An all-Black, all-woman quartet of conservatory trained string musicians known for incorporating jazz elements to the highest levels of classical music — not to mention being featured in a 1997 episode of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” — will reunite in Southern Oregon after a two-decade hiatus.
Ghouls, goblins and ghostbusters galore made their way through the streets of Ashland on Tuesday afternoon, kicking off spook-tacular festivities for the young and the young at heart. Businesses along the “parade” (more of a group walk, really) route handed out loads of candy, with the magic words, of course, being, “trick-or-treat.”
Ashland Creatives: Through writing, art and organizing, Manya Yana Campos continues to work towards recognizing and respecting the work and contributions of Latinos and Indigenous peoples living here in Ashland and beyond and will continue to do so.
Chris Honoré: For Israel, this is judged to be an existential moment, and as a people they are reminded of the Holocaust. And they are aware that it is Hamas that has called for the absolute destruction of Israel in lieu of any attempt to peacefully co-exist or discuss any plan for a two-state solution.
Ashland’s annual come-as-you-aren’t party steps off from the Ashland Public Library at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31 — Halloween — with thousands expected to walk, skip, slither, slide, drift, hover, stalk, shamble and shuffle their ghoulish way to the Ashland Plaza in the annual Ashland Chamber’s Children’s Halloween Celebration.
Nonprofit news: The Rotary Club of Ashland is pleased to announce our students of the month for September and October, James Dyson and Simone Starbird.
The Ashland School District Board of Directors has started its search for a new superintendent for Ashland School District, with the goal of hiring a new superintendent by July 1, 2024, and chosen a recruitment firm to help with the selection process.
More than 2,400 miles separate Phoenix, Oregon, from Lahaina, Hawaii, but a fundraiser that kicked off on Wednesday brought the two communities closer together in spirit, in light of the town’s similarly devastating wildfires.
A domestic violence shooting suspect died early Sunday after crashing head-on into a responding fire truck near mile marker 2 on Dead Indian Memorial Road east of Ashland. The domestic violence victim was injured during the crash and was transported to a local hospital, according to a news release Sunday afternoon from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
The Earth is barreling toward “uncharted climate territory” and on track to become uninhabitable for three to six billion of the Earth’s nearly eight billion people by the end of the century, a new report found. The research, led by Oregon State University scientists, casts dire warnings, saying big changes are needed now.
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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