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.
Owen Johnson: While it may be tempting to be unproblematic in the face of threats of violence, this is the desired effect. The most effective form of counter-protest is for local communities to monitor ICE activity.
Although many large regional theaters host students on their own campuses, only a few maintain educational outreach programs like OSF’s because of the high cost of school visits.
MLK Jr.: “Malcolm was still turning and growing at the time of his brutal and meaningless assassination. . . . Like the murder of Lumumba, the murder of Malcolm X deprives the world of a potentially great leader. I could not agree with either of these men, but I could see in them a capacity for leadership which I could respect, and which was just beginning to mature in judgment and statesmanship.”
Obituary: Cheryl Rae Gilliam Minoletti passed away Tuesday, Jan. 20 following complications from heart surgery. She was 68. Infectious laughter, warmth, and compassion were felt by those who knew her. A celebration of her life will be held Saturday, March 28, in Eagle Point.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival will spotlight homegrown talent Saturday, Feb. 21, during its revived Local Lens Spotlight at the Varsity Theatre. The one-night program features 13 short films by filmmakers from Jackson and Siskiyou counties, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers and crew.
Evan Frost, ecologist and conservationist, passed away Dec. 12, 2025.
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