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Reader photos: A pair of photos of a rainbow pair
Reader photos: Kathy H. Cooper of Ashland caught a pair of images of a double rainbow shortly before the sun went down Tuesday.
June 6, 2023
Reader photos: Kathy H. Cooper of Ashland caught a pair of images of a double rainbow shortly before the sun went down Tuesday.
Reader photo: Regina Ayars of Ashland caught this rainbow connecting earth to sky just before sunset Tuesday, on the tail end of a late-in-the-day lightning-and-thunder, sight-and-sound show playing out over the south end of the Rogue Valley.
Reader photo — and haiku: Barry Vitcov offers this combination of words and image.
Reader photo: A recent walk in Lithia Park inspired Pepper Trail to put together this haiku.
Reader photo: Rain, rain go away, so we can play pickleball another day. Douglas R. Smith captured this photo of the courts in Lithia Park between February storms.
Reader photos: Carlyle Stout of Ashland took these photos in Lithia Park after the last storm on March 1.
Shayne Foley of Ashland took this photo from a drone hovering over the railroad tracks through Ashland on Aug. 17. North Mountain Park is at left center, the end of Russell Street at lower left, the east end of Railroad Park at bottom center with Eighth Street going off to the right, and North Mountain Avenue crossing the tracks about halfway to the horizon.
Julie Raefield of Ashland took this photo of the sunrise over Grizzly Peak Wednesday morning, Sept. 7.
Lawrence Nagel of Ashland took this study in texture and shades of umber at Bandon Beach this summer.
Mike Gardiner took this photo of a brightly hued dragonfly in his backyard on — where else? — Orange Avenue in Ashland recently.
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)