Just ahead of the beginning of fire season on Sunday, June 1, Ashland Fire & Rescue has completed training with a new engine designed for wildland urban interface and regional support.
Herbert Rothschild: I hope Navickas will summon the humility to apologize to O’Meara and O’Meara will summon the grace to accept his apology and let the whole matter drop. Millions of people around the globe are being violently assaulted and crying out for our help. Mere misbehavior shouldn’t divert our attention from evil.
Get down with music in this week’s crossword. Solve it directly in the article or download a PDF to print. Next Friday’s crossword: “Eat One’s Words #03.” More crosswords under the Culture menu.
A kitchen serving daily meals to those in need was unveiled to a small group of supporters Thursday evening at Opportunities for Housing, Resources and Assistance.
With just over a week left in the school year, Bellview Elementary students were treated Thursday to an out-of-this-world performance of “Alien, the Musical”—a quirky and creative production put on annually by the school’s fifth-grade class.
Repairs on selected Ashland streets that began Thursday, May 29 is scheduled to complete Tuesday, June 10, according to a City of Ashland press release sent Wednesday, May 28.
The current collective bargaining agreement with the Association of Professors of Southern Oregon University was set to expire in August. Instead, faculty members will receive 2% cost-of-living adjustments for each of the next two fiscal years.
The names, levels of dominance, and routes to the trophy have changed during a once-implausible run of four championships in six years, but one thing has not at the NAIA Softball World Series: Southern Oregon is inevitable.
“Unreal!” is a new devised performance created by the Empowered Arts Ensemble, empoweredartsensemble.org. Performances are at 5 p.m. June 6 and 7 p.m. June 7 at the Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road.
From enchanted forests and 9/11 airport runways to Pittsburgh backyards and Shakespearean battlegrounds, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s newly announced 2026 season delivers 10 powerful productions that span centuries and genres — each exploring what it means to rise, connect and move forward in uncertain times.
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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