As of Nov. 3, Ashland Community Food Bank has a new director at the reins. Catie Mahoney will serve in the role with guidance from outgoing director Amey Broeker, who will officially retire on Dec. 31 after serving in the food bank role since 2022.
Three and a half years into the war with Russia, Ashland violinist and longtime music teacher Faina Podolnaya is still finding ways to help Ukrainian refugees.
Local veterans were honored with a free breakfast on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at Elks Lodge No. 944 in Ashland on Veterans Day.
Barbara Shor: I first met Jane Goodall in 1987 at a lecture she gave at the Sacramento Zoo, where I was working as veterinarian as part of my residency program in non-domestic animal medicine at UC Davis.
PHOENIX — A recent presentation at Phoenix’s Langford Gallery with writing and artistic elements focused on politics and bridging the political divide.
Ashland chiropractor Dr. Kelly Lange has been named the 2025 Sports Chiropractor of the Year by the American Chiropractic Association Sports Council.
An Ashland artist behind notable public art exhibits such as the Say Their Names memorial plaque and the planned Crystallizing Our Call will have a new exhibit at the upcoming November First Friday event in Ashland.
Two Ashland area sculptors have created “a unique and dynamic” exhibit, according to the one of the visitors at an artists’ talk at the Rogue Gallery & Art Center in Medford Saturday, Oct. 25. The exhibit, which closes Friday, Oct. 31, showcases large, elaborate wood sculptures that appear to defy gravity
Local nonprofit Rogue Valley Street Dogs helps humans and companion animals affected by houselessness and poverty throughout the Rogue Valley. Learn how one local woman turned her life around with the help of Street Dogs and is now helping raise awareness and funds so the organization can keep helping others.
Editor’s note: We regret to report that Ashland.news city reporter Morgan Rothborne has resigned from the staff after a bit more than two years with us, as she continues to work on recovery from a head injury in June, as detailed in this first-person report.
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed by Congressional Republicans this summer that will reduce state revenue
Michael O’Looney: Trump and the Texas Legislature are responsible for a partisan power grab that has unleashed bitterness and partisan vindictiveness, all in an effort to subvert an electoral system for partisan ends.
Councilor Bob Kaplan: While the cost of delivering kilowatt-hours to our homes has risen, Ashland Electric has been able to hold our rates steady with just one increase of 5.1% in 2021. I’m sorry to say we’re due for an increase, but fortunately it’s not likely to match recent increases elsewhere.
An estimate for the cost to abate asbestos found in the shuttered Lincoln School recently should be available as early as sometime this week, according to Steve Mitzel, operations director for Ashland School District. The cost to remove asbestos would be separate from the as yet-unknown cost for structural repair.
“We are still here” was the theme for Saturday’s Native American Heritage Celebration at Southern Oregon University, hosted by the SOU Native American Student Union (NASU) and SOU Native Nations Liaison Kenwanicahee (Kenwani) Kravitz (Madesi Bandi, Pit River Nation Winnemem, Nomtipom and Nomsus Bands Northern Wintu).
As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall in the state’s next quarterly revenue — they asked state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their approved budgets.
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