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Debra Wilson: “The Willow Project would be devastating for the Arctic, the wildlife and the Gwich’in people, and it will make climate change worse if it’s allowed to go forward.”
John Marciano: “The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes stemming from the illegal invasion of Ukraine. Yet, the ICC has never issued a warrant for a U.S. president.”
Sara Harris: “Are we now going to allow the toxicity of exclusionary, hateful politics invade our own hearts and cemeteries?”
MaryAnn Shank: “From its first production, ‘‘Night, Mother,’ to its current production, ‘An Iliad,’ this Rogue Theater Company keeps on outperforming itself.”
John Frank: “Our councilors just need to see the big picture and stop focusing on the small green stick-dots.”
Cori Frank: “I … want to highlight how much a community of volunteers, working together with APRC staff, contributes to our beloved city.”
Lisa Tschudi: “Paying parents helps keep kids out of hospitals or more expensive institutional placements, which is better for children, saves the taxpayer money, and increases the parents’ capacity to continue providing caregiving long term.”
Larry Cooper: “Here is an accessible link to that very important speech: … I encourage everyone to read it in full as its words resonate yet today as fully as they did 55 years ago.”
Miriam Reed: “What is also not mentioned are the thousands of scientists — medical doctors and personnel, engineers, biologists, etc. — worldwide who have petitioned local and national governments for a moratorium on 5G.”
Bob Wetmore: “Seen parked at a location on the east side of our fair city: A gray Porsche Carrera (from $106,000 on up) bearing a bumper sticker that reads: ‘Tax the super rich!’ Would this be more or less progressive than just ‘Tax the rich?'”
Ashlanders and other Rogue Valley residents take part in a monthly video call with residents of Ukraine. Ivan Muts of Ukraine said during Friday’s call his country is grateful for all the support from the United States and other countries.
Obituary: Hermine “Helena” Louise Lentfer Sohl passed peacefully, surrounded by loving family on March 4, 2023 in Ashland. A celebration of her life will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 27, at Ashland Congregational United Church of Christ, 717 Siskiyou Blvd.
The federal government is sending nearly $50 million to Oregon nonprofits, counties and other entities to address homelessness, including $54,778 for Options for Helping Residents of Ashland (OHRA).
Semitrailers and other vehicles awaiting the reopening of Interstate 5 are lining the highway and some surface streets in Ashland on Tuesday. Southbound traffic on the road was diverted off the highway starting about 7 a.m. due to severe winter conditions in Northern California.
Training is available for those interested in helping others prepare tax returns, a free service offered by the AARP Foundation Tax Aide service currently offering help on Wednesdays and Fridays at The Grove in Ashland.
Pepper Trail: “This stretch of Interstate-5 in Southern Oregon is a known killing field for wildlife and dangerous for motorists. The highway cuts through a critical connection for wildlife moving between two mountain ranges and home to the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, which is the only national monument specifically established for the protection of its rich biodiversity.”
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