The historic chateau at the Oregon Caves National Monument and Preserve, which has been closed since 2018 for rehabilitation work, has been listed as one of the nation’s most at-risk historic sites.
“Native Americans used fire for forest management for thousands of years. After 150 years of fire suppression forestry, the data we’ve collected showed three times the amount of trees there should be in some places.” — Chris Chambers, Ashland Fire & Rescue Wildfire Division chief
A FEMA grant program that could have contributed $50 million to the city of Ashland’s water treatment plant project has become another federal funding source cut by the Trump administration. The city is still working with the Environmental Protection Agency on WIFIA loan funding for the project.
President Donald Trump’s executive orders shrinking the federal workforce make a notable exception for public safety staff, including those who fight wildland fires. But ongoing cuts, funding freezes and hiring pauses have weakened the nation’s already strained firefighting force by hitting support staff who play crucial roles in preventing and battling blazes.
Peace activists will be outside Ashland and Medford post offices from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 15, income tax filing deadline day, distributing leaflets showing that as much as 50 percent of each income tax dollar this year will go to fund present and past military expenses.
Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has taken aim at programs that combat climate change and programs that his administration says promote diversity, equity and inclusion and other social justice programs.
The Oregon Department of Education will not end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to fit the Trump administration’s interpretation of federal civil rights law, Gov. Tina Kotek and the state’s education director announced Thursday.
A new community center and “climate resilience hub” in Chiloquin should be months underway right now. Instead, city officials are wondering if they’ll ever see the $16 million they were promised in December from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build it.
Southern Oregon Head Start, regional lawmakers and community advocates breathed a collective sigh of relief Wednesday at the announcement that funding for more than 900 preschoolers and several hundred Head Start employees in Jackson and Josephine counties had been restored after concerns the program could lose half — or even all — of its funding.
UPDATE: Federal funding for Southern Oregon Head Start has been restored, according to an email sent by Katherine Clayton, executive director of SOHS on Wednesday afternoon, reversing an announcement made Tuesday that the Ashland branch of Southern Oregon Head Start would shut its doors on Friday, April 11.
The Ashland Citizens’ Budget Committee Wednesday recommended a $373 million biennial city budget that avoids drastic cuts to parks and throws a lifeline to a preschool grant program.
Plans are moving ahead to replace the two oldest chairlifts at the Mt. Ashland Ski Area.
The outage “is necessary to replace critical equipment and ensure continued reliable service,” a city news release said.
Customers asked to get garbage carts to the curb by 6 a.m., starting June 2 Ashland.news staff Recology customers in Ashland and Talent are asked to put their various garbage
Councilor Dylan Bloom answered questions on a number of topics, including pickleball, the homeless shelter, expansion of park lands and the future of Ashland.
Through two days of the NAIA Opening Round, the Southern Oregon softball team is acting like it has been here before. The Raiders took over the driver’s seat in the Ashland Bracket on Tuesday and are a win away from their seventh World Series berth in eight years.
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