Make an appointment for your dog or cat to receive vaccinations and/or microchipping at the upcoming FOTAS low-cost, drive-thru clinic being held Saturday, August 17th. Each pet must have its
Ask Strider: This week, Strider puts some heart into a small dog who feels underappreciated by his family, cats and all. Our advice columnist emphasizes the reward in a job well done, whether or not it’s noticed.
Ask Strider: This week, two of our advice columnist’s readers are down and discouraged. But fear not! Strider the Dog is there for them — and you.
So many kitties, and now’s the time. Wellness Pet Supply will host a feline adoption event and microchip fair from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 29, at 462 “A”
Ask Strider: This week, the dog about town answers questions about his friendship with a cedar tree. And he relishes his memory of the one place he still dreams about going, the day Tod forgot to wear her Bogs.
Ask Strider: This week, the dog about town is astonished by the coincidence of him and a reader’s dog having the same favorite toy. And he is bowled over by the love another reader shows for her traumatized rescue dog.
Friends of the Animals will host a low-cost, drive-thru dog and cat vaccination and microchip clinic is Saturday, June 15. The clinic is by appointment only and can be made
Rogue Valley Street Dogs 3rd Annual Fundraising Dinner Event. June 8th, 2024 from 5:30-8:30 at Dos Mariposas Vineyard & Lavendar Farm at 3976 Bellinger Lane in Medford. Register at www.roguevalleystreetdogs.org.
Dear Strider: This week, two perplexed pets weigh in with their concerns, giving Strider an opening to warn about Easter chocolate being poison to dogs.
Southern Oregon University budgeted for a 1-3% reduction in student credit hours this fall, but is now facing the need to restructure its budget by $2.7 million as the university lowers enrollment projections due to a significantly delayed rollout of federal aid applications anticipated to prompt a 6% reduction in student credit hours.
A wind-driven grass fire ignited near Almeda Drive on Sept. 8, 2020, ravaged its way northwest through the wildland urban interface, destroying thousands of structures through Talent and Phoenix. The direction of the wind that day is often credited with preserving Ashland from the fire. But there was also a quick intervention from the south, when firefighters with the Greensprings Rural Fire District extinguished a vehicle fire intentionally set on fire at Emigrant Lake.
The unveiling of the final version of a major mural project in downtown Ashland was a big night for the local art scene. More than one hundred people crowded into the warehouse-sized studio of muralist John Pugh on Helman Street on Friday night to see Pugh’s vision for a mural that will adorn the Ashland Elks Lodge at 255 E. Main Street.
Obituary: Amanda Louise (Butler) Pyle, 80, a longtime Rogue Valley resident and elementary school teacher, passed away Sept. 3 at Celia’s Hospice House in Medford. Teaching was not a “job” for Amanda — it was a passion. She is especially remembered for involving students in creative projects and also for giving every one of them a hug as they left her classroom at the end of each school day.
Local law enforcement agencies say they’d love nothing more than a break in the investigation into the cause of the devastating Almeda Fire of Sept. 8, 2020. Sadly, four years since the fire destroyed more than 2,500 homes and burned 3,200 acres between Ashland and Phoenix, investigators don’t know much more than they did immediately after the fire.
While the mayor’s office and one council seat failed to draw incumbent candidates, council seat positions 1, 2 and 3 and Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission seats 1 and 2 all have multiple candidates filed for the approaching election.
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