Rotary Club of Ashland names Ashland High School students Aurora Graham and Luna Dygert as Students of the Month for January, February.
From cookoffs to youth art classes to chances just to “say hey,” Black Alliance & Social Empowerment provides Black individuals in southern Oregon with a sense of community and much more.
When Ashland Mayor Tonya Graham reprised large parts of her State of the City address she delivered the night before during a city town hall meeting to the Rotary Club of Ashland on Thursday, club members took advantage of the question and answer session to query the mayor on a variety of city issues, including making the city recorder a staff position instead of an elected office, and anticipated increases in water rates.
Leo Garcia said that the blue bag program could raise thousands of dollars a year and that since the overhead is low, most of the money raised would go directly to the food bank.
When President Abraham Lincoln referred to the “better angels of our nature” in his 1861 inaugural address, it could just as easily be an appeal to heal the divisions of our time. With that legacy in mind, a nationwide organization known as Braver Angels is taking root in Southern Oregon, trying to find ways to turn down the political heat.
Ashland High School Superintendent Samuel Bogdanove recently presented Tess Hobein and Aiden Espinoza as Rotary’s Students of the Month for November and December.
A Christmas tree recycling event is set for Saturday, Jan. 6, 2024, in the City of Ashland. Ashland residents wanting to participate should have their Christmas tree curbside by the night of Friday, Jan. 5.
Please join us for breakfast on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at the Ashland Elks Lodge.
Nonprofit news: The Rotary Club of Ashland is pleased to announce our students of the month for September and October, James Dyson and Simone Starbird.
The Ashland Monster Dash, the race featuring competitors decked out in Halloween garb, returns for its 15th year on Saturday, Oct. 28, in Lithia Park. The event will feature in-person 1-mile, 5K, and 10K distances, with prizes for the top finishers in each race.
Ashland, long celebrated for its Shakespearean drama, is about to trade soliloquies for sarcasm. From Dec. 5 to 7, the city will host the inaugural Ashland Sarcasm Festival (ASF!), a comedy takeover designed to fill theaters, bars and restaurants with sharp wit, satire and laughter.
Tickets are selling fast for “Mass for the Endangered,” described as a multi-sensory film experience of music and animated artwork being presented Sunday at the ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland.
Ashland Scout Troop 112 will honor local veterans with a free Veterans Day breakfast on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 7 to 11:30 a.m., or until food runs out, at Elks Lodge No. 944. Scouts will take orders, serve meals and visit with veterans as part of the local troop’s tradition of showing gratitude to those who served.
A proposal to improve safety along Lithia Park’s received a tepid response from the Ashland Parks & Recreation Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Although commissioners supported adding disability parking near the Japanese Garden and created a designated pedestrian walkway, many questioned whether the cost would lead to meaningful safety improvements.
Medford voters appear to have approved a 2% increase to the city’s transient lodging tax, which will help partially pay for the construction of a downtown conference center and minor-league ballpark.
Gov. Tina Kotek confirmed that SNAP food assistance benefits will be fully funded for November with access to benefits today, Friday, Nov. 7. Kotek’s announcement follows a federal ruling that ordered the federal government to release SNAP funds.
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