July 12, 2026

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Education

Oregon Legislature adjourns 2025 session as Democrats’ transportation plans stumble

In the end, Oregon lawmakers did grapple with the biggest questions before them this year. All it took was six months of grinding work weeks. The 2025 legislative session ended Friday evening at 11:15 p.m. after a marathon day packed with more drama and uncertainty than any session in recent memory. With the final gavels, lawmakers bid farewell to a session that included some notable accomplishments — and one dizzying failure.

June 28, 2025

Business

SOU graduate details Oregon’s energy future at university discussion

A Southern Oregon University graduate and executive of a company developing renewable energy projects said the state is making significant strides towards a 100% clean electricity goal by 2040.

May 18, 2025

City Government

Study session: Council discussed budget, utilities assistance program

Ashland City Council reviewed the city’s sources of revenue alongside costs and potential changes to its low income assistance program during its Monday evening study session. The main sources of revenue for the city are charges for services, franchise fees, ambulance revenue and property taxes, Finance Director Marriane Berry said.

April 18, 2025

Energy

Oregonians ask Legislature to let voters decide on constitutional right to healthy climate

If passed, Senate Joint Resolution 28 would refer a ballot measure to Oregon voters in November to amend the state constitution so that it guarantees the “inherent, fundamental right to a clean, safe and healthy environment, including but not limited to clean air, clean water, thriving ecosystems and a stable climate system.”

March 27, 2025

Economy

‘Let them feel your wrath’: At Ashland town hall, Merkley rails against the ‘tyrant’

An overflow audience at the Ashland High School gymnasium Sunday afternoon erupted into thunderous applause as U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) blasted the “tyrannical” actions of the Trump administration. At the boisterous town hall, with at least 1,000 in attendance, Merkley laid out a stark, apocalyptic critique of President Donald Trump.

March 17, 2025

City Government

City Council approves fossil fuel fees on new residential construction

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.

February 20, 2025

City Government

Final vote mandating fees on fossil fuel use in new residential construction expected Tuesday

Two weeks after its first February meeting was canceled due to unsafe road conditions due to snow, the Ashland City Council takes up business Tuesday, Feb. 17, it had expected to handle on Feb. 4. Its Feb. 3 study session, however, which was also canceled, is still pending as Monday, Feb. 17, was Presidents Day.

February 18, 2025

Energy

Warmer, wetter weather projected due to climate change

People in Southern Oregon and far Northern California will likely see ongoing changes in weather patterns in coming years, and those changes aren’t necessarily positive. During a Wednesday evening presentation, “Southern Oregon Climate Trends, Projections, and Consequences,” Dr. Alan Journet, co-facilitator of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN), offered a series of possible scenarios if steps are not taken to immediately stop or at least slow climate change.

January 23, 2025

City Government

Council votes to impose fee on gas appliance installation in new residential structures

Following a nearly two-year-long campaign led in part by Ashland High School students, the Ashland City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve the first reading of an ordinance imposing fees to discourage installation of gas appliances in new residential construction.

January 22, 2025

City Government

Fee on fossil-fuel appliances in new homes up for council vote Tuesday

At its first meeting of the new year Tuesday, the Ashland City Council is expected to sew up loose threads from last year with votes to approve the 2200 Ashland St. Master Plan, formally create an Ashland Parks & Recreation Department and the first reading of an ordinance to mitigate carbon pollution for new residential structures, according to meeting materials.

January 17, 2025

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