Uncertainty reigns because the federal government’s freeze on funding government programs is creating myriad concerns, including the possibility that funding for trail work on popular national forests in Southern Oregon and far Northern California may not be provided.
A chance to see and learn about the historic U.S. Hotel building in Jacksonville will be offered during the Britt Festival Open House from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 2. People are invited to explore the hotel before it undergoes a significant transformation into Britt Festival’s new home.
This week’s crossword: selected course titles from the OLLI@SOU 2025 Spring catalog.. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next week’s crossword: “Women: Her-story #01.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
A reliable harbinger of spring is the annual opening of Rogue Valley Growers and Crafters Market, popular destination for all things homegrown and handmade. The market will launch its 2025 season in Ashland on Tuesday, March 4, at ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum, 1500 E. Main St., and in Medford on Thursday, March 6, at Hawthorne Park, 501 E. Main St.
Black Alliance & Social Empowerment member Kim McKandes describes the organization, founded in 2019 by Executive Director Vance Beach in conjunction with a Juneteenth celebration, as “existing to make sure Oregon is a safe place for African Americans to live.”
Herbert Rothschild: In one year, from 2022 to 2023, U.S. Treasury tariff revenue declined by $12.3 billion, most of which was in effect a subsidy to China’s exporters.
Attendees at Wednesday night’s Ashland Community Resource Fair could find information at various tables piled with printed information and staffed by representatives from such organizations as ACCESS, Opportunities for Housing, Resources & Assistance, the Sunstone Housing Collaborative, 211 Eviction Prevention Program, the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness and the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).
Chaotic federal announcements about taxes, tariffs, mass firings of federal employees and spending cuts haven’t yet affected Oregon’s economic forecast, the state’s chief economist reported Wednesday.
An effort to create a safer, cleaner, more fire-resistant Bear Creek Greenway is gathering momentum as Medford and other cities explore ways to improve the 22.4-mile bike and pedestrian path from Ashland to Central Point.
The Brothers Reed have played a major role in the Rogue Valley music scene. After guitarist and singer Aaron Reed was diagnosed with a brain tumor, musicians and bands in town were looking for ways to help out. Doors to The Rally for Reed benefit concert open at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 2, at the Holly Theatre in Medford.
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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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