Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit developer of affordable housing, may build in Ashland after all. KDA Homes, an Ashland-based developer, has offered to donate two lots to Habitat for Humanity at the Beach Creek subdivision on North Mountain Avenue.
Obituary: Former longtime resident of Ashland, Dr. C. Herschel (Hersch) King died on the full moon of July 3 of complications from Parkinson’s disease.
Ashland’s Thalden Foundation is funding construction of homes built of extruded concrete poured by a 3D printer. Priority will be given to Almeda Fire victims.
Federal regulators delayed a key vote that would allow more natural gas to flow through Oregon, Idaho, Washington and to California following pressure from environmentalists and Oregon’s two U.S. senators.
The fire danger level rose to “extreme” in Jackson and Josephine counties early Saturday morning, July 29, the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest Oregon District has announced. Dry vegetation and hot weather conditions prompted the move, ODF said.
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Gov. Tina Kotek won’t veto a hotly debated bill to let more Oregonians pump their own gas, but she does plan to nix funding for studies on a Salem streetcar and decriminalizing prostitution. Kotek on Friday released a list of bills she is considering vetoing and spending items she plans to run her red pen through, a notice she’s required to provide under the state Constitution.
Herbert Rothschild: Why won’t the Fed be content until the rate of inflation hits 2%? After all, the level of inflation is not the sole component of a strong economy.
A tour of the Atomic Bomb Museum, a visit to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and participation in a peace ceremony were part of the Ashland High School football team’s activities as they get ready for Saturday’s Pacific Rim Bowl contest.
The Oregon Legislature made progress this year on addressing the state’s housing crisis with new policies and $1.2 billion in new spending on housing and homelessness, but more work needs to be done, Gov. Tina Kotek said Thursday.
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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