Ashland residents can anticipate receiving a test emergency message in the first week of October as part of a trial of national emergency alert systems — and the city of Ashland continues to remind residents to sign up for the Citizen Alert Everbridge system.
A threat deemed not credible but that was made via a social media app at Ashland Middle School Friday prompted presence at the school by Ashland Police. The concerning post was discovered in a student Snapchat group, Samuel Bogdanove, superintendent of Ashland School District, said in an email to student parents, guardians and families.
A former Oregon Shakespeare Festival actor’s civil lawsuit against the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office over allegations of excessive force in 2019 should go to trial, according to a federal magistrate. United States Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke ruled Aug. 15 in federal court in Medford that deputies did not violate the law for the way they handled Juan Anthony Sancho during the intake process at the Jackson County Jail on April 18, 2019, after Sancho was allegedly uncooperative with police in Ashland who found him intoxicated on the street.
Nearly three years after the Almeda Fire struck on Sept. 8, 2020, Ashland police Chief Tighe O’Meara still remembers glancing into his department’s briefing room the day following the blaze and seeing 30 to 45 police detectives from numerous local agencies “crammed” together, all hard at work.
A man who allegedly stabbed another in a motor home parked near North Mountain Park on Wednesday evening, Aug. 30, has been arrested and charged with first degree assault and other charges, the Ashland Police Department said Tuesday.
Oregon officials can do more to increase public awareness about an obscure civil court tool that can prevent gun violence and suicides, according to an Oregon Secretary of State report released Wednesday. The tool is based upon Oregon’s “red flag” law, which allows family members or law enforcement to petition the court for someone to turn in their firearms if they are a risk to themselves or others.
A former Ashland Parks & Recreation employee will receive $700,000 to settle a lawsuit dating back to February 2022, the city of Ashland said in a statement released Monday. A post on the city’s website said the lawsuit filed by Laura Chancellor against Ashland Parks & Recreation, the city and five employees and was dismissed with the agreement of all parties “to avoid the expense and burden of further litigation.”
The Talent Historical Society will host an event commemorating the Almeda fire’s third anniversary from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9, at the Talent Museum, 105 N. Market St., Talent.
Jackson County District Attorney Beth Heckert is worried that a federal judge’s order to release defendants from jail in Washington County within 10 days if they don’t have an attorney appointed by then could have staggering repercussions for the Rogue Valley, including the release of people charged with murder.
Want to help your neighbors in the event of a disaster? The city of Ashland will host a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Basic Academy this fall. The academy provides local residents with free training on how to learn how to help themselves, their families and ultimately the community in the event of a disaster. CERT basic training is offered to the Ashland community twice a year.
There’s still three months to go for this year’s Oregon Cabaret Theatre, but plans are already being firmed up for 2024, the Cabaret’s 39th year. “Clue,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “Legally Blonde,” “Sherlock Holmes” and “Pine Mountain Lodge” promise a mix of comedy, song and suspense.
If you haven’t seen this Halloween world on East Main Street yet, prepare to be impressed. If you’ve visited the family’s yard and trick-or-treat room in previous years, prepare for even bolder and scarier displays this year.
Ashland City Council’s Monday evening study session will focus on the new shelter at 2200 Ashland St. The meeting will include 15 minutes of time for public comment, a City Council discussion, an “operations overview” presentation and a presentation from the city’s possible contractor to run shelter operations — Options for Helping Residents of Ashland (OHRA).
With less than 36 hours until the federal government shuts down, frustrated Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation and federal employees called on congressional Republicans to hurry up and pass a continuing resolution keeping the government open.
Plans are moving along for a wide, landscaped wildlife overpass spanning Interstate 5 about 2 miles north of the California-Oregon border. The Oregon Department of Transportation earlier this year agreed to spend $1.5 million toward design of the crossing, and the agency in August applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation for a grant to build it, at an estimated cost of $20 million.
The Frontier Conference is sending its best to Raider Stadium this fall. There may be none better at the moment than Montana Tech, Southern Oregon’s guest Saturday for a 1 p.m. kickoff.
(It’s free)