
Season of changes at Crater Lake National Park
There’s a lot happening at Crater Lake National Park, from the naming of an interim superintendent to uncertainty of summer season ranger-led programs to the annual efforts to open snow-closed roads.

There’s a lot happening at Crater Lake National Park, from the naming of an interim superintendent to uncertainty of summer season ranger-led programs to the annual efforts to open snow-closed roads.

Michael O’Looney: Checking in on Donald Trump and sometime friend Elon Musk.

Following an announcement to members and donors of the departure of executive director Gabriella Calicchio, Oregon Shakespeare Festival on Friday announced the position has been filled internally while the organization launches a search for a permanent replacement.

Kim Andresen looks forward to more collaborations with regional artists, and engaging younger generations through educational and outreach initiatives.

A happy “Disaster” will soon be happening at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre.

The city of Ashland has added a public self service kiosk to the city’s Community Development & Engineering Services Building, 51 Winburn Way, according to a news release.

Herbert Rothschild: Birth rates have fallen throughout the industrialized world. In addition to the general concern the declines have caused, they are of special concern to nativists everywhere because immigration is the obvious fix for the problem.

This week’s crossword: discover a hidden local transportation option and some of its benefits. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “OSF’s Secret Season #02.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.

Fire engines, a bulldozer, helicopter and aircraft are tackling a 3-5-acre fire reported around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 16100 block of North Applegate Road north of Provolt in the Applegate Valley, according to ODF, Watch Duty and PulsePoint reports.

Ashland School Board members recently voted to approve a one-year extension for Ashland Superintendent Joseph Hattrick, following an eventful first year in the role.
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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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