As of Saturday, Nov. 1, Ashland resident Aubrie Grace Wilson will be among 15,980 people in Jackson County who won’t see their monthly allotment of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, according to Oregon Department of Human Services.
The Ashland City Council will again consider approval of the 210-unit Grand Terrace apartment complex off Highway 99 at the northwest city limit during its Tuesday, Nov. 4, business meeting. The council will also continue a discussion about a potential ballot measure that would require voter approval for new city taxes and fees during its Monday, Nov. 3, study session.
John Marciano and Leslie Dwyer: There will be less money to pay for food programs here and across the country. This is an inhumane treatment of struggling families. At the same time, the U.S. has spent billions supporting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
It’s been nearly two decades since there was a confirmed sighting of the Franklin bumble bee, a bee native to the area around Mount Ashland. While the bee may still be alive, new research published last month gives sheds light on why the population declined so rapidly. The answer stretches back 100,000 years.
An Ashland artist behind notable public art exhibits such as the Say Their Names memorial plaque and the planned Crystallizing Our Call will have a new exhibit at the upcoming November First Friday event in Ashland.
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Two Ashland area sculptors have created “a unique and dynamic” exhibit, according to the one of the visitors at an artists’ talk at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford Saturday, Oct. 25. The exhibit, which closes Friday, Oct. 31, showcases large, elaborate wood sculptures that appear to defy gravity
Herbert Rothschild: Rightly understood, money is simply a tool for achieving what we want. Fortunately, what most of us want isn’t self-aggrandizement. Beyond giving us financial security, our money affords us an easy way to contribute to the well-being of others — family, community, world.
George Kramer: Passing this amendment is a reasonable way for voters to assure Council will be more thoughtful before extracting dollars from ratepayers. It’s not “horrible.” It’s democracy. Sadly, that is something currently in short supply.
Federal funding for SNAP runs out Saturday, Nov. 1, if the federal government remains shut down, leaving more than 757,000 Oregonians without the support they rely on to buy groceries.
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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