Several hundred Ashland High School students and other community members participated in the Ashland Youth Climate Walkout and Rally on Friday, March 10, to demand that adults, local elected officials and community leaders join them in taking immediate action to address the climate crisis and announced the launch of the Ashland Youth for Electrification Campaign.
Whether you call them homeless, houseless or home free doesn’t change their situation, but since early February a small band has been making a statement in hopes of inspiring change. They’ve set up camp in prominent public places in Ashland recently, including on the Plaza, on Gateway Island between the library and fire station, and in Triangle Park.
Inspired by the work of the former Eve Ensler, Ashlander Lynne Pethtel is organizing “Break the Chain of Violence,” an evening of music and dance performances and a debut performance on Feb. 14.
The Truth to Power club at Ashland High School, a group of about 25 students, looks at the challenges of the world and asks themselves what they can do.
Ashland Plaza was the pivot point for a pair of large gatherings Saturday, the first the “Women’s Wave” starting at 10 a.m, then the SOPride parade that began at noon at the Ashland Public Library, came down Siskiyou Boulevard and Main Street to the Plaza, then headed up Winburn Way to Butler Bandshell in Lithia Park.
“We’re going to have tons of fun,” declared Gina DuQuenne about Saturday’s resumption of the Southern Oregon Pride Festival Parade in Ashland after a two-year break due to COVID-19. The parade is set to step off at noon from in front of the Ashland Public Library and make its way to Butler Bandshell in Lithia Park. Another event, “Women’s Wave 2020,” is planned for Ashland Plaza from 10 a.m. to noon.
The 4,500 BottleDrop account holders in the Ashland area now have a local drop-off option. Instead of taking green bags to Medford for redemption, they can now take them to Shop’n Kart in Ashland, where they can also purchase bags, print stickers and withdraw cash from their account.
Carola Lacy of Ashland celebrates her 100th birthday today, Sept. 1, still active and engaged as she’s been nearly since her birth a century ago.
Anyone walking or driving around Ashland in recent weeks has likely seen a double-truck covered with signs promoting peace, love and joy, and its intention to deliver food, clothes and building materials to the Hopi Reservation. Curtis Meliford, originally from Louisiana, and now a resident of Santa Cruz, explains how he came to work on “being the change we wish to see in the world.”
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The Ashland Independent Film Festival announced Monday the nonprofit’s six on-screen film lineup as a documentary showcase coming April 14-20 to the Varsity Theatre. Each Varsity feature will be paired with a short documentary directed by a local filmmaker.
Oregon drivers who for decades have been banned from touching gas pumps could soon have the right to fuel their own cars, under a bill the state House overwhelmingly approved Monday.
After announcing last week that the ski-snowboarding area broken its all-time season attendance record, Mt. Ashland Ski Area managers announced Sunday that its season has been extended to April 23, adding two weekends on to a schedule that typically would have ended on April 9.
During a visit to Central Point Sunday, Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, announced $21 million was on its way to Oregon to help reduce the risk of wildfires. Joining her were U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, and Mike Shaw, chief of fire protection at ODF.
A procession celebrating spring wound its way from the ice rink on Winburn Way to the Ashland Plaza on Saturday afternoon, drawing an estimated 150 participants with a like number of spectators.
Reader photos: Carlyle Stout of Ashland took these photos in Lithia Park after the last storm on March 1.
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