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Summer activities at Mt. Ashland winding down

Summer activities at Mt. Ashland are winding down. Only four days – Saturday and Sunday Aug. 5 and 6 and Aug. 19 and 20 — remain for the Youth Adventure Days program for youth age 7 to 12. While the youth programs are ending, the lodge and café will remain open on weekends until Sept. 3.

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Art

New festival celebrates Siskiyou Crest

A new multifaceted festival celebrating a special corner of Southern Oregon is scheduled for this weekend. The Siskiyou Crest: A Festival of Art, Culture and Science will run from Friday through Sunday, July 14-16, at Pacifica Garden, 14615 Water Gap Road, in Williams. Activities will begin at 10 a.m. each day.

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Education

Youth Adventure Days beginning at Mt. Ashland

Mt. Ashland begins a new summer program, Youth Adventure Days, this weekend. The program targets youth who are 7- to 12-years-old and, according to officials, gives them “the opportunity to make friends and explore all Mt. Ashland has to offer during the summer.”

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Volunteers build new Ashland-area trail that helps solve old problem

Volunteers have helped construct a new hiking trail that reroutes foot traffic off of a portion of the popular Alice in Wonderland Trail in the hills south of Ashland. The new trail and a planned new bicycling trail roughly paralleling it are part of an effort to shift all bike and pedestrian traffic from the old trail to the new trails, so that trail users cross only public land or cross private land with an easement allowing a trail.

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Business

Mt. Ashland Ski Area open for summer

Mt. Ashland is more than a place to go downhill ski and snowboarding. On weekends the mountain’s lodge café and retail shop are now open every Saturday and Sunday while various special events are planned through the summer until Labor Day.

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Events

City to unveil new mountain biking trail in Ashland

Weekends are for mountain biking, and if you happen to be in town on Saturday, the city of Ashland has announced the unveiling a new mountain biking trail. Named Wasabi, a “spicy flow trail”, the Rogue Valley Mountain Bike Association, Ashland Parks and Recreation and the city of Ashland have issued an open invitation to stop by and celebrate from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 20.

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Business

The trail to the great outdoors now leads through downtown

Outdoors lovers have a new headquarters with the opening of the Siskiyou Mountain Club’s Siskiyou Outdoor Store in downtown Ashland on Thursday, April 13. The store is tailored to the needs of hikers and campers, offering maps, special equipment and often vital information with advice on area backwoods trails and camping.

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Parks & Recreation Commission seat 1 candidate Q&A

For the upcoming Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission election, all candidates were contacted by Ashland.news for interviews. All who responded were asked the same questions. Answers from candidates competing for the same position were paired together. Fer Mejia has never run for office before, while Mike Gardiner was a Parks & Recreation Commissioner before resigning in 2021.

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Q&A with Ashland City Council Candidate Gina DuQuenne

For the upcoming Ashland City Council election, all candidates were contacted by Ashland.news for interviews. All who responded were asked the same six questions. Answers from candidates competing for the same position were paired together. In this, the second of two articles on uncontested seats, we hear from incumbent Position 5 Councilor Gina DuQuenne.

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Picture This: Been ‘burned’? Try Afterburnt

Southern Oregon Burners, a group of Burning Man participants based in Southern Oregon held a “decompression event” known as “Afterburnt” Saturday afternoon, Nov. 2, in Lithia Park. The event is aimed at fostering Burning Man connections and educating others about Burning Man principles. 

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Ashland City Council to review Climate Friendly Community plan Monday

The Ashland City Council will review an update on the city’s Climate Friendly Communities plan presented by Community Development Department head Brandon Goldman along with consultants from 3JConsulting, JET Planning, and EcoNorthwest who have been contracted to work with the city in developing the initiative at the Monday, Nov. 4, council study session, according to meeting materials. 

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