Three Ashlanders – all Democrats – were represented in county, state, and congressional elections on Tuesday, Nov. 5, with state Rep. Pam Marsh the sole winner among them. She was handily re-elected to her fifth term serving the district.
One day before the Nov. 5 general election, more than half of Jackson County’s 164,463 eligible voters had returned their ballots — and counting. The Ashland ballot boxes in the alley behind the library at 410 Siskiyou Blvd. will be open until 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5. Under Oregon law, mailed ballots with a Nov. 5 or earlier postmarked will be accepted until Nov. 12.
Voters have seven places across Jackson County to drop off their ballots anytime day or night. New partnerships with local law enforcement and modern camera technologies are among the tools used to preserve election security ahead of the Nov. 5 vote.
Jackson County Fire District No. 3 board members unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) Oct. 17 that will render much-needed aid — by way of administrative support — to Jackson County Fire District No. 5. Finalization of the IGA comes after months of discussion over how District 3 could provide assistance to its embattled sister district, which serves nearly 23,000 patrons on the south end of the Rogue Valley in Talent, Phoenix and unincorporated Ashland.
For the upcoming Ashland City Council election, all candidates were contacted by Ashland.news for interviews. All who responded were asked the same six questions. Answers from candidates competing for the same position have been paired together. In this, is the third of three articles on contested council seats, we hear from Douglas Knauer, candidate for council Position 1. Teresa Cisneros did not respond to multiple attempts by Ashland.news to schedule an interview.
Candidates for Ashland City Council and Jackson County Board of Commissioners will get another chance to show voters what they are about on Wednesday in Ashland. The forum, which is free and open to the public, is planned for 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in the Rogue River Room of SOU’s Stevenson Union.
Jackson County Fire District No. 5 officials say ongoing brownouts will continue for the district’s Neil Creek Road fire station near Emigrant Lake as the embattled district navigates budget struggles and staffing limitations.
A third-party investigation into former Jackson County Fire District 5 Chief Charles Hanley revealed a culture of alleged sexual harassment and misconduct that includes lewd behavior from district brass, Hanley screaming at an employee and the chief changing test scores during a promotion process.
After five years of display and many weeks of discussion, a decision was made to take down a pride banner at Ashland Public Library, the library’s management decided on a split vote at a meeting Aug. 21, a followup to an earlier meeting on July 29.
During a three-and-a-half-hour meeting Tuesday, the Jackson County Fire District 5 board offered a glimpse into the embattled district’s financial woes, including how it went from receiving an unprecedented amount of grant funding to possibly running out of money before the year is out.
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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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