Friends of the late David Grubbs replaced his memorial over the weekend after finding it had been vandalized for the second time since he was murdered along the Central Bike Path in 2011.
“If we are trying to get a foundation, a fundamental stance, we won’t really find it in some claim about the stature of some religious figure or in some doctrine we are told to believe. The true foundation is That which is Prior to the search from the very start.”
“We in Ashland often delude ourselves that we’ve created the most perfect of worlds and must hold it close to our breasts, that this blessing is portable, is not outside us and is ever present in our genes and cells and souls, ready to flow like heat lightning on a summer night.”
Allegations of sexist, ageist and homophobic behavior by Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission employees are cited in a suit filed in Jackson County Circuit Court on Feb. 21 by the superintendent of Oak Knoll Golf Course.
“I write this while Russia is conducting its “shock and awe” military campaign against Ukraine. I am grieving, just as I have grieved over every war fought during my adulthood. I grieve because so many people — none of whom had a voice in the decisions that led to these wars — will be killed or maimed or displaced from their homes. They are caught in the Big Power political games in which my country has been a major player.”
Negotiators signed a tentative agreement Thursday, avoiding a possible strike by Ashland School District classified personnel. The agreement came after a third mediated negotiating session Tuesday, a day after about 70 demonstrators turned out for a rally outside the district office on Siskiyou Boulevard in Ashland.
Chock-full of favorite actors from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Rogue Theater Company’s 2022 season kicks off Thursday, March 3, at Grizzly Peak Winery in Ashland with Terrence McNally’s classic, “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune.”
What’s now a treasured-yet-crumbling Ashland landmark started as an attraction at an international exposition in San Francisco more than a century ago.
Negotiators for Ashland School District classified employees and the district have been unable to reach an agreement, so they’ll enter mediation Tuesday, Feb. 22, in an attempt to reach an agreement. The classified employees are currently working under terms of an expired contract.
“Not being the same person that you were five, 10, 20 years ago may be a sign that you are growing in consciousness and starting to re-work or release the personality.”
At just 21 years old, Ashland native Brooklyn Williams is stepping into her biggest role yet — the lead in Oregon Cabaret Theatre’s adaptation of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” playing through Dec. 31.
A women’s singing group with member from the 27 Ukrainian families now taking refuge in Ashland will perform at a benefit concert Dec. 14.
The Trump administration will require that homeless service providers force people to receive behavioral health treatment in order to access long-term, federally supported housing, a move that could mean organizations across Oregon would have to choose between receiving federal dollars or state dollars — but not both.
A local artist who arrived in Ashland three years ago is having his first solo art show at the White Rabbit gallery in downtown Ashland. Micah Blacklight has been waiting for the chance to show the personal perspective of an injustice he has witnessed over decades.
This year marks the 10th annual Thanksgiving Community Peace Meal and the First Presbyterian Church of Ashland has offered to share their space with the community. SOJWJ is lining up volunteers and cooks, as well as those who can give financial support. They are expecting to feed more than 300 people.
Ashland has been approved for a federal loan of up to $73 million to replace its 76-year-old water treatment plant, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday. The low-interest financing will allow the city to draw funds as construction progresses.
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