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Southern Oregon offers many hiking trails, many of which tell a history of the region, like the Gin Lin Trail.
August 27, 2025
Southern Oregon offers many hiking trails, many of which tell a history of the region, like the Gin Lin Trail.
Ask Strider: Readers are feeling sad, like things are turning dark. Our advice columnist is anxiously hoping to give support. His paw on your knee. Really.
Southern Oregon University’s project proposal to create a senior adult living community on its Ashland campus is on hold after Medford-based Pacific Retirement Services, which owns the Rogue Valley Manor, has withdrawn its application to take part in the project.
With the theme “The time is always right to do right,” Ashland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day event connected King’s teachings to current issues, urging people speak out against injustice and work toward equity and peace.
As home prices in Ashland outpace local incomes, a panel of housing developers, economists and public officials will gather Sunday, Jan. 25, to discuss the city’s shortage of attainable housing and explore options for moving projects forward.
Jim Hatton: Personal transformation isn’t about force. It’s about awareness, focus and the willingness to release the old stories that no longer serve us.
An interactive art exhibition in Phoenix is challenging the everyday reality that many Black, Indigenous and people of color face when their hair is touched without consent.
(It’s free)