Bryan Sohl captured these photos of the northern lights from off Scenic Drive in the Hald Strawberry Park neighborhood at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, May 11.
Reader Photo: Tim Muser took this photo Tuesday of snow-shrouded Grizzly Peak from North Main Street.
Reader Photo: Dale Robinette of Ashland captured this Valentine’s Day-appropriate image in Rogue River. How many can identify the riders, principal players in the ‘I Love Lucy’ TV show of the ’50s?
Ashland’s We Keep Dancing, a group of dancers in their 60s through 80s, perform their second flash mob dance of the season on the Plaza in Ashland on Saturday.
Reader Photos: Dale Robinette calls this collection of photos taken at Friday’s Ashland Chamber’s Children’s Halloween Parade “Hallowheels Images.”
The Southern Oregon Chinese Cultural Association will bring some of the countries and customs of Asia together for the Lunar New Year celebration. Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about those cultures while kicking off the Year of the Fire Horse throughout downtown Jacksonville.
Ashland Outdoor School Ashland teacher and local fiddle instructor Robin Bliss-Wagner, critically injured Monday, is in a coma in the intensive care unit of a hospital as of publication time Wednesday. Area residents are working to raise up to $45,000 for his care, as well as to help with ICU and other expenses for his wife, Ruth, and their three sons.
Widespread accumulations of snow are expected Wednesday night into Thursday morning in Jackson County, according to a Wednesday afternoon update from the Medford office of the National Weather Service on a winter storm warning and winter weather advisory due to expire at 10 a.m. Thursday.
On Sunday, Feb. 15, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) deputies responded to a report of a deceased adult male near the summit of the Wagner Butte Trail outside Talent, according to JCSO. The individual, identified as Michael “Mike” James Beagle, 63, of Central Point, was found at an elevation of approximately 7,000 feet in steep, mountainous terrain, JCSO said in the statement.
More than 260 bills were introduced when the five-week Oregon legislative session began in February. Now, past a key deadline to move measures out of committee, many proposals have quietly died, including Republican priorities and an ambitious school funding overhaul. Meanwhile, debates over tax refunds, election rules and transparency for lobbyists continue as lawmakers head toward the March 8 adjournment.
Obituary: Longtime Ashland physician M. Kirk Gooding, 84, died Feb. 11, 2026.
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