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Ashland gives Pacific Crest Trail hikers a lift into town
Weary hikers traveling the Pacific Crest Trail can now hitch a ride into Ashland thanks to a new shuttle service from the trailhead.
July 18, 2025
Weary hikers traveling the Pacific Crest Trail can now hitch a ride into Ashland thanks to a new shuttle service from the trailhead.
REQUA, Calif. – Feelings of relief, pride. Of glad that it’s over, of experiences that will never be forgotten.
REQUA, California – After 30 days and 310 miles of paddling, the journey is over.
Indigenous youth from around the globe signed a pact Sunday at the mouth of the Klamath River calling for the removal of dams around the world. It also came on the heels of the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River, which saw youth from various tribes kayak the river for the first time since four hydroelectric dams were removed in 2024.
A broader variety of items are now accepted both at the Ashland Recycling Center and in recycling bins for those using Recology’s curbside service. New items include molded fiber (including egg cartons and paper berry baskets), aseptic or Tetra Pak containers (such as those used for milk, broth and juice), and select nursery plant containers.
Crews continue to make progress on the more than 70 fires in Jackson and Josephine counties.
The National Weather Service has extended an extreme heat warning as temperatures in Ashland nearly hit triple digits.
Crews are making progress on the more than 70 fires burning in Jackson and Josephine counties as they face dangerous, dry conditions in the coming days.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has declared the first drought emergencies of the year for two counties on opposite sides of the state. The governor signed the orders on Thursday in Baker County along the northeast Oregon-Idaho border, and Lincoln County, on the Oregon Coast.
Recology, the company that provides garbage and recycling services to Ashland and Talent, will host an open house on Saturday, July 12, at the Ashland Recycling Center.
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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.
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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