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Reader Photos: Northern lights from Strawberry land
Readers Photos: Bryan Sohl captured these photos of the northern lights from off Scenic Drive in the Hald Strawberry Park neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
May 26, 2024
Readers Photos: Bryan Sohl captured these photos of the northern lights from off Scenic Drive in the Hald Strawberry Park neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
It’s coming back. Another wave of charged solar material will sweep into the Earth’s atmosphere, sparking a secondary aurora borealis peak Sunday, May 12, the Space Weather Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, announced Saturday.
Reader Photo: Bill Street took this photo of blossoms in front of and behind a turkey with a colorful head and wattle of its own off Terrace Street in Ashland.
Reader Photo: Diane Toth calls this photo, taken early in March, “Saturday morning Ashland, waiting for the next snowfall.”
Reader Photo: Linda Thomas took this photo of snow play on the hill above North Mountain Park on Saturday morning, March 2.
Reader Photo: Dale Robinette said more than a foot of snow had already come down and more was falling when he took this photo of an old International Harvester truck on Saturday at his house on Old Highway 99 South at 3,506-foot elevation.
Reader Photo: Jessica Bryan and Tom Clunie on Feb. 22 captured this photo of a bald eagle in a tree in their backyard at Nauvoo Mobile Home Park by Bear Creek on the north end of Ashland.
Dale Robinette reports when you have two donkeys but only one cookie they just may opt for nuzzling.
Reader Photo: Ashland resident Pepper Trail says his daily errands inspired this Ashland-themed photo-haiku. Seems the silver lining of a rainy day is sometimes a rainbow — and sometimes popcorn.
Dale Robinette thought of the lyrics from “Annie” when the sun shone Thursday morning on the 14-inch deep pillow of snow blanketing his back yard near mile-marker 5 on Old Highway 99 South.
This year’s Ashland Mystery Festival is scheduled to run Oct. 16 through 19, and will be headquartered at the Historic Ashland Armory.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is warning people about a phishing scam involving fake emails that appear to come from the official Jackson Alerts system.
Throughout October, 12 female professionals from across the country and Australia — organized by Ashland-based nonprofit Keeping All Women Safe (KAWS) — will offer “valuable information” to help women and men cultivate safer, healthier and more empowering lives and relationships.
The Oregon Senate on Monday passed the long-awaited transportation bill to update the state’s funding sources for road maintenance and operations. The bill would raise taxes and fees, including a gas tax increase from $0.40 to $0.46, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Once a vibrant hub for local produce and community gathering, the Ashland Growers Market is now, some say, struggling with shrinking sales and dwindling attendance. Longtime vendors report drops of up to two-thirds in revenue, while people voice frustrations over pricing, location and atmosphere.
A former civil rights attorney said that the Trump administration’s lawsuit demanding that Oregon turn over voter information to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud is unprecedented.
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