Carrie Dahle: If we want a future where our kids, our grandkids and our essential workers can actually live here, then we have to be brave enough to rethink the choices we’re making today.
Ask Strider: A reader asks whatever happened to Woody the Puppy Intern? Strider has news! Woody has landed on all four paws with a new gig. And Steve, the Ashland.news crossword editor, has a new canine crossword up for solving. The excitement is pupable!
Catty Corner: Cats go missing from their homes or neighborhoods all too often, and what most humans don’t realize is that they may be hiding nearby. Learn what to do if your cat goes missing and how to be reunited as soon as possible.
Poetry Corner: Seasons change and days grow shorter, which means time for shorter poems like haiku and senryu.
Kaytlin McIntyre: “Theater is a team sport — it’s the most collaborative art form, and a successful show at OSF will often require dozens, if not hundreds, of people to be operating in seamless coordination.”
Barbara Shor: I first met Jane Goodall in 1987 at a lecture she gave at the Sacramento Zoo, where I was working as veterinarian as part of my residency program in non-domestic animal medicine at UC Davis.
Ask Strider: Our advice columnist has soothing counsel for an activist worried they’re not doing all they can. And he finds similarity between a wife’s problem with her husband and his own with a puppy who doesn’t want to bother finding his own bone.
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.
Sage on Stage: An enthusiastic fan of the Rogue Theater Company ask how decisions are made artistically to best showcase a production, especially in the choice of stage configuration.
Poetry Corner: Today’s Poetry Corner is a celebration of life’s journey, the stories we tell, and the freedom aging brings.
Oregon’s fourth-grade reading scores have plummeted to last place in the nation, even as education spending has surged. Meanwhile, Mississippi, known for its underfunded schools, now leads the country after embracing the “science of reading.”
More than 60 people turned out for a look at the proposed Ashland Mill mega-project during an open house Wednesday night at the Historic Ashland Armory. Planned on the former Croman Mill site on 60-plus acres of the city’s southeast side, what’s now known as the Ashland Mill project represents the largest development proposal in the city’s history, with more than 550 housing units and 200,000 square feet of retail and commercial spaces, as well as pathways, small parks and open spaces.
Janai Mestrovich: That day, two drunk, homeless strangers became my unexpected protectors. In my heart, I still call them my “drunkles” (my drunk uncles) because in that shaky New York afternoon, they cared for me as gently as family.
Ashland school officials greenlit an 18-month road map to explore restructuring the district amid declining enrollment. While emphasizing that no school closures are being proposed, district Superintendent Joseph Hattrick outlined an approach to the plan that focuses on data analysis, public input, and long-term planning. Changes are not expected until 2027 or later. The plan aims to curb anxiety about school closures, particularly at Bellview Elementary.
Obituary: Longtime Ashland resident Judith “Judy” Ellen Greifer Benjamin passed away on Jan. 14, 2024. She was 91. A former president of the local League of Women Voters, Judy lived a life “filled with curiosity, creativity, and global adventure.” A graveside internment of ashes and memorial will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 15, at the Jacksonville Cemetery. At 2 p.m., a memorial celebration of life will be held at the family home.
A majority of Jackson County Library District employees have signed union authorization cards, marking the formal start of a process toward collective bargaining.
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