A Talent model railroad manufacturer will shutter following a Monday, Nov. 17, acquisition by a global model railroad company. The news came as a surprise to the 20-plus workers at the company which traces its roots to the early 1940s.
Two teams from Ashland High School ruled the Southern Oregon Kitchen Klash over the weekend, earning first and second place awards for their creative rendition of pork tenderloin, butternut squash and green beans in the inaugural cooking competition.
The Talent Artisans & Growers Holiday Market returns Thanksgiving weekend following a year-long hiatus, the Talent Business Alliance has announced.
Talent’s Urban Renewal Agency voted to up its funding from $35,000 to $500,000 for a business incubator as state officials review a plan that would shift $1.25 million of a fire relief grant to support the project.
State Sen. Jeff Golden and State Rep. Pam Marsh will both serve as celebrity servers at the annual Phoenix-Talent Empty Bowls fundraiser this Sunday. More than 325 bowls handcrafted by local clay artists in cooperation with Talent Maker City, will be available at the annual Phoenix-Talent Empty Bowls fundraiser from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 9.
A new fund in the Rogue Valley has been created to gather and distribute fresh local produce to families in need, in light of the ongoing federal shutdown and pause of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.
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.
Local nonprofits Lomakatsi Restoration Project, the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission and other partners are co-hosting a free, family friendly event for a day of learning Indigenous knowledge, restoring the land and honoring Native American Heritage Month at an event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1, at Blue Heron Park in Phoenix.
After months of sleeping in his car, one elderly man in Talent will soon have keys to his own apartment at Oro Vista Village. The new 26-unit complex is the latest effort by a local nonprofit working to address Oregon’s growing crisis in affordable homes for seniors.
Talent unveiled its renovated skate park on Saturday, Oct. 11, during the town’s inaugural skate competition.
John Paul Valdez: The necessity for service model reform in Jackson County is starkly illuminated by the failure of the centralized system to recognize the organic, effective mutual aid operating within sparse communities.
Michael O’Looney: President Donald Trump’s relentless name-calling of those he regards as his adversaries in politics and the media has become something more than a feeble attempt at conjuring up innocuous nicknames. Besides being childish and unimaginative, his slurs have become methodically vicious.
Public hearings on a pair of projects, one in a quiet residential neighborhood along Scenic Drive and the other in a busy commercial area near Shop’n Kart grocery market are set before the Ashland Planning Commission Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The Ashland City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 2, took steps to repurpose two city-owned properties — the 846-acre Imperatrice property and the 380 Clay St. parcel — as part of a broader effort to rein in city finances.
Concert violinist Carla Ecker moves in a steady triangle between Phoenix, Arizona; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the Rogue Valley — performing opera, symphony and chamber music.
Don’t miss your chance to experience the Ashland High School production of “Wizard of Oz” in its closing weekend.
(It’s free)
