The sounds of drum beats were met with cheers and applause at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s outdoor stage Wednesday evening as jubilant performances by area students helped kick off the Juneteenth celebration with fanfare at the Green Show.
After a successful performance review conducted over the course of three executive sessions, the Ashland City Council on Tuesday approved a salary increase for Interim City Manager Sabrina Cotta on a 4-1 vote.
Multiple fire agencies threw all the ground and air resources they have at a pair of wildfires Thursday afternoon and into the evening, one south of Shady Cove and another in the Applegate. Forward progress of a 50- to 60-acre fire burning along Highway 62 south of Shady Cove has been stopped, according to an update at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Notice is hereby given that on July 9, 2024, the Ashland Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Civic Center, 1175 East Main Street for the following items:
The Opportunities for Housing, Resources & Assistance location at 2350 Ashland St. is only four years old, but has already established itself as the largest social services resource hub in the region and continues to work hard to meet demand for its services. The shelter’s 52 rooms are always full — a waitlist of around 80 people has remained constant since the doors opened in April 2021.
School may be out for summer, but free lunches are being served up at two Ashland elementary schools after a newly funded free onsite lunch program launched earlier this week for youth ages 1-18.
Summertime in Ashland is about to be amplified by the reappearance of the Ashland City Band with weekly concerts coming back each Thursday in Lithia Park. Every Thursday from June 20 to Aug. 15, the longstanding band will play a range of tunes that include classic compositions, American marches, and lesser-known classical pieces.
The Ashland Police Department used force less often in 2023 while responding to more calls for service and began enforcing the city’s new camping ordinance according to an expansive report from Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara at the council study session Monday.
Ask Strider: This week, the dog about town answers questions about his friendship with a cedar tree. And he relishes his memory of the one place he still dreams about going, the day Tod forgot to wear her Bogs.
A crowd of at least 200 picketing nurses and community allies surrounded Providence Medford Medical Center Tuesday as Southern Oregon’s portion of the largest nursing strike in the state’s history kicked off in earnest.
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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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