Frances Oyung: Because Bear Creek is the most urbanized watershed in the Rogue basin, many people are unaware that running through their towns and along the interstate we still have important habitat for native fish.
Ask Strider: There’s a tough question this column about compromise in a marriage, as well as praise from another reader for crossword editor Steve Weyer’s Canine Crossword created just for Strider and his friends. For our advice columnist, it’s all good.
Poetry Corner: A walk through Ashland’s North Mountain Park is filled with stories of the trees and animals who make the park a special place.
The Berkeley Choro Ensemble, in its first appearance in Ashland, will perform Nov. 6. Pianist Alexander Tutunov and violinist Kinga Augustyn will play Nov. 13.
Hundreds turned out for Ashland’s first wildfire evacuation drill. The exercise tested how quickly cars, cyclists and those on foot could reach safety using the emergency on-ramp at North Mountain Avenue.
Jim Hatton: There is only one thing that causes unhappiness: attachment. Attachment comes when we hold on to something for fear of losing it because we believe that we can’t be happy without it.
Carrie Dahle: If you’ve been waiting for a sign that the real estate market is shifting, this is it. Cash buyers are still ruling the board, but for the first time in over a year, buyers who need financing are finally back in the game.
Catty Corner: While Halloween is meant to be a scary holiday, it can be especially frightening for cats (especially if we try to dress them up). Here are a few tips for keeping your felines safe and happy during Halloween.
Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
Poetry Corner: The New Year comes in many forms, dependent on one’s cultural traditions. This September’s New Year offers times for reflection and renewal.
Winless WWU made Raiders work for their sixth win in seven games. WWU lost an early 10-point lead but trimmed SOU’s edge to 82-79 before Gio Evanson stepped back for a long two with 1:44 to go. The Raiders secured a 92-87 victory Saturday at Windemuth Court
Southern Oregon forced 24 turnovers and kept Walla Walla (Washington) at 27% shooting to collect its 10th victory, 82-47 in Cascade Conference play Saturday night at Windemuth Court. The win gave the Raiders a weekend split, leaving them in a three-way tie for second place behind unbeaten Eastern Oregon.
Asante Ashland Community Hospital’s Family Birth Center is closing this spring, but first the staff delivered the hospital system’s first baby of the new year on Thursday, Jan. 1. And not only is she the first New Year’s baby in Southern Oregon, but her mom, Cameron, was the first New Year’s baby girl born on Jan. 1, 2000, to mark the turn of the millennium at Providence Medford Medical Center.
Thursday marked the first day of the 2026 new year, and with that, a new set of laws passed by the Oregon Legislature took effect. They span from stronger accountability provisions for utility companies to criminal penalties for spreading AI-generated revenge porn.
An Ashland center for the study and practice of Tibetan Buddhism offered a chance “for people to gather their aspirations and hopes for the new year and offer it at the shrine” on Thursday, Jan. 1, according to Martha Wilhelm, a board member at Kagyu Sukha Chöling on Clear Creek Drive.
An Ashland nonprofit set up a GoFundMe site in early December to help finance medical treatment for Mystic Moon, a horse that has provided comfort and healing to hundreds of individuals with trauma across the Rogue Valley and beyond.
(It’s free)
