Ashlanders can now recieve larger rebates for installing electric heating systems, heat pumps, water heaters or upgraded electrical panels. The expanded incentives, approved on Oct. 23 by the Ashland City Council, aim to help advance the city’s goal of cutting 100% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
People from the community, tribal representatives, and state leaders came together at Blue Heron Park in Phoenix on Saturday, Nov. 1, to honor Indigenous land stewardship of the Rogue Valley and the collaborative spirit guiding its recovery since the 2020 Almeda Fire.
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now will host a sustainability fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Ashland Elks Lodge. The evening will feature guest speakers, live music and local food and wine.
Eight Mongolian scientists spent three days along the Klamath River to see how dam removal is changing salmon runs as Mongolia balances river conservation and hydropower ambitions.
“Heat Beneath the Waves: How Climate Change Transforms Our Seas,” is the topic for the Southern Oregon Climate Action Now’s next monthly general meeting, held at 6 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 28, at the Medford library, 205 S Central Ave., Medford.
People in Ashland can now take difficult-to-recycle items, including packaging materials, plastics, and shredded paper, to the Ashland Recycling Center on Water Street as part of the state’s recycling mandate.
The so-called “Big One” or Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake expected to trigger disruptive quakes throughout the West Coast could cause more damage than previously estimated if it sets off quakes in the nearby San Andreas Fault Zone, according to a recent study.
A small group of volunteers who call themselves RepairSO offers free sewing repairs at Bellview Grange from 9:30 a.m. to noon the fourth Monday of every month. They bring their own sewing machines in for the work, including a 1936 Singer.
More than 320 species of plants and animals in Oregon need of greater protection, according to Department of Fish and Wildlife, up from 294 about a decade ago. The 2026 plan, adopted on Aug. 15, outlines what the state’s priorities should be to maintain healthy fish and wildlife populations.
A potentially dangerous, disease-carrying mosquito with a penchant for human blood has been discovered in Clay Street Park in Ashland.
Barbara Shor: I first met Jane Goodall in 1987 at a lecture she gave at the Sacramento Zoo, where I was working as veterinarian as part of my residency program in non-domestic animal medicine at UC Davis.
Ashland, long celebrated for its Shakespearean drama, is about to trade soliloquies for sarcasm. From Dec. 5 to 7, the city will host the inaugural Ashland Sarcasm Festival (ASF!), a comedy takeover designed to fill theaters, bars and restaurants with sharp wit, satire and laughter.
Tickets are selling fast for “Mass for the Endangered,” described as a multi-sensory film experience of music and animated artwork being presented Sunday at the ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum in Ashland.
Ashland Scout Troop 112 will honor local veterans with a free Veterans Day breakfast on Tuesday, Nov. 11, from 7 to 11:30 a.m., or until food runs out, at Elks Lodge No. 944. Scouts will take orders, serve meals and visit with veterans as part of the local troop’s tradition of showing gratitude to those who served.
A proposal to improve safety along Lithia Park’s received a tepid response from the Ashland Parks & Recreation Commission on Wednesday, Nov. 5. Although commissioners supported adding disability parking near the Japanese Garden and created a designated pedestrian walkway, many questioned whether the cost would lead to meaningful safety improvements.
Medford voters appear to have approved a 2% increase to the city’s transient lodging tax, which will help partially pay for the construction of a downtown conference center and minor-league ballpark.
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