Jim Flint: When he returned, he told me to leave my cane at the doorway. “So the magnetic field won’t suck it into the MRI machine.” Which raised the question: If it could suck in a cane, what about my fillings?
Following her visit to Japan earlier this month for the 80th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, Hiroshima survivor Dr. Hideko Tamura shared her experiences of the memorial and of the bombing with those at a Southern Oregon Japanese Association gathering at the Medford Public Library’s Community Room Sunday, Aug. 17.
Caitlin Nolan: Amanda Emmanuella Andersen — Mandersen, Mandypants, Mandy — 35, died in the early morning of Monday, Aug. 11, following a valiant four-year battle with breast cancer. She was a beloved and ubiquitous fixture of the theater communities of Portland and Ashland.
“Martin and I are a team. Even though this transition is going to be challenging, I know I can trust my partner to have my back, and he knows I have his. That’s the wonderful thing about having a partner who gets what you do.” — Chelsea Majkut
Lithia Park came alive earlier this month with music, costumes and creativity as Artnow’s Silent Disco challenged participants to channel their inner superheroes.
After fulfilling a long-held dream of leading sales and marketing reins at a regional theater by serving in upper sales and marketing management at Oregon Shakespeare Festival for the past three years, Javier “Javi” Dubon’s appointment by OSF’s Board of Directors to interim executive director on June 23 launched him into an expanded role and then some as he became the sixth person in less than seven years to take on responsibility for operations, finance, IT and human resources and more.
A weekly art-making event in Ashland provides paint, brushes, markers, paper, and a host of other supplies for anyone who wants to get creative.
Dr. Hideko Tamura-Snider gave a spirited message of optimism and hope for the future of the Pacific Rim Bowl and its participants, organizers, and supporters on Tuesday, July 22, during the third PRB Peace Ceremony at Lithia Park’s Butler Bandshell.
Neil Peterson, 35, arrived in Kharkiv on Feb. 21 to work as a humanitarian volunteer. It has long been a strategically essential city targeted by Russia during its more than three-year war of aggression against Ukraine, and it is routinely hammered by Russian missile and drone strikes.
A locally-based travel intensive care unit nurse since 2015, Sonia (Munoz) Santiago is also a self-published writer.
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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