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‘First Descent’ underway: Kayakers following undammed river
The “First Descent,” a 30-day paddle from the Wood River along the Klamath River to the Pacific Ocean near Requa, California, began Thursday.
June 13, 2025
The “First Descent,” a 30-day paddle from the Wood River along the Klamath River to the Pacific Ocean near Requa, California, began Thursday.
Ashland-based Cafe-Girl Thriving Artists is producing a benefit show, “Celebrate Art, Celebrate Life,” for the Barnstormers Theatre at 112 NE Evelyn Ave., Grants Pass, on Friday, June 20.
Supporters of imprisoned wildland firefighter Brian “Hakiym” Simpson and a defense attorney who represented him in court are sending an almost 3,000-signature petition and letter to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, urging her to exonerate the 42-year-old and have him released from prison.
Tomi Hazel Vaarde, author of “Social Forestry: Tending the Land as People of Place,” will speak next week at the Northwest Nature Shop at 154 Oak St., Ashland, from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 23.
The 32nd annual powwow organized by the Native American Student Union (NASU) Saturday and Sunday in Lithia Motors Pavilion at Southern Oregon University celebrated Native American culture through music, dance, art, food and more.
The Native American Student Union (NASU) at Southern Oregon University (SOU) will be hosting their 32nd annual powwow April 12 and 13. The intertribal powwow will offer food, music, dancing, and opportunities for shopping from Native owned businesses.
Review: At a time when so much erasure of Black stories and glory is happening around us, it feels especially fitting and delicious that two of Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s season-opening shows — James Ijames’s “Fat Ham” and August Wilson’s “Jitney” — involve all-Black casts shining in transformative and celebrated plays by Black American playwrights.
In recent weeks, a cascade of actions from the Trump administration has represented a “grave threat” to health care, social, educational and other critical services in Indian Country, including for Native American communities in the Northwest, tribal leaders say.
Black Alliance & Social Empowerment member Kim McKandes describes the organization, founded in 2019 by Executive Director Vance Beach in conjunction with a Juneteenth celebration, as “existing to make sure Oregon is a safe place for African Americans to live.”
A full house gathered Monday night at Rogue Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to better understand current changes to federal immigration policy and to hear how they might support immigrants in the local community.
Herbert Rothschild: A culture of peace exists in a community when mutual care and respect characterize the relationships among all its people and between them and the environment on which they depend.
As the sun rose over Lithia Park on Sept. 14, families gathered to welcome weary runners crossing the finish line of the Pine to Palm 100 — a legendary 100-mile ultramarathon ending its final chapter. Among them was Tim Smith, an Ashland pharmacist who ran to honor his late daughter, pushing through pain, grief, and 25,000 feet of elevation.
Whodunnit? Find out when the Oregon Cabaret Theatre offers “Murder for Two,” a comedic musical that features 15 original songs and more than a dozen characters played by two versatile, piano-playing performers.
Law enforcement officials released limited footage of a single figure approaching the vehicle of an Ashland man who was shot and killed early on Sept. 7.
An anonymous $890,000 donation to the Ashland Schools Foundation not only helped ease the district’s budget crisis — it sparked a wave of gratitude that caught national attention. The community’s response, especially from students, led to a feature on the Kelly Clarkson Show, set to air on Oct. 16.
Jim Hatton: There are countless definitions and uses of the word love…. Here is my definition: Love is what is created when God-Source sees itself within its own creation.
(It’s free)