Deck the Balls – Christmas Decorating Bash
Great ornaments, even greater wine… but only for one night! Join us at Resistance Wine Co. on December 13th for Deck the Balls, an adults-only evening of ornament decorating, wine
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Great ornaments, even greater wine… but only for one night! Join us at Resistance Wine Co. on December 13th for Deck the Balls, an adults-only evening of ornament decorating, wine
We noticed that a lot of places in Ashland do something cool for First Friday. So, sure, we’ll be followers this time. We’re calling it First Friday Flights! Or maybe
Join us for a delicious Breads and Reds event at Resistance Wine Company! Eat great, fresh-baked bread paired with handmade artisan butters and our award-winning wines, all in one place.
Join us on July 27th for the Breads and Reds event at Resistance Wine Company! Enjoy freshly baked bread paired with our exquisite wines and specialty butters. This event promises
Ask Strider: This week the former street dog’s theme is happiness. Two readers want to know how to get it, one wants to get an unhappy sibling off her case, and finally, one wants to know if Strider has a favorite song. And as a matter of fact, he does!
Advance Base is the melancholic soft rock recording project of Chicago, IL singer/songwriter Owen Ashworth (formerly of Casiotone for the Painfully Alone). Using a two-handed arsenal of electric piano, Omnichord,
Back by popular demand: Kagyu Sukha Choling hosts an online auction with many new and gently-used dharma items to bid on, including meditation cushions, Buddhas, statues, fine art, ritual objects,
Ask Strider: This week, Strider is confronted with a question about Deep State malfeasance. He points out he is only a dog, and can’t solve the world’s problems. He does know you can have power over something or someone, or you can have love. You can’t have both. And having love is much more fun.
Catty Corner: Following up on Part 1 about feeding your felines, today we cover fussy cats, multi-cat households, free-feeding and treats.
Poetry Corner: It’s that time of the year for organizing end-of-year tasks and thinking about turning the calendar page to a new year. If you have a poem for any holiday that celebrates with light, even if not at this time of the year — Chanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Lantern Festival, Lunar New Year, New Year’s, or any other festivity where light plays a significant role — please, consider submitting to the Poetry Corner.
A woman’s in the hospital and a man is in jail on charges of attempted murder following a shooting Monday evening in Ashland, according to an Ashland Police Department news release issued Tuesday afternoon. Cory A. Davison, 49, of Ashland is being held without bail at Jackson County Jail on charges of attempted murder in the second degree, domestic violence assault in the second degree, and unlawful use of weapon in connection with an incidence of domestic violence.
A rash of break-ins over the past few days resulted in about $5,000 damage at two Ashland low-income houses under construction by Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity. No suspects have been arrested. Food and drinks for volunteers who were building the house near North Mountain Avenue in the Beach Creek subdivision were eaten.
Obituary: Donald Richard Montgomery passed peacefully on Nov. 27, 2024, aged 94, at his home in Ashland, Oregon. He became Director of Ocean Services at NOAA, and he authored several articles and co-authored a book about the Surveyor spacecraft. His work took him around the world, from Kenya, Australia and the South Pacific, to the arctic regions of Iceland, Greenland and Norway.
The Ashland Daily Tidings — established as a newspaper in 1876 — ceased operations in 2021 (its parent company, Rosebud Media, held on until 2023), but if you were a local reader, you may not have known. Almost as soon as it closed, a website for the Tidings reemerged, supposedly boasting a team of eight reporters who cranked out densely reported stories every few days. The reality was that none of the people allegedly working for the Ashland Daily Tidings existed, or at least were who they claimed to be. The bylines listed on Daily Tidings articles were put there by scammers using artificial intelligence, and in some cases stolen identities, to dupe local readers.
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