Reader Photo: The internationally recognized chamber music ensemble the American Brass Quintet (ABQ), visited Ashland last week, giving a master class at the South Medford High School on Friday afternoon, and performing holiday music for all Ashland from The Brickroom’s outdoor balcony on Friday night.
Reader Photo: Dale Robinette took this photo of a Fed Ex semi truck and trailer that tipped over on Interstate 5 on Oct. 12 near Exit 6.
Dale Robinette: The delicious scent of savory soup drew me into Wesley Hall. Celebrity servers like Tim Bond and Tyler Hokama of Oregon Shakespeare Festival were ladling out African peanut soup and clam chowder.
Reader photo: Kathy H. Cooper captured this image of brightly illuminated cascades of clouds in the sky over Ashland on Thursday, Aug. 3.
Reader photos: Tim Muser took these sunset storm photos from his upstairs deck in the 100 block of North Main Street, Ashland, on Wednesday, June 7.
Reader photo: Kate Boutwell took this photo around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday looking northwest from Ashland toward Medford, where a thundershower was dumping rain.
Reader photos: Russ Page shot iPhone videos of the lightning on the other side of the valley below Grizzly Peak on Tuesday evening from his house on Wimer Street toward the north end of town. These images of the lightning bolts are screen-captures from the videos.
Reader photo: Rick Keck took this photo of a fiery sunset following a flashing lightning storm from his back porch on Bush Street in Ashland.
Reader photos: Julie Raefield and Rob Bremer captured these photos between 8:36 and 8:47 p.m. Tuesday as a series of lightning storms passed through the Ashland area.
Reader photo: Kate Boutwell captured this shot of a colorful sunset over Ashland with stadium lights in the foreground on Monday, June 5.
Obituary: Proud mom and devoted wife, Mary Louise “Mary Lou” Viola Carlson, 93, passed away in hospice Jan. 19 in Medford. A celebration of life will be held this spring when the flowers are blooming and the birds are singing.
Because the list of Ashland’s accomplishments in 2024 would be too long to read out loud, she would have to stick to the highlights, Mayor Tonya Graham said Wednesday, starting off her annual State of the City address in a packed Rogue River Room in Stevenson Union at Southern Oregon University.
Review: “Spotlight on the Judds,” starring Livia Genise as Naomi, Rebecca K. Campbell as Wynonna and Janina Brown as singer and narrator, is playing at the Camelot Theatre through Feb. 9. Rebecca K. Campbell as Wynonna performs with such confidence. She possesses a strong, muscular voice that you can feel right down to the tips of your toes.
A 76-year-old man died after colliding with a tree at Mt. Ashland Ski Area on Friday morning, according to a ski area news release. The helmeted skier, whose name was not released, was on Windsor Chairline, a trail categorized as “most difficult,” the release said.
People in Southern Oregon and far Northern California will likely see ongoing changes in weather patterns in coming years, and those changes aren’t necessarily positive. During a Wednesday evening presentation, “Southern Oregon Climate Trends, Projections, and Consequences,” Dr. Alan Journet, co-facilitator of Southern Oregon Climate Action Now (SOCAN), offered a series of possible scenarios if steps are not taken to immediately stop or at least slow climate change.
As part of an ongoing commitment to addressing homelessness in Jackson County, individuals are invited to volunteer for the annual “Point in Time” (PIT) Count, which will take place throughout the last week of January, beginning Monday, Jan. 27.
(It’s free)
