A new policy being inaugurated this winter at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area to limit uphill access, used mainly by backcountry skiers and snowboarders, is being challenged by some but is being defended by ski area managers.
Broadway singing star Steffanie Garrard Leigh will be joined by Rogue Valley musicians, including other singers, during a gala fundraiser to help rebuild and restore Ashland’s Ukrainian “sister city” Sviatohirsk from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 10, at the Historic Ashland Armory.
The Ashland library will host a talk about Lithia Park’s historic Butler-Perozzi Fountain at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 410 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland.
With more than $1 million in improvements and more night skiing, Mt. Ashland Ski Area is ready to launch its 60th season of winter sports.More events are also planned at the nonprofit resort. Opening day is Saturday, Dec. 9, if the area receives enough snow.
Native Plant Society: Through our Southern Oregon community (citizen) science project we will teach volunteers how to monitor populations of rare plant species. The goal is for volunteers to be able to visit known populations of their adopted species and report on the health of those populations.
Community volunteers are needed to help with the eighth annual Community Thanksgiving Peace Meal hosted by Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice on Thursday, Nov. 23, at First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, 1615 Clark Ave. The traditional dinner menu includes turkey, mashed potatoes, yams and much more, as well as vegetarian options.
Juli Di Chiro: “I’ve found Rotary to be the best vehicle to effectively serve the community and the world.”
Following the open application process for the city of Ashland’s Early Childhood Affordability Grant Program that launched in September, two have been selected among several applications received. The two applicants that met the grant criteria and are slated to be awarded funds are the Ashland Family YMCA and Children’s World Montessori.
There are more than 4,000 women each year recovering from breast cancer in the Rogue Valley, a number that’s growing every year, and Ashland-based Riding Beyond aims to help those most impacted recover from treatment. This year, the organization has raised about $5,500 of its total $25,000 goal so far.
Dozens of Ashland-area veterans of the United States armed forces enjoyed a free breakfast in their honor Saturday, a Veterans Day “thank you” offered to acknowledge their choice to serve their nation and protect their fellow countrymen. Co-sponsored by Ashland Scout Troop 112, American Legion Guy T. Applewhite Post 14, and Ashland Elks Lodge 944, the breakfast of pancakes, scrambled eggs and assorted trimmings was served by members of the Scout Troop, who also set up the Elks Lodge ballroom for the event.
Ashland Creatives: Grandma Boom has a range of activities that focus on all five senses, often asking the students to notice the difference between feeling calm and feeling stressed through a variety of activities engaging each sense.
A new policy being inaugurated this winter at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area to limit uphill access, used mainly by backcountry skiers and snowboarders, is being challenged by some but is being defended by ski area managers.
Janai Mestrovich: Inner guidance insisted that not one thought of worry, fear, anxiety, doubt or anger could enter this healing process. And it didn’t. Too much was at stake.
Herbert Rothschild: Our dying empire is in the grip of the military-industrial complex, which is only hastening its demise.
Laurie True: The rules in this proposed ordinance are minimal and fair: If you want a place to sleep or camp here in Ashland, you need to use a city shelter or designated space.
The Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest will be managing a controlled burn on behalf of the Ashland Forest Resiliency Project that is expected to bring smoke into Ashland in the evening hours today, Nov. 30.
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