Alexandra Paul: The volunteers from Friends of the Animal Shelter (FOTAS.org) work hard to get each dog ready for adoption with several 20-minute walks a day, treats, ball throwing, coat brushing or a snuggle on the sofa in the “cuddle room.” This helps relieve the stress of being in a kennel.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival kicks off its four-day run Thursday, Oct. 3, with the centerpiece film for the festival, ‘Including Us,’ set for its world premiere Saturday. The film, made by local director Brandon Givens, is about the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Hairspray: A Broadway Musical” in 2019. The story focuses on four actors with disabilities who starred in the musical, along with the rest of the cast.
After narrowly making it back to Southern Oregon on one of the last flights out of Asheville, North Carolina, before remnants of Hurricane Helene touched down last Thursday, Ashland resident Ashley Brown is hearing devastating news directly from friends in the area.
Ashland teacher Jonathan Weighter has returned from seven years in Beirut, Lebanon, where he taught English and philosophy at a private high school. He said he expected to find a different a culture, but he didn’t expect that culture to drastically change his views of the region.
Nestled within a museum-like setting, the artfully chaotic recording studio is a place where cutting-edge digital meets the world’s largest collection of vintage and modern microphones, blending old-school analog charm with the latest in high tech.
A wind-driven grass fire ignited near Almeda Drive on Sept. 8, 2020, ravaged its way northwest through the wildland urban interface, destroying thousands of structures through Talent and Phoenix. The direction of the wind that day is often credited with preserving Ashland from the fire. But there was also a quick intervention from the south, when firefighters with the Greensprings Rural Fire District extinguished a vehicle fire intentionally set on fire at Emigrant Lake.
As he moves into his new position as Ashland Parks & Recreation Director, Rocky Houston wants to have a foundational knowledge of what he calls the basics: More strategic planning, more maps, firm numbers and data on the total acreage of parks in Ashland, what level of service is needed at each park and how can parks be more equitable and efficient with where and how services are provided?
Karina Mendoza-Wittke has chosen the work of artists from Lithia Artisans Market, a mainstay in Ashland for over 20 years, and several local and internationally born artists as well.
After a 24-year ride with Jefferson Public Radio’s Jefferson Exchange, host Geoffrey Riley, a train enthusiast, is looking forward to riding the rails to new adventures. Mike Green is taking over Riley’s role at the Jefferson Exchange.
As a school bus pulled around the backside of Ashland Middle School Monday morning, sixth-graders and new incoming students stepped off to start their first day of middle school and to be greeted by new Ashland School District Superintendent Joseph Hattrick, who wished them a cheerful “good morning” one-by-one.
A staff recommendation to demolish instead of repair the Community Center will we discussed at the Ashland City Council study session meeting Monday, while the council business meeting Tuesday will include a review of funding for the water treatment plant.
Pam Hammond beamed earlier this week while talking about new plans in store for downtown Ashland’s Paddington Station sister stores, The Jewel Box and Inspired By Oregon, which are consolidating and moving into the prominent Fortmiller building across the street.
Ashland councilors Gina DuQuenne and Dylan Bloom on Wednesday gave Southern Oregon University students a lesson in how to express mutual admiration even while disagreeing. The councilors met with 15 students at Britt Hall to discuss voting, Ashland-centered topics and how to bridge the communication gap between the SOU campus and Ashland.
Review: “Witch,” isn’t exactly a Halloween piece per se, but it is unsettling. And if you like stories that are distinctive, disturbing yet thought-provoking, this might be for you. This is a play where no one is as they seem; where our motives and desires can give rise to good or evil.
Bob Palermini, professional photographer, will give a presentation about photojournalism at the Southern Oregon Photographic Association meeting on October 15 in Medford. He studied photojournalism in college and has been a photographer for Ashland.news since shortly after it debuted in January 2022.
Herbert Rothschild: It would be stunning if the presidential candidates were asked during a debate whether they are disturbed by the prospect of leaving office with blood on their hands.
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