Music
Kim Andresen to helm Rep Singers as ensemble’s new executive director
Kim Andresen looks forward to more collaborations with regional artists, and engaging younger generations through educational and outreach initiatives.
June 20, 2025
Kim Andresen looks forward to more collaborations with regional artists, and engaging younger generations through educational and outreach initiatives.
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now launched its premier Green Business Recognition ceremony on Thursday, June 12, with a “green ribbon cutting” at a four-plex built out of straw bales on Wightman Street in Ashland.
An exhibition of her work, titled “Irene Kai: The Journey,” is on display through June 28 at the Langford Art Gallery, 4850 S. Pacific Highway, Phoenix.
Lyudmila Sokol smiled with something like mischief as she stepped inside the door of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s costume production area.
Ashland Fire & Rescue Wildfire Division Chief Chris Chambers remembered when he first met John Stromberg — as another property owner skeptical that he really had to part with plants on his land for wildfire mitigation.
A kitchen serving daily meals to those in need was unveiled to a small group of supporters Thursday evening at Opportunities for Housing, Resources and Assistance.
The water at a nearly full Emigrant Lake reflected bright blue skies and expanding horizons for the Rogue Rowing Juniors as they carried their boats to the dock Saturday morning.
Former Ashand mayor John Stromberg passed away at the age of 85 Friday morning, friend and former city councilor Dennis Slattery said in a phone call with Ashland.news.
Sarah F. Burns of Talent, the Siskiyou Crest Coalition’s (SCC’s) first Acorn Woman Lookout Artist in Residence, will begin her five-day residency in the former U.S. National Forest Service fire lookout on Tuesday.
Nadia McGrady proposed ideas such as a ‘screen-free week’ and a citywide talent show By Holly Dillemuth, Ashland.news If Bellview Elementary fifth-grader Nadia McGrady was mayor of Ashland, she knows
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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