About 15 volunteers served up a bounty of hot food Friday, Dec. 23, to about 45 people at the eighth annual Community Peace Meal in the courtyard of Pioneer Hall. Look for a full story on the gathering next week.
Dec. 27 update: Date of event corrected.
A winter storm warning will be in effect from 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, to 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, for mid- to higher elevation parts of Jackson County according to a news release from the National Weather Service issued Sunday morning, Sunday, Feb. 15. A winter weather advisory will be in effect over the same time period for areas up to 2,000-foot elevation.
Ashland Planning Commission Chair Lisa Verner cast the deciding vote to partially approve, partially deny a housing project at 431 N. Main St., at the prominent corner of N. Main and Nursery Streets in the city’s nationally registered Skidmore Academy Historic District in a dramatic ending to the meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials are accepting applications for the agency’s annual summer artist-in-residence programs: one at the historic Rogue River Ranch National Historic Site and another at the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The artists will have the opportunity to capture these lands during a milestone year.
Three civil rights veterans who were on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement will share their experiences during the “Choosing Courage” panel discussion from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Southern Oregon University Recital Hall.
A winter storm warning will be in effect from 10 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, to 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, for mid- to higher elevation parts of Jackson County according to a news release from the National Weather Service issued Sunday morning, Sunday, Feb. 15. A winter weather advisory will be in effect over the same time period for areas up to 2,000-foot elevation.
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Ashland Planning Commission Chair Lisa Verner cast the deciding vote to partially approve, partially deny a housing project at 431 N. Main St., at the prominent corner of N. Main and Nursery Streets in the city’s nationally registered Skidmore Academy Historic District in a dramatic ending to the meeting of Tuesday, Feb. 10.
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) officials are accepting applications for the agency’s annual summer artist-in-residence programs: one at the historic Rogue River Ranch National Historic Site and another at the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. The artists will have the opportunity to capture these lands during a milestone year.
Three civil rights veterans who were on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement will share their experiences during the “Choosing Courage” panel discussion from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18, at the Southern Oregon University Recital Hall.
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?
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