Hundreds gathered in Medford on Saturday for a memorial ride to honor Charlie Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point USA, who was assassinated in Utah on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
The former president of the consulting firm ECOnorthwest said a survey of the state’s current condition is “sobering.” Five critical issues were most troubling — housing, education, wildfires, taxation, and attitudes toward growth, including land use laws and permitting processes.
With the May 2026 primary eight months away, Oregon Secretary of State Tobias Read said Oregonians may start to receive mail and other communications about the election. The easiest way to tell if something is from an official source is to look for the official election mail logo, he said.
The Rogue Valley Transportation District will begin major service reductions starting Tuesday, Sept. 2, due to financial strain caused by delayed federal funding. The cuts to service include the Medford-Ashland Express (Route 1X), shortened weekday hours and a complete suspension of Saturday service.
The state’s lone Republican in Congress, U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, of Oregon’s 2nd Congressional District, which includes Ashland and Talent, has no publicly scheduled events until Monday, Sept. 8, when he’ll hold a telephone town hall he announced last week.
Here is how misinformation drove the repeal of Oregon’s wildfire risk map.
President Donald Trump announced Monday that he will lead a campaign to eliminate mail-in voting, calling the system a “scam.”
The Oregon Government Ethics Commission acknowledged on Friday that a 2023 law intended to curb secretive “serial communications” among elected officials deserves more clarity from state officials on the use of communications and public meetings law.
More than 300 people packed SOU’s Stevenson Union Thursday as Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, state Rep. Pam Marsh and state Sen. Jeff Golden discussed the state’s federal litigation against Trump-era policies.
At 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, the lasting tone of a gong echoed through downtown Ashland, marking the exact time of the first of the two atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago. A minute of silence was observed by about 60 people gathered at the entrance to Lithia Park for the annual Rogue Valley Hiroshima-Nagasaki remembrance vigil.
This year’s Ashland Mystery Festival is scheduled to run Oct. 16 through 19, and will be headquartered at the Historic Ashland Armory.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is warning people about a phishing scam involving fake emails that appear to come from the official Jackson Alerts system.
Throughout October, 12 female professionals from across the country and Australia — organized by Ashland-based nonprofit Keeping All Women Safe (KAWS) — will offer “valuable information” to help women and men cultivate safer, healthier and more empowering lives and relationships.
The Oregon Senate on Monday passed the long-awaited transportation bill to update the state’s funding sources for road maintenance and operations. The bill would raise taxes and fees, including a gas tax increase from $0.40 to $0.46, effective Jan. 1, 2026.
Once a vibrant hub for local produce and community gathering, the Ashland Growers Market is now, some say, struggling with shrinking sales and dwindling attendance. Longtime vendors report drops of up to two-thirds in revenue, while people voice frustrations over pricing, location and atmosphere.
A former civil rights attorney said that the Trump administration’s lawsuit demanding that Oregon turn over voter information to investigate unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud is unprecedented.
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