A crash has closed Interstate 5 northbound just north of California border near the top of Siskiyou Pass, according to an Oregon Department of Transportation post on tripcheck.com before noon Friday and still in effect as of 12:40 p.m.
This week’s crossword: remaining plays and Spotlights in Camelot’s 2025 season. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next week’s crossword: “CrosspOLLInation 2025 Spring.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
Attention, chocoholics: Your favorite time of year is back, and your sweet tooth is about to be very busy. The 21st annual Oregon Chocolate Festival returns to Ashland Hills Hotel and Suites March 7-9, featuring a chocolate brunch, a chocolate product competition, a costume contest, family activities and demos and presentations from world-renowned chocolatiers, sommeliers and chefs.
Herbert Rothschild: I was pleased when Trump announced that the U.S. will oppose NATO membership for Ukraine. That is the necessary prelude to ending the war of attrition in Ukraine, a war Ukraine cannot win and, over time, is bound to lose.
David Hoffman: As a citizen, I find myself shocked by the news that the Trump administration has on its agenda the opening of IRS and SSA files which will allow the unrestrictive seizure and distribution of private information like tax returns, Social Security numbers, and addresses.
Sharon Dohrmann: Mr. Bentz, you took an oath to defend the Constitution, not to pledge your loyalty to one man or party. You and I may not agree on much, but please, let’s agree that to remain faithful to the Constitution and hold people accountable when they attempt to break it.
Federal threats to stop funding campuses that support diversity programs have sent shock waves through Southern Oregon University and Ashland schools. A majority of students at SOU rely on federal grants to help cover tuition, and roughly two-thirds of the school’s $65 million general fund budget is derived from federal dollars.
Notice is hereby given that on March 11, 2025, the Ashland Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Civic Center, 1175 East Main Street
An ordinance establishing “impact fees” for installation of fossil-fueled appliances in new residential construction was unanimously approved by the Ashland City Council on Tuesday, but only after parties both in support of and opposed to the ordinance took turns denouncing misinformation circulating around the issue.
President Donald Trump’s moves to slash the federal workforce have gutted the ranks of wildland firefighters and support personnel, fire professionals warn, leaving communities to face deadly consequences when big blazes arrive this summer.
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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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