Major roadwork is planned next week Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, through downtown Ashland, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has announced. The southbound lanes of North and East Main Street — aka Highway 99 — are set for grinding and paving Monday from Maple to Third streets while the northbound lanes of Lithia Way and Main Street from Third to Maple streets is planned for Tuesday.
Talent Maker City is making its mark in Southern Oregon with its new 8,000 square-foot facility which will be an innovative hub and makerspace for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math (STEAM), which celebrated its newly expanded space on Saturday.
A lightning bolt left Stephen Sklarew in pain for six months in 1996, igniting an interest in artificial intelligence (AI) systems as a way to help heal the natural world. His journey from entomologist to AI leader riveted the attendees at the Ashland RegenAI Summit on Sept. 13-15, an event that showcased how various issues that confront local communities can be aided by artificial intelligence.
It’s the end of a pizza era as The Grotto Pizzeria in Talent served its last slice of pizza Saturday, Sept. 7. After more than 20 years of slinging pizza pie dough, the pizza restaurant at 302 E. Main St. said goodbye. The new owners taking over the spot will be Morrton’s Sports Pizza Bar in Medford, which will call the location Morttons Too.
An elevator maintenance project has left a number of disabled seniors feeling trapped on the second and third floors at the Ashley Senior Center Apartments on Siskiyou Boulevard for nearly a month. “Most people can struggle in and out of the building, but I know of two people who absolutely cannot get out,” said one resident who was willing to speak for the group by phone.
A golden opportunity paired with serendipitous timing both played a role in bringing Gabriella Calicchio to the Southern Oregon stage for her newest act which, starting in mid-November, will be serving as executive director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Facing an end-of-year deadline to choose and zone specific Ashland areas where mixed-use, pedestrian friendly development is encouraged, the city of Ashland will host a public open house and presentation from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, in the Siskiyou Room of the Community Development Building at 51 Winburn Way to receive public feedback.
Talent residents packed the meeting room in Talent Library beyond capacity Wednesday evening, filling every chair, lining walls and halls and peering through doorways, all for the opportunity to participate in a question and answer session with Ryan Flynn, president of Pacific Power.
Qualified applicants to become judge of the city of Ashland’s municipal court are asked to send a letter of interest and a resume to the city recorder by the new, extended deadline of Oct. 1, City Manager Sabrina Cotta said in a news release Wednesday.
Cass Sinclair will be leaving her role as executive director of nonprofit Opportunities for Housing, Resources & Assistance to “pursue a new career opportunity,” according to a message sent to OHRA supporters and signed by Board President Cathy Gerbracht on Tuesday.
Pam Hammond beamed earlier this week while talking about new plans in store for downtown Ashland’s Paddington Station sister stores, The Jewel Box and Inspired By Oregon, which are consolidating and moving into the prominent Fortmiller building across the street.
Ashland councilors Gina DuQuenne and Dylan Bloom on Wednesday gave Southern Oregon University students a lesson in how to express mutual admiration even while disagreeing. The councilors met with 15 students at Britt Hall to discuss voting, Ashland-centered topics and how to bridge the communication gap between the SOU campus and Ashland.
Review: “Witch,” isn’t exactly a Halloween piece per se, but it is unsettling. And if you like stories that are distinctive, disturbing yet thought-provoking, this might be for you. This is a play where no one is as they seem; where our motives and desires can give rise to good or evil.
Bob Palermini, professional photographer, will give a presentation about photojournalism at the Southern Oregon Photographic Association meeting on October 15 in Medford. He studied photojournalism in college and has been a photographer for Ashland.news since shortly after it debuted in January 2022.
Herbert Rothschild: It would be stunning if the presidential candidates were asked during a debate whether they are disturbed by the prospect of leaving office with blood on their hands.
A quarter-mile stretch of Walker Avenue between the railroad tracks and East Main Street will be closed Friday, Oct. 11, and Monday, Oct. 14, so roadwork can be done,the city of Ashland announced Thursday. Profiling and grinding work is planned for 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, while overlay is set to be laid down Monday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m
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