Herbert Rothschild: Trump is only the latest Republican who has told working-class white males that they lost their power because women and especially peoples of color have been given advantages they didn’t have.
My husband and I have been members of the Collaborative Theatre Project in Medford for several years. It’s a small space where there are no bad seats. The plays never
Herbert Rothschild: In June 2020, Bayer agreed to pay $9.6 billion to settle more than 10,000 lawsuits claiming harm from Roundup. Bayer also assigned $1.25 billion to pay future claims. As of 2023, around 165,000 claims, more than 50,000 of which are still pending, had been made against Roundup. New lawsuits continue to be filed from agricultural workers, homeowners and groundskeepers.
Paul R. Huard: On this day, which might be the last day during your life that anyone raises the importance of VE Day to you, remember that they died for you. They died so the United States — and the world — would be governed by the rule of law and the consent of the people, not by strongmen and oligarchs
To help maintain services in the face of rising costs, the city of Ashland relies on fees to pay for specific programs. These fees show up on your monthly utility bill. The City Council has voted to increase specific fees this year, recognizing that the programs the fees support have gotten more expensive over the years.
Jeffrey Pike: Patty believes, passionately, that libraries are places where all people are welcome to explore, learn, participate, understand, interact, and grow, however they decide.
Herbert Rothschild: Those to whom the land acknowledgements have come to sound merely performative might find it meaningful to promote passage of legislation to investigate the impacts and ongoing effects of the infamous Indian boarding schools.
Michael O’Looney: When he was campaigning, Trump tried to disassociate himself from Project 25, claiming he had nothing to do with it, that some of its ideas were “absolutely ridiculous and abysmal.” But he has been complicit in implementing Project 25’s playbook to the letter.
Wendy Eppinger: Nearly $1 million raised for the Perozzi Fountain.… And all parks services for us are going to be slashed?
Robert Delsman: If Trump/the administration defies the district court’s order as affirmed 9-0 by the Supreme Court in the Abrego Garcia case or any other case, the issue before the court will (be) whether defying the legitimate order of a coequal branch of government is an exercise of core presidential powers. The answer to that question must be a resounding “No,” because the alternative would be the utter collapse of our constitutional order and the institution of a dictatorship.
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
A wealth of tips to help protect Ashland homes and yards from wildfire risk was the hot topic during the latest Better Prepared Wildfire Series installment on Wednesday.
Ashland City Council will consider and be asked to vote on a $5-per-meter monthly charge for electricity to support Ashland Parks & Recreation programs during its Tuesday business meeting.
This summer, a small group of local high school students will have the opportunity to learn about restoration of the Southern Oregon landscape and wildfire prevention.
Herbert Rothschild: Trump is only the latest Republican who has told working-class white males that they lost their power because women and especially peoples of color have been given advantages they didn’t have.
The Ashland Citizens’ Budget Committee Wednesday recommended a $373 million biennial city budget that avoids drastic cuts to parks and throws a lifeline to a preschool grant program.
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