Eighty volunteers prepared and distributed approximately 300 meals on Thursday for the 10th annual Thanksgiving Community Peace Meal organized by Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice. This year’s gathering was the largest yet, with meal deliveries doubling compared to last year.
Former Ashland City Councilor and Trails Advisory Committee member Stefani Seffinger has filed ethics complaints with both the city and the state, arguing the committee acted unlawfully when it voted Nov. 19 to recommend a new beginner bike trail on the uphill side of Lithia Park. The city issued a 50-page rebuttal Monday, disputing her claims and forwarding the response to the Oregon Government Ethics Commission. The proposed 1-mile Dormouse Trail would be the first designated bike trail through the park.
Dee Anne Everson, the CEO and executive director of United Way of Jackson County, has been appointed by Gov. Tina Kotek and confirmed by the Oregon Senate to serve on the university’s Board of Trustees, according to a news release. Everson began her service to the board on Nov. 20.
A $1.5 million grant will provide the final dollars to roughly double the size of the popular downtown Children’s Museum of Southern Oregon. MURA board members, made up of city councilors, debated whether the grant was appropriate for an organization that provides preschool and other activities for children in the Medford area.
The Britt Festival Orchestra’s 64th season next summer features a lineup of classical masterworks and world-renowned guest artists under the direction of new music director Norman Huynh.
Weekday ticket prices at Mt. Ashland Ski Area will drop by 23% in the coming season compared to 2024-25 as the nonprofit area looks to spread visitors away from peak-capacity days to improve the mountain experience. The Bumblebee Trail will be the first terrain added in four decades
The Rogue Valley is tuning up for its most spirited time of year, with December bringing a full spectrum of concerts, plays and celebrations to Ashland and its neighboring communities.
Ashland-Sviathorsk Aid Project will host a benefit concert on Dec. 14 at the Ashland High School Theatre to support Sviatohirsk, Ashland’s sister city in Ukraine. The event features a holiday sale, a short documentary, and a 90-minute concert showcasing local performers, including several Ukrainian artists.
A group of dedicated entrepreneurs have launched a “new and better” way for people to find out what’s going on in Ashland. They said at the official launch of the Storytown app Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the White Rabbit Clubhouse just off the Ashland Plaza that it’s something that has been sorely needed: something to provide access to cultural events and, in turn, create an economic boost to the town.
Derek Severson, Ashland’s planning supervisor, now faces more than 600 pages’ worth of an application from Townmakers, the developer of Ashland Mill, the largest project ever proposed in the city. Understandably daunted, he also acknowledges the rare opportunity this provides for him and other planners in a city of Ashland’s size.
The Ashland City Council will convene on Monday, Dec. 1, for its retreat and on Tuesday, Dec. 2, for its regular business meeting. Monday’s retreat focuses on a deep dive into city finances.
A six-acre, 1.4 megawatt (MW) solar energy development proposal just outside the north end of Ashland on the east side of Highway 99 is set for public hearing at the county on Monday, Dec. 1. The proposed project on one parcel of a much larger area owned by Medella Bison Ranch, was initially denied approval by county planning staff based primarily on impacts to agricultural lands.
Eighty volunteers prepared and distributed approximately 300 meals on Thursday for the 10th annual Thanksgiving Community Peace Meal organized by Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice. This year’s gathering was the largest yet, with meal deliveries doubling compared to last year.
State employees packed boxes of food to be distributed throughout the state to help low-income Oregonians. But it’s not just to give out immediate food aid, it’s an exercise the Office of Resilience and Emergency Management will use to prepare agencies to help respond to major emergencies.
Oregon is co-leading a group of Democratic attorneys general in suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its leader Brooke Rollins over abrupt cuts to food assistance for refugees and asylum seekers. The cuts could affect up to 3,000 Oregonians who rely on SNAP.
Herbert Rothschild: We aren’t appreciably safer now than we were during the Cuban Missile Crisis. What else can we conclude but that nuclear policy simply mustn’t be left in the hands of the warmakers? Either we give peace a chance or we continue to chance self-immolation.
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