Ashland Creatives: Writer, performer, director, teacher and world traveler Lisa Wolpe, currently starring in a one-woman show at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has been in the world of theater for more than 50 years.
On the same day the U.S. Supreme Court took up the constitutional validity of Grants Pass’ laws regarding homelessness and urban camping, roughly two dozen Ashland residents took to the Plaza to rally in support of housing.
Ashland High School teacher Paul Huard will participate in a Harvard University-sponsored program to develop curriculum that can be used in U.S. schools to teach students about the global significance of Ukraine. He joins a group of six American teachers selected through a competitive application process by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard.
Returning for its 11th year, the Oregon Fringe Festival will present its grandest and farthest reaching event ever in late April, with close to 100 different performances and demonstrations from artists in a variety of veins.
Ashland Middle and Ashland High school students won’t have access to full-time, in-person librarians starting this fall, after cuts to the district’s General Fund budget made by the superintendent. Ashland High School’s librarian position is currently vacant following the departure of the school’s librarian and the position will remain so this fall. Ashland Middle School’s librarian position is proposed to be cut this fall as well.
Garden of the Month: The use of yuccas along Mountain Avenue, part of the original design by Laurie Sager, provide a unifying theme and present a stunning sight when in full bloom each summer.
A community forum on the future of the Jackson County animal shelter — and stray or unwanted dogs and cats, in general — is set for Tuesday at the Medford library. The event at 5:30 p.m. is being hosted by an informal group of community members and shelter volunteers with concerns, they say, over the past year’s worth of happenings at the regional shelter located between Phoenix and Talent.
Oregonians have just more than a week left to register to vote or change their party affiliation before the May 21 primary. Only registered Republicans or Democrats will be able to vote in most primary elections, including picking nominees for Congress, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney general and legislative districts. Voters have until April 30 to register to vote, update their registration and pick a political party.
“Yesterday was a textbook case of ‘this animal needs to be lethally removed and it needs to happen right now,’” Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara said Friday about the killing of a cougar in the afternoon after it had a attacked a cat being walked on a leash in the morning.
Trisha Vigil: Would Kim Wallan, if elected to a state House Republican majority, restrict abortion rights as her colleagues have done across the country, or would she maintain the current rules?
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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