A 30% increase to the Oregon labor bureau’s budget will help the agency hire 50 investigators to help reduce a backlog of wage theft and discrimination cases.
Two Ashland restaurants — Alchemy Restaurant and Bar and Larks Home Kitchen Cuisine — have earned national recognition for their exceptional wine programs.
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%.
Ashland officials and a labor union representing more than 40 city employees reached a tentative agreement that would give workers a 4% pay raise.
The Rogue Valley Transportation District Board of Directors approved a plan that will cut two bus routes in Ashland.
Gov. Tina Kotek’s plan to prevent layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation and local governments around the state relies on a 6-cent gas tax increase, hikes to title and registration fees and doubling the payroll tax that funds transit.
Local activists plan to stage a rally and food drive in response to President Donald Trump’s federal tax and spending bill that was signed into law earlier this month. The rally is scheduled for 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 26, on Ashland Plaza.
Gov. Tina Kotek announced Tuesday that she called lawmakers back to the Capital to for a special session at the end of August to address the $350 million shortfall in the Department of Transportation budget.
Four Ashland farms welcomed visitors for an annual event aimed at educating the public about local food and those who produce it.
The Ashland City Council approved a local developer to build affordable housing in the Beach Creek development.
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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.
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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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