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Poetry Corner: Another New Year
Poetry Corner: The New Year comes in many forms, dependent on one’s cultural traditions. This September’s New Year offers times for reflection and renewal.
September 24, 2025
Poetry Corner: The New Year comes in many forms, dependent on one’s cultural traditions. This September’s New Year offers times for reflection and renewal.
A crowd of riders from Oregon and California came out to Mount Ashland on Saturday to celebrate the debut of Mt. A-Line, a 1-mile, machine-built jump trail boasting 50 jumps, a 40-foot gap and a beginner-friendly track. The project is being hailed as a potential game-changer for Ashland’s outdoor tourism.
Despite millions in state investments, all but two counties in Oregon are childcare deserts for infants and toddlers. In rural parts of the state licensed infant care is nonexistent, leaving parents to rely on friends, family or go without.
Notice is hereby given that on October 14, 2025, the Ashland Planning Commission will hold a Public Hearing at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Civic Center, 1175 East Main Street
After more than two decades of service in every role within Ashland Fire & Rescue, Marshall Rasor has been named the department’s permanent fire chief. Rasor had been interim chief since March after Ralph Sartain retired.
Interstate 5 is closed just south of Ashland after a vehicle fire on the northbound side spread to vegetation nearby, according to reports from the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) as reported on the Watch Duty app.
People young and old came from far and wide to gather at Southern Oregon University’s Thalden Pavilion on a sunny Sunday, Sept. 21, to celebrate peace and spread the message of peace to others.
A century after the Ashland Springs Hotel opened its doors, the hotel invited a couple dozen guests to mark its 100th anniversary on Saturday, Sept. 20.
The state’s $100 billion public pension fund is under fire for selling $4.5 billion in private equity holdings without disclosing details.
Victra, a Verizon-authorized retailer announced the opening of its newest store at 1678 Ashland St. The Verizon store will be the new store front to what was formerly Ashland Electric Bikes in the Ashland Shopping Center. Verizon will offer a lineup of services and mobile plans.
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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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