It’s coming back. Another wave of charged solar material will sweep into the Earth’s atmosphere, sparking a secondary aurora borealis peak Sunday, May 12, the Space Weather Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, announced Saturday.
Southern Oregon is celebrating World Migratory Bird Day with an activity-filled morning of observation and appreciation for the avians as they migrate in mass northward for the summer. Rogue Valley Bird Day will celebrate that mass migration with multiple bird-themed activities on Saturday in Ashland.
Black bears are roaming Ashland streets looking for an easy meal before fruits and berries ripen. Every spring, hungry bears are drawn into the city by scents like garbage and pet food. The bears break into homes, cause property damage, and create human safety issues.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management personnel are scheduled to provide an overview on Wednesday of the agency’s 618-page draft plan to manage the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, with wildfire risk and environmental issues among the issues expected to be discussed.
A dozen bicyclists gathered at Ashland Plaza at 5 p.m. Friday, May 3, for Ashland’s first First Friday Bicycle Ride. Organized by Gary Shaff, chair of Streets 4 Everyone (part of Ashland Climate Collaborative), City Council member Eric Hansen led the way through downtown to North Mountain Drive and back on B Street, stopping at the Ashland Food Co-op for a staff welcome and treats.
Work is underway to remove woody debris, berry bushes and hazard trees along the Bear Creek Greenway through Talent and Phoenix, where the Almeda Fire burned in 2020. The work, undertaken with a $685,000 grant from the Oregon State Fire Marshal, is intended to reduce fire hazards along the popular walking and biking path.
In an intricate ballet, “chokers” in the hills south of Ashland hook felled, sheared trees to a cable dangling from a helicopter so they can waft their way to a collection point where they’re loaded onto trucks for transport to a mill in Yreka.
Federal regulators are allowing construction to begin on expanding a controversial gas pipeline running from Washington, across a part of Idaho and through Oregon to Northern California. The project is opposed by environmentalists, the governors of Oregon and Washington, the states’ U.S. senators and the attorneys general of Oregon, Washington and California.
A coalition of three dozen environmental groups from around the country are calling on the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to cancel a timber sale on federal land near Grants Pass where activists are trying to block a sale.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has released a draft plan for managing the 113,507-acre Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, including plans for fuel-reduction activities that would take place within a quarter-mile of at-risk communities. The agency is taking public comment on the plan through July 5 and has set four public meetings in May.
It’s coming back. Another wave of charged solar material will sweep into the Earth’s atmosphere, sparking a secondary aurora borealis peak Sunday, May 12, the Space Weather Prediction Center, part of the National Weather Service, announced Saturday.
Ashland’s 30-year love affair with a cozy little coffee shop has sparked a new match with an equally loved 52-year-old Ashland organic grocery store. The marriage of Rogue Valley Roasting Company to the Ashland Food Co-op became official this week.
The Ashland Independent Film Festival (AIFF) has announced the dates for this year’s festival: Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 3 to 6. AIFF memberships are now available on the website at ashlandfilm.org, and AIFF is actively seeking sponsors to support independent filmmaking and foster artistic expression.
Phone call fraud scam calls are common. A local victim and near-victim told Ashland.news how their deals went down — or nearly down, and authorities talk about giveaways it’s a scam (hint: it’s the money).
Jessica Bryan: We were transfixed behind our window. We felt as though we were staring into the face of God, infinity, the vast silence of stars in the night sky.
Chris Honoré: The reality is that in this moment we have only one political party and one candidate that believe in our form of democratic governance. We stand on a precipice.
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