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Lomakatsi: Fed funds freeze means employee layoffs, fewer prescribed burns

Forest restoration and wildfire mitigation projects have been halted and employees laid off as freezes of federal funds impact Lomakatsi Restoration Project, an Ashland-based nonprofit organization. Nearly two of every three dollars — 65% — of the nonprofit’s budget for 2025 came from the Inflation Reduction Act or the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law — two pots of money affected by broad freezes of federal funds by the Trump administration.

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‘Be Gun Smart’: Ashland residents learn to navigate a changing landscape of firearm laws

Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara and Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler spoke about gun use and safety, answering questions on topics including proper storage and specifics of Oregon law, to an audience of 50 at the Ashland Public Library Tuesday afternoon. The event was sponsored by the Ashland branch of the American Association of University Women, and closed out their 2024-2025 “Big Ideas” discussion series.

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Organization works to protect Black Oregonians

Black Alliance & Social Empowerment member Kim McKandes describes the organization, founded in 2019 by Executive Director Vance Beach in conjunction with a Juneteenth celebration, as “existing to make sure Oregon is a safe place for African Americans to live.”

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Review: RTC’s ‘Doubt’ is surely thought-provoking

Brilliantly acted and staged at the intimate Richard L. Hay Center at the Grizzly Peak Winery, Rogue Theater Company’s production of “Doubt,” as director John Sipes writes of the play, “serves as a cautionary tale, reminding us to be wary of the narrowness of moral certainty and encouraging us to embrace the ambiguity and uncertainty we so often face.”

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Foster homes found for guinea pigs abandoned in Lithia Park

Three guinea pigs had been left in Lithia Park, Ashland Community Service Officer Denise Aguilera was told when she was called to respond. The guinea pigs were left in a carrier “with a sign indicating ‘Free for the taking,’” Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara said in an email Wednesday.

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