The Ashland School District has backed off a plan compelling students to switch grade schools following public outcry against the proposal. In an announcement Jan. 20, the district thanked the community for its feedback and said, in an update to the proposed policy, K-5 students within the boundary changes could voluntarily switch schools.
Built in 1909 by railroad workers and dedicated in 1910, Ashland Elks Lodge No. 944, 255 E. Main St., has a booming membership of 892.
Why the city of Ashland is losing staff and what can be done about it was one of the topics raised at an panel discussion Saturday, Jan. 28, when three newly elected councilors faced questions from American Association of University Women (AAUW) moderator Catherine Lutes and members of the audience.
Officials from Ashland, Medford and Talent will host a public discussion on Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 2, on how Oregon’s new rules for “Climate-Friendly Communities” will affect urban development policy in the Southern Rogue Valley.
Oregon food banks are bracing for an uptick in demand in March when hundreds of thousands of state residents will face a drastic cut in their food budget. In March, federal monthly emergency funds will go away, reducing the average benefit from nearly $450 a month to nearly $270 a month for about 410,000 households.
Ashland City Manager Joe Lessard said the sudden resignations of former Mayor Julie Akins and former Councilor Shaun Moran, and upcoming efforts to fill their seats, will not impact city services or administration. Lessard told Ashland.News in an interview Friday, while there may be “bumps and changes” in filling the two vacancies, the routine at City Hall will be “business as usual.”
The Ashland City Council is holding a special meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31, to determine how to fill vacancies left by former Mayor Julie Akins and former Councilor Shaun Moran. Akins and Moran resigned abruptly Jan. 23 and 24, respectively, and the City Council has 60 days to fill the positions, according to the Ashland City Charter.
A town hall meeting called by the city of Ashland to discuss Ashland’s priorities for the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium, as well as longer-term priorities over the next six years, is set for 5:30 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, at the Historic Ashland Armory, 208 Oak St.
Herbert Rothschild: “Is ‘I have a dream’ the MLK speech we should be hearing now?”
Ashland’s weather forecast for the next several days includes nighttime low temperatures that drop as low as the high teens, prompting city officials to open a warming shelter Saturday evening through Wednesday morning.
Ashland has a new mayor. The Ashland City Council unanimously elected council Chair Tonya Graham as mayor Tuesday night to succeed Julie Akins, who resigned effective Jan. 27.
Mailboxes throughout Jackson County will be filled this week with a 12-page broadsheet newspaper introducing the Rogue Valley Tribune to prospective readers. EO Media Group is getting the word out about its Medford-based news site and three-times a week printed paper with a saturation mailing to 93,000 area addresses.
How can something that goes so wrong be so right? That’s the intention in “The Play That Goes Wrong,” the opening play for the 2023 season at the Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland. What makes the play amazing and uproariously fun is the googolplex litany of wrong things.
John Frank: “Our councilors just need to see the big picture and stop focusing on the small green stick-dots.”
How can chemistry be utilized to understand human impacts on the environment? That question will be answered during a Friday science seminar hosted by Southern Oregon University assistant professor Chris Babayco, Ph.D., organizers have announced.
Jim Hatton: “I have come to respect and honor them all. I am not here to say they are right or wrong. It is right for all individuals to seek their own path, what is right for them, and what inspires them.”
(It’s free)
