As hundreds of thousands of Oregonians face a 40% decrease in their food budgets, Gov. Tina Kotek urged the Legislature to give millions to the Oregon Food Bank. Federal emergency funding ended in February, slicing aid to households receiving benefits to an average of $270 per month.
The Ashland Growers & Crafters Market is set to open on March 7 back at the Ashland National Guard Armory for 2023. Located at 1420 E. Main St., the market will operate from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays through November.
Oregon food banks are bracing for an uptick in demand in March when hundreds of thousands of state residents will face a drastic cut in their food budget. In March, federal monthly emergency funds will go away, reducing the average benefit from nearly $450 a month to nearly $270 a month for about 410,000 households.
Vendors who want to apply for a space at the 36th annual outdoor Rogue Valley Growers & Crafters Market have until Feb. 15 to enroll. The 36th outdoor market season kicks off in March.
The Brine, Brew & Barrel fermentation festival will be held Friday, Jan. 13, to Sunday, Jan. 15, at the Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites, 2525 Ashland St., organizers have announced.
Chabad Jewish Center hosted a menorah lighting Sunday on Ashland Plaza, with additional lightings planned Monday in Grants Pass and Tuesday in Medford, plus a pop-up deli Wednesday and Thursday in Ashland.
The last Ashland Food Project Green Bag pick up of the year is estimated to have brought in 30,000 pounds of food for the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. It takes about 150 neighborhood coordinators wrangling donations from about 2,500 households, about a quarter of those in Ashland, to help keep families from going hungry.
The Rogue Valley Growers Market kicks off its fourth season of the Indoor Winter Market on Tuesday, Dec. 6, in a new setting at the Ashland National Guard Armory, 1420 E. Main St., Ashland.
Rogue Food Unites, a Rogue Valley-based nonprofit, has launched a three-days-a-week farmers market as a way to continue helping the community following the Almeda Fire, and in an effort to make more organic products accessible to all, no matter their income.
Empty Bowls is back as a community celebration as well as a fundraiser after two years of COVID-19 interruption. It will be held from Friday, Oct. 21, in Wesley Hall at First United Methodist Church, Ashland. Empty Bowls raises money for local nonprofit organizations that address food insecurity in Ashland.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced Monday the nonprofit’s six on-screen film lineup as a documentary showcase coming April 14-20 to the Varsity Theatre. Each Varsity feature will be paired with a short documentary directed by a local filmmaker.
Oregon drivers who for decades have been banned from touching gas pumps could soon have the right to fuel their own cars, under a bill the state House overwhelmingly approved Monday.
After announcing last week that the ski-snowboarding area broken its all-time season attendance record, Mt. Ashland Ski Area managers announced Sunday that its season has been extended to April 23, adding two weekends on to a schedule that typically would have ended on April 9.
During a visit to Central Point Sunday, Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, announced $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires. Joining her were U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and Mike Shaw, chief of fire protection at ODF.
A procession celebrating spring wound its way from the ice rink on Winburn Way to the Ashland Plaza on Saturday afternoon, drawing an estimated 150 participants with a like number of spectators.
Reader photos: Carlyle Stout of Ashland took these photos in Lithia Park after the last storm on March 1.
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