October 9, 2024Council Chambers – 6:00 PM1175 E Main Street In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact
Pursuant to Article X, Section 2(c) of the Ashland City Charter, the Ashland City Council will hold a public hearing on October 15, 2024, at 6:00 p.m.,in the Council Chambers,
Award-winning playwright Justin Huertas will be grand marshal of the 2024 Pride Parade, set to roll through downtown Ashland on Saturday, Oct. 5. The parade will make its way from Union Street to Lithia Park starting at 10 a.m. Huertas is author of the book, music and lyrics for “Lizard Boy,” in which he plays the starring role at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival through Oct. 12.
Oregon is likely to face fewer big wildfires this summer than in previous years, but a lack of rural housing, coupled with unstable and often low pay, continues to create firefighter workforce challenges across the state and region.
Black bears are roaming Ashland streets looking for an easy meal before fruits and berries ripen. Every spring, hungry bears are drawn into the city by scents like garbage and pet food. The bears break into homes, cause property damage, and create human safety issues.
Lucie K. Scheuer: Healing arts are interesting because they meet you where you live…. I realized if I was going to be able to do any of the classes offered, I would have to humble myself, be willing to make some mistakes and take some risks.
Matt Witt: “No one knows what kind of outlet (or outlets) will fill the void, but we can use this moment to think about what we want from any alternatives that emerge.”
Herbert Rothschild: “It’s hard to dismiss spite as a motive for aerial assaults on civilian targets unassociated with ground offenses against them. That’s especially true because retrospective studies of such assaults during World War II revealed that they do little to impede fighting capacity and, if anything, strengthen the popular will to carry on.”
It’s not a question of if water rates will go up, it’s a question of how much. Ashland City Council reviewed a study of the finances of its water system with an eye for how much rates will need to rise in the face of various coming changes during its Monday evening study session.
When you are not ready to adopt a dog but you miss dogginess, fostering is the perfect solution. And for folks who might want to take a smaller step than fostering, there is the Field Trip program: Take a foster dog for the day, or maybe just a hike.
A budget crisis didn’t stop Ashland schools Superintendent Joseph Hattrick Monday night from vowing to turn a fiscal corner within a few years with the community’s help. He spoke Monday night before an audience of about 50 parents and school staff at Ashland High School’s Mountain Avenue Theatre during the first of four public outreach sessions this week.
The sun shone on a frosty Lincoln Field early Tuesday morning as members of Ashland School Board met virtually by Zoom in a special board session to set the price value range of the 4.12 acres at a range of $1.745 million and $2.25 million, based on an appraisal of the property and compared with Medford prices.
City Corner: The Homeless Services Assessment Report … evaluates the strengths and weaknesses of the current homeless response system. It identifies the most pressing needs and suggests potential opportunities for improvement.
The city of Ashland has opened a comment window seeking public input on the potential to allocate portions of federally awarded funds to renovations at 2200 Ashland St., according to a release from the city. The city of Ashland could reallocate $112,112 to support renovations at the 2200 Ashland St., such as the installation of a sprinkler system, fire egress modifications, laundry shower and additional restrooms, the release said.
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