Ashland School District
AHS staging of ‘Wizard of Oz’ a ‘great way for lots of kids to really shine’
Don’t miss your chance to experience the Ashland High School production of “Wizard of Oz” in its closing weekend.
December 5, 2025
Don’t miss your chance to experience the Ashland High School production of “Wizard of Oz” in its closing weekend.
The seasonal rush for Christmas tree is on but before heading for the woods, people are urged to contact Rogue Valley Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management offices to obtain the necessary permits.
AFP board: If you are a current Ashland Food Project donor, invite someone you know to become a donor. If you don’t currently give to AFP, please sign up to be a donor.
The city of Ashland on Thursday said officials are reviewing a 2013 agreement between the city and Asante and will monitor the Ashland hospital’s transition to a satellite of Rogue Regional Medical Center in May as announced by Asante on Wednesday, according to a city news release issued late afternoon Thursday.
The Ashland Rotary Centennial Ice Rink may not open this season due to delays over a required engineering sign-off for its canopy.
Asante Ashland Community Hospital’s birthing center and inpatient surgery will close by spring 2026, leaving only the emergency room and outpatient services, according to plans shared with staff Wednesday, Dec. 3, by Asante, the Medford-based health care provider serving Southern Oregon and Northern California.
A Thanksgiving touch-football game that began in the late 1970s with a handful of Ashland High teens reached its 48th consecutive year Thursday.
An estimated 15,000 people came out for Ashland’s 33rd annual Festival of Light on Friday to kick off the holiday season. There were people walking around dressed in Santa hats, Christmas tree outfits, green and red tinsel pom poms in hair, glitter sparkly as snow dusting eyes and rosy cheeks, candy cane stripe stockings, Christmas light necklaces, antler headbands, a few Grinches — and, of course, Santa’s reindeer moseying about.
Today, Dec. 2, is Giving Tuesday, a day when people across the country support the organizations that make their communities stronger. If Ashland.news has helped you stay prepared, connected, or informed, we hope you’ll consider making a gift today.
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.
John Paul Valdez: The necessity for service model reform in Jackson County is starkly illuminated by the failure of the centralized system to recognize the organic, effective mutual aid operating within sparse communities.
Michael O’Looney: President Donald Trump’s relentless name-calling of those he regards as his adversaries in politics and the media has become something more than a feeble attempt at conjuring up innocuous nicknames. Besides being childish and unimaginative, his slurs have become methodically vicious.
Public hearings on a pair of projects, one in a quiet residential neighborhood along Scenic Drive and the other in a busy commercial area near Shop’n Kart grocery market are set before the Ashland Planning Commission Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The Ashland City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 2, took steps to repurpose two city-owned properties — the 846-acre Imperatrice property and the 380 Clay St. parcel — as part of a broader effort to rein in city finances.
Concert violinist Carla Ecker moves in a steady triangle between Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Rogue Valley — performing opera, symphony and chamber music.
Don’t miss your chance to experience the Ashland High School production of “Wizard of Oz” in its closing weekend.
(It’s free)