I am a resident of Ashland. My husband and I are speechless after reading that Ashland Gun Club is raffling off an AR-15 at its event Saturday, June 4. How insensitive, inappropriate, ignorant and just plain stupid. Especially right after the Texas shooting.
Kate Boutwell
Ashland
(Note: After this story was published, the club president said the AR-15, which was donated for the raffle a couple months prior to the event, would be withdrawn from the raffle.)
Katharine Lang: Many homeless people are in that position due to simply not making enough money to afford a rental in this pricey town. Wages are stagnant while housing prices increase. We desperately need more housing for people in this position.
Herbert Rothschild: In the face of resistance from both Republicans and Democrats, in 2024, Golden was instrumental in getting his colleagues to pass Oregon’s first law to set limits on campaign contributions.
Regina Ayars: It is not too soon to start thinking about what you might contribute to our community as a member of this essential commission. Your leadership might be just what our city needs.
Ann Magill: For the past 15 years, national parks have been free to enter on national holidays. However, under the current administration, two days are excluded from this practice. They are Martin Luther King Day and Juneteenth, the only two national holidays giving special recognition to African Americans.
A winter storm warning will be in effect from 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, to 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, for mid- to higher elevation parts of Jackson County according to a news release from the National Weather Service issued Sunday morning, Sunday, Feb. 15. A winter weather advisory will be in effect over the same time period for areas up to 2,000-foot elevation.
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Ashland Planning Commission Chair Lisa Verner cast the deciding vote to partially approve, partially deny a housing project at 431 N. Main St., at the prominent corner of N. Main and Nursery Streets in the city’s nationally registered Skidmore Academy Historic District in a dramatic ending to the meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials are accepting applications for the agency’s annual summer artist-in-residence programs: one at the historic Rogue River Ranch National Historic Site and another at the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The artists will have the opportunity to capture these lands during a milestone year.
Three civil rights veterans who were on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement will share their experiences during the “Choosing Courage” panel discussion from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Southern Oregon University Recital Hall.
Reader Photo: Dale Robinette of Ashland captured this Valentine’s Day-appropriate image in Rogue River. How many can identify the riders, principal players in the ‘I Love Lucy’ TV show of the ’50s?
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