December 5, 2024

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Ashland School District

School staff, superintendent huddled Monday to review budget situation; public meetings start Monday

Among considerations being proposed by Ashland School District amid a looming $2.2 million in budget cuts are cutting five to 10 days of school and/or moving to a four-day work week, according to Rebecca Dyson, Ashland School Board chair, who spoke to Ashland.news before the first of several listening sessions with Superintendent Joseph Hattrick regarding potential budget cuts. No actions have been taken nor will be taken without public comment.

November 26, 2024

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Finding common ground: Navigating post-election conversations

A standing-room-only crowd filled 160-seat Carpenter Hall in Ashland on Tuesday, Nov. 12, one week after Election Day, as community members joined The Ashland Sunrise Project for a discussion on “Building Post-Election Common Ground,” intended to highlight how to build a common ground of understanding.

November 25, 2024

Columnists

Curtain Call: A page-turning revelation

Curtain Call: Abigail Mace is the artistic director and conductor of Jefferson Baroque Orchestra, a position she assumed last March. Jefferson Baroque’s upcoming concerts will be December performances of Handel’s “Messiah,” a beloved holiday tradition.

November 24, 2024

Health

‘Nothing is off the table’: Providence Medford nurse negotiations fail

After nearing what they call their “bottom line,” Providence Medford nurses say “nothing is off the table” after a Tuesday bargaining session failed to end in a new contract with hospital administration. A strike authorization vote date is pending for Medford registered nurses represented by the Oregon Nurses Association.

November 24, 2024

Environment

Oregon commission approves redo of landmark climate program after lawsuit derailed it

Oregon’s keystone plan to regulate fossil fuel companies and reduce planet-warming greenhouse gas pollution will be reinstated in early 2025 after being derailed for nearly a year by a gas industry lawsuit. The Environmental Quality Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to approve the program.

November 24, 2024

Ashland School District

Cuts coming: School district must find $2.2M in savings before budget year ends June 30

After years of increasing staffing even as enrollment declined, Ashland School District needs to reduce its 2024-2025 fiscal year budget by more than $2.2 million by mid-2025, according to a review by a statewide education official. Superintendent Joseph Hattrick is asking staff and the public to weigh in on a district plan on how to move forward with cuts.

November 23, 2024

City Government

City manager: Interim shelter should be open as soon as next week

A series of technical restrictions that has long bedeviled Ashland city staff seeking to stand up a winter shelter may be solved enough to provide an interim shelter as soon as next week, according to a presentation by City Manager Sabrina Cotta at Tuesday’s council meeting. Council also voted unanimously to support the proposal of a six-month pilot program to provide long-awaited storage facilities for the dusk-to-dawn sleeping area.

November 22, 2024

Business

Ashland oncologist on winning team at international cancer competition

Cancer patients may soon see safer, more effective treatments thanks to groundbreaking research by a team that included Dr. Dawn Lemanne of Oregon Integrative Oncology in Ashland. Her team won first prize and a $50,000 grant at an international mathematical oncology competition in early November at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.

November 22, 2024

Books

Review: Ashland author’s latest novel weaves fact and fiction into a drama of love, loss and murder

“Floreana” is the title of Ashland author Midge Raymond’s latest novel, a captivating tale of love, loss and murder with an environmental twist. You can join Raymond for an author talk at the Ashland Public Library at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3.

November 22, 2024

City Government

Ashland City Council balks at potential expulsion zone changes

A series of first readings for ordinances to amend and extend the city of Ashland’s Enhanced Law Enforcement Area (ELEA) before the Ashland City Council at Tuesday’s business meeting were unanimously deferred for further discussion at a later meeting.

November 22, 2024

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Council mulls first water rate hikes since 2019

December 5, 2024

It’s not a question of if water rates will go up, it’s a question of how much. Ashland City Council reviewed a study of the finances of its water system with an eye for how much rates will need to rise in the face of various coming changes during its Monday evening study session.

Foster parents for dogs get the warm and fuzzies

December 4, 2024

When you are not ready to adopt a dog but you miss dogginess, fostering is the perfect solution. And for folks who might want to take a smaller step than fostering, there is the Field Trip program: Take a foster dog for the day, or maybe just a hike.

Public weighs in on ‘grim’ school budget

December 4, 2024

A budget crisis didn’t stop Ashland schools Superintendent Joseph Hattrick Monday night from vowing to turn a fiscal corner within a few years with the community’s help. He spoke Monday night before an audience of about 50 parents and school staff at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theatre during the first of four public outreach sessions this week.

Ashland School Board sets value range of soccer field proposed for development at $1.745 to $2.25 million

December 4, 2024

The sun shone on a frosty Lincoln Field early Tuesday morning as members of Ashland School Board met virtually by Zoom in a special board session to set the price value range of the 4.12 acres at a range of $1.745 million and $2.25 million, based on an appraisal of the property and compared with Medford prices.

City Corner: A brief history of Ashland’s Homeless Services Master Plan

December 3, 2024

City Corner: The Homeless Services Assessment Report … evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the current homeless response system. It identifies the most pressing needs and suggests potential opportunities for improvement.

City asking for comment on change to community block grant fund allocation

December 3, 2024

The city of Ashland has opened a comment window seeking public input on the potential to allocate portions of federally awarded funds to renovations at 2200 Ashland St., according to a release from the city. The city of Ashland could reallocate $112,112 to support renovations at the 2200 Ashland St., such as the installation of a sprinkler system, fire egress modifications, laundry shower and additional restrooms, the release said.

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