Interstate 5 is now open northbound and southbound over the Siskiyou Summit between milepost 11 in Ashland and the Oregon-California border, ODOT announced at 8:12 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, after an approximately 16-hour closure. Chains are required on all vehicles, excluding four-wheel drive and all-wheel drive vehicles (unless towing).
Rogue Valley craft lovers will be a happy lot this holiday season with all the artisan fairs and shows on tap. The events begin in November and continue until just before Christmas. Area crafters will offer everything from beautifully carved wooden pieces and clay pottery to unique handmade treasures perfect for gift-giving.
Rogue Valley’s theaters will be brimming with holiday cheer as professional troupes and local talent bring festive shows to the stage. There will be no shortage of holiday magic. This theater-loving valley is the perfect destination to unwrap a little seasonal joy.
The Say Their Names Memorial was vandalized again sometime overnight Monday night, with dozens of T-shirts removed from the fence along the Central Bike Path by Railroad Park. It’s the sixth time the memorials been vandalized, and the second time in 2024.
Review: Tina’s Howe’s short play “Museum,” on view at the Main Stage Theatre at Southern Oregon University through Sunday, is about 90 minutes of entertaining theater, as various museum regulars and newcomers wander through one of the main, modernist exhibitions at a popular gallery.
A fallen tree knocked out power to some neighborhoods in southeast Ashland Tuesday evening as high winds and rain swept into the area. Power to most of the area was restored after about two hours, but electricity was till out to some homes along Normal Avenue which may not have service restored until Wednesday morning.
Tuesday evening a weather system driven by what’s described as a “bomb cyclone” off Washington state will send copious amounts of moisture in the form of rain and snow over much of the Northwest, with the coasts of Southern Oregon and Northern California taking the brunt of the incoming system.
STUDY SESSION AGENDA Monday, November 18, 2024 Council Chambers, 1175 E Main Street Live stream via rvtv.sou.edu select RVTV Prime. Recorded meetings are available on our website. Public testimony will
Notice is hereby given that on December 10, 2024, the Ashland Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Civic Center, 1175 East Main Street
A thought-provoking discussion Sunday about Ashland’s evolving homeless situation was overshadowed by fears the country is on course to treating it more as a criminal issue. Guest speaker Echo Fields, a retired Southern Oregon University sociology professor who has been actively involved in homeless issues, said the country appears to be reverting to 19th century laws that penalized the poor.
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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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