are open.
Nine plays will take center stage during the 90th anniversary season of Oregon Shakespeare Festival in 2025. Artistic Director Tim Bond reveled in the excitement about the lineup following the Tuesday afternoon announcement, sharing his hope that the season will be a rebirth for the nonprofit theater following a tumultuous few years.
Ask Strider: This week, an alert reader gives a great reminder about keeping dogs safe and out of hot cars. And Strider helps another reader think about the best way to ease their dog’s journey over the rainbow bridge.
A Tuesday primary election ballot measure to cut Jackson County commissioners salaries to $75,000 received overwhelming support from voters, according to unofficial results at 8 p.m. But two other ballot measures — one that would have made the commissioner position nonpartisan, another increasing the size of the board from three to five — appear to be rejected, according to the first round of ballot results released by the Jackson County Elections Office.
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Ontario, appears to be on his way to a third term in Congress after easily defeating Prineville Mayor Jason Beebe in Oregon’s primary election to be his party’s candidate to represent the sprawling, heavily Republican 2nd Congressional District that takes in Jackson and Josephine counties, according to unofficial election returns at 8 p.m. Tuesday.
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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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