The National Weather Service Medford office has issued a red flag warning due to the risk of “abundant” lightning striking on dry fuels from 2 to 11 p.m. Wednesday, July 30, in areas of Southern Oregon including Ashland.
Wendy Eppinger: I’ve known Eric Navickas for such a long time. He’s no racist, and he apologized to Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara for his emotional moment, and I appreciate Tighe and his interactions with our Ashland community.
This week’s bonus pilot word puzzle has clockwise and counterclockwise clues. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “CrosspOLLInation 2025 Fall #01 .” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
State Rep. Pam Marsh, D-Ashland, will host a town hall and ice cream social event at the Talent Community Center this weekend in Talent. Marsh will provide updates on the 2025 legislative session.
In the face of looming $6 million cuts to the $66.7 million university budget and nearly 10% drop in fall freshman enrollment, Southern Oregon University President Rick Bailey is preparing to cut his annual salary by 20%.
Cliff Bentz, Ashland’s congressional representative, made his first visit to his district since voting for federal budget cuts.
James Lobsenz: The same government officials who praise the religious organizations that provide relief simultaneously adopt laws and regulations that make it more difficult for them to do so, because many residents are unhappy about long lines of poor people gathering at churches or the offices of charitable food distribution centers.
Playing the delightfully over-the-top Miss Adelaide in “Guys and Dolls,” Jones … brings a deep well of emotion, sparked by memories of her late uncle, theater professor Paul R. Jones, whose college production of the classic musical first sparked what would become her lifelong passion for performance.
A local rally and food drive on Saturday, July 26, opposing President Donald Trump’s federal tax and spending bill drew about 100 to Ashland Plaza.
The Japan All-Star Team shut out the South Valley Wolfpack — an Ashland and Phoenix team — in the 18th Pacific Rim Bowl, a historic cultural exchange between Ashland High School and Japan’s All-Stars that started in 1988.
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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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