Oregon lawmakers’ latest attempt to prop up the state’s struggling retail pharmacies by regulating middlemen companies has died amid uncertainty over the legislation’s complexity and pushback from insurance companies.
The Portland Tribune is ending its print publication starting next week and will continue as a digital-only news service, according to the paper’s publisher.
Following an announcement to members and donors of the departure of executive director Gabriella Calicchio, Oregon Shakespeare Festival on Friday announced the position has been filled internally while the organization launches a search for a permanent replacement.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Gabriella Calicchio is on leave and will soon officially step down from a leadership role she just assumed in November, according to an email sent by OSF to major donors Thursday.
The innovative product is the brainchild of Cassandra Davis — and it recently earned her a $100,000 investment from Oregon Angel Food (OregonAF) Investors to help scale her growing business, Functional Botanicals, an Ashland startup with a half-dozen employees.
A Domino’s Pizza outlet is scheduled to open Monday, June 16, in Talent, according to a postcard announcement mailed recently to Talent households.
At Panache & Gusto, a limited-time wine-tasting pop-up set in the outdoor courtyard of Le Petit Café Crêperie, Georgina Ruff and Megita Denton will offer something refreshingly different: a judgment-free, community-rich experience built around female-driven wines, rare grape varieties and sustainable small producers.
A Southern Oregon University graduate and executive of a company developing renewable energy projects said the state is making significant strides towards a 100% clean electricity goal by 2040.
Coffee drinkers stopping by Ashland’s Walker Avenue Starbucks for a Wednesday morning pick-me-up were met with temporarily shuttered doors following a union strike by Starbucks workers held earlier in the day.
Ashland city leaders reviewed a draft study on Tuesday that will help launch a long-term plan to boost employment and the local economy.
The Oregon Legislature is meeting this week to consider some major cuts to current spending levels as a large revenue deficit looms. That’s because the state’s tax code automatically replicates new federal tax cuts, including ones passed by Congressional Republicans this summer that will reduce state revenue
Michael O’Looney: Trump and the Texas Legislature are responsible for a partisan power grab that has unleashed bitterness and partisan vindictiveness, all in an effort to subvert an electoral system for partisan ends.
Councilor Bob Kaplan: While the cost of delivering kilowatt-hours to our homes has risen, Ashland Electric has been able to hold our rates steady with just one increase of 5.1% in 2021. I’m sorry to say we’re due for an increase, but fortunately it’s not likely to match recent increases elsewhere.
An estimate for the cost to abate asbestos found in the shuttered Lincoln School recently should be available as early as sometime this week, according to Steve Mitzel, operations director for Ashland School District. The cost to remove asbestos would be separate from the as yet-unknown cost for structural repair.
“We are still here” was the theme for Saturday’s Native American Heritage Celebration at Southern Oregon University, hosted by the SOU Native American Student Union (NASU) and SOU Native Nations Liaison Kenwanicahee (Kenwani) Kravitz (Madesi Bandi, Pit River Nation Winnemem, Nomtipom and Nomsus Bands Northern Wintu).
As Oregon lawmakers stare down a deficit of at least $373 million over the next two years — and brace for the possibility of a bigger shortfall in the state’s next quarterly revenue — they asked state agencies to create lists of ways to cut 5% of their approved budgets.
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