December 11, 2024

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He saw a sign — and it beckoned him to the Rogue Valley Symphony

Chalk one up for customized awnings. Visiting Ashland last year, Asadour Santourian saw the Rogue Valley Symphony awning over its office on Lithia Way and stopped in to introduce himself. Now the former vice president of artistic administration of the Aspen Music Festival, artistic director of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, lecturer for the L.A. Philharmonic and director of artistic planning for the Minnesota Orchestra, among other things, is the RVS’ new operations manager.

July 10, 2024

Business

‘Giant’ honor: Patsy Smullin to be honored in NYC alongside major broadcasters

Patsy Smullin, who owns KOBI-TV parent company California Oregon Broadcasting Inc., is headed to the Big Apple this November after the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation named Smullin one of its Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts for 2024.

July 9, 2024

Books

Understanding the past to move forward: Oregon author to speak about ‘Uncovering Difficult Truths’

The book “The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate” will serve as a jumping-off point to discuss the importance of understanding Oregon’s history of racism and how that knowledge can be applied to address racial injustices that the state still faces. Monday’s free talk, the third in a series presented by Ashland Sunrise Project, is entitled “Uncovering Difficult Truths.”

July 3, 2024

Ashland School District

New superintendent starts with Ashland School District on Monday

As Joseph Hattrick takes the helm of Ashland School District on Monday, July 1, preparing to oversee a recently approved overall budget of more than $95 million, about 400 employees and about 2,500 students in the district, he told Ashland.news ahead of his first day that he’s up for the challenge and committed to Ashland for the long term.

July 1, 2024

Books

‘These stories need to be told’: Ashland photographer returns — again — from Ukraine

Ashland photographer and author Christopher Briscoe will talk about the recently published second edition of his book “The Child on the Train: And Other Stories in War-torn Ukraine” from 3 to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 29, in the Gresham room at the Ashland Public Library.

June 27, 2024

Culture

Building bridges instead of walls: Ashland series offers hope of connection

In a world seemingly becoming more and more disconnected, with polarized camps retreating to hostile corners, Marla Estes wants to be one of those building bridges — and is working to make it so many others are, too. Most recently, she’s launched a monthly presentation and conversation on the second Wednesdays of the month at Rogue Valley Metaphysical Library on Ashland Street in Ashland.

June 11, 2024

Ashland School District

Ashland High sophomore recovering from back surgery following rollover above Lithia Park

More than 400 donations totaling more than $73,000 as of late Wednesday have poured in to support the recovery of an Ashland High School student-athlete recovering from back surgery after a motor vehicle crash above Lithia Park on May 21 left her with a broken back.

June 5, 2024

Housing

Shelter from life’s storms: Parker House gives women with children a home on the way to a better life

Before the nonprofit Parker House opened in 2018, there was no established place in Ashland for women and children in crisis to turn. Now in its sixth year of changing lives for women and women with children by providing, according to its website, “a Transitional Housing Program that helps women regain emotional well-being, independence and permanent housing by providing support, individual case management and a safe home environment.”

May 31, 2024

Art

‘What it means to belong’ : Community discussion centers around art as a cultural anchor to increase belonging, foster inclusivity in Ashland

The artist behind a Black art installation planned for Ashland Creek Park hopes the piece will, once erected, serve as a cultural anchor of belonging for the Black community in Ashland and the surrounding Rogue Valley, while welcoming those from all races and ethnic backgrounds.

May 29, 2024

Books

OSF veteran depicts an actor’s haunting life in new novel

“Harriman’s Ghost” tells side-by-side stories of the life of the fictional Ben Harriman, a revered film and television star, and Janet Cooper, ghost writer of Harriman’s official biography. In “Harriman’s Ghost,” she is goaded into writing another book that unveils the truth about the actor’s troubled life.

May 25, 2024

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Woman wounded, man jailed after Monday night shooting in Ashland

December 11, 2024

A woman’s in the hospital and a man is in jail on charges of attempted murder following a shooting Monday evening in Ashland, according to an Ashland Police Department news release issued Tuesday afternoon. Cory A. Davison, 49, of Ashland is being held without bail at Jackson County Jail on charges of attempted murder in the second degree, domestic violence assault in the second degree, and unlawful use of weapon in connection with an incidence of domestic violence.

Two break-ins damage low-income houses

December 10, 2024

A rash of break-ins over the past few days resulted in about $5,000 damage at two Ashland low-income houses under construction by Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity. No suspects have been arrested. Food and drinks for volunteers who were building the house near North Mountain Avenue in the Beach Creek subdivision were eaten.

Obituary: Donald Richard Montgomery

December 9, 2024

Obituary: Donald Richard Montgomery passed peacefully on Nov. 27, 2024, aged 94, at his home in Ashland, Oregon. He became Director of Ocean Services at NOAA, and he authored several articles and co-authored a book about the Surveyor spacecraft. His work took him around the world, from Kenya, Australia and the South Pacific, to the arctic regions of Iceland, Greenland and Norway.

AI slop is already invading Oregon’s local journalism

December 9, 2024

The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2021 (its parent company, Rosebud Media, held on until 2023), but if you were a local reader, you may not have known. Almost as soon as it closed, a website for the Tidings reemerged, supposedly boasting a team of eight reporters who cranked out densely reported stories every few days. The reality was that none of the people allegedly working for the Ashland Daily Tidings existed, or at least were who they claimed to be. The bylines listed on Daily Tidings articles were put there by scammers using artificial intelligence, and in some cases stolen identities, to dupe local readers.

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