Phoenix-Talent School District nurse Carrie McDonald was honored by the Oregon School Nurses Association as the 2025 Oregon School Nurse of the Year during its annual spring conference in Lincoln City.
So others don’t have to go through the night of terror Scott Balcom survived in the Rapp Road area of Talent the night of the Almeda Fire, the city of Ashland and a trio of community partners are cooperating on a series of events to foster resilience in the face of wildfire. The first event is Monday at Carpenter Hall.
The 12 wineries along the Bear Creek Wine Trail are teaming up to bring their best wines to the table for attendees of the inaugural Bear Creek Wine Trail Festival, with a chance to enjoy the scenic views and backdrop of Naumes Suncrest Winery in Talent.
Jackson County Fire District 5 officials and union members reached an agreement Tuesday for reduced staffing minimums on fire engines and other apparatus to better distribute service coverage during an ongoing staffing struggle.
Uncertainty reigns because the federal government’s freeze on funding government programs is creating myriad concerns, including the possibility that funding for trail work on popular national forests in Southern Oregon and far Northern California may not be provided.
Some rural Talent residents say the recent Southern Oregon snowstorm gave them more practice than they’d have liked to test out their assortment of doomsday supplies and survival skills — a more than three-and-a-half-day-long exercise in relying on the array of off-the-grid infrastructure put in place over the past decade.
The new Talent Travel Center has begun round-the-clock operations that aim to attract locals, travelers and truckers. Located off Interstate 5 at Exit 21 on West Valley View Road, the business replaces the old Talent Truck Stop, offering some big rig fueling services beginning in 2018.
Talent will host winter’s quarterly Talent Art Walk on Friday, an event that brings together artists, local business owners, nonprofit leaders, and community members for an evening of art, culture, and connection. The event is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, with some locations open until 8 p.m. at different participating locations around downtown Talent.
A Community Resource Center will be coming to Talent after the city received notice of approval for a $1.5 million federal grant from Business Oregon in late December. The center would house nonprofit agencies that work for the benefit of Talent citizens.
Talent-based eatery Pump House 2.0 will close next week, bidding farewell to the community after some starts and stops at a busy downtown corner. Announced Jan. 2, Pump House 2.0 will be open for its final day Saturday, Jan. 18.
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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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