After one of the most contested Ashland School Board races in recent history, voters in the May 20 special election had their say, selecting two newcomers to the board and voting to keep an incumbent.
Jackson County voters have spoken at the ballot box.
Nadia McGrady proposed ideas such as a “screen-free week” and a citywide talent show By Holly Dillemuth, Ashland.news If Bellview Elementary 5th-grader Nadia McGrady was mayor of Ashland, she knows
Book bags provided by Friends of the Ashland Public Library were given to all students with their favorite books inside, personalized just for them, as well as special gifts donated by community partners.
Eight candidates for the Ashland school board shared more common ground than differences at a forum held Sunday at Ashland High School.
The U.S. Department of Education is rescinding nearly $3.5 million in funds already appropriated by Congress to improve Oregon students’ literacy and math skills. The five programs that are directly affected focus on providing training and resources and creating professional networks for educators.
For this year’s Pacific Rim Bowl, players from coach Charlie Hall’s current Phoenix High School program will team up with those from Ashland High to create a South Valley team that will take on the Japanese all-stars on July 25 at Walter A. Phillips Field in Ashland.
At its March 13 regular board meeting, Ashland School Board members approved a resolution authorizing the district to officially let the community know about plans to pursue a “Full Faith and Credit Loan” of “a maximum principal amount of $10 million” to stabilize its operational budget, according to a district news release issued Wednesday.
Citing plans to move out of the school district area for family reasons in the future, incumbent Ashland School Board member Jill Franko withdrew Friday from the race for her seat in the upcoming special election on May 20. Ann M. Gaffney also withdrew from the race for position No. 3 school board race, but filed the same day for Position 1 — Franko’s current seat — and will face Jordan Rooklyn in the upcoming election.
A broad alliance of Ashland leaders continued their pitch Thursday for a proposed 90-plus unit affordable housing development that could boost enrollment at schools. At the Ashland High Library, across the street from the proposed 4.18-acre project site at the southeast corner of South Mountain Avenue and East Main Street, about 70 people generally voiced support for the concept at what was billed as a listening session hosted by the Sunstone Housing Collaborative.
Bronze pours are special events in the art world. Always at night, the hot, molten bronze is poured into a sculpture mold. The fiery metal lights up the sky and the casting is surrounded, at a safe distance, by a crowd.
Oregon’s lone Republican representative in Congress defended the party’s decision to attach new work and citizenship requirements to Medicaid eligibility at a virtual town hall Wednesday night and said there is a “travesty” of able-bodied, non-working Americans.
“I still find there are people here,” he said, referring to Southern Oregon and far Northern California, “who don’t there is a national monument here, so it seemed important to build public awareness, especially at this time.”
Herbert Rothschild: If Trump fails once again to lower prescription drug prices by executive order, hopefully he’ll pressure congressional Republicans at last to support legislation to achieve the same end. Or maybe his ego won’t permit anyone but himself to get credit for a result he insists he wants.
The Ashland City Council approved a $5 monthly parks fee to support the Parks and Recreation Department.
There are several “Into the Woods”-type sequences in Shakespeare plays. Forests where his characters (often ostracized or a threat to the aristocracy) go to escape the vindictive wraths of ruthless leaders or plot against them.
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