Senior Samantha McDermott-Goldie designed a prom dress with a skirt made from 105 sheets of newspaper, detachable in case of rain.
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Ashland Mayor John Morrison conceded Wednesday that he lives most of the time in Talent while he lists an Ashland address as his main residence on public documents.
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Divided up into pairs, a hundred people interviewed each other about their values and how to create a more positive political process.
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Parents and excited students crowded kindergarten classrooms and sat in tiny chairs at Bellview, Walker, and Helman elementary schools on Wednesday.
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Diane Paulson, president, owner, CEO, and chief bottle-washer of Cascade Peak Spirits, has opened a distillery in Ashland brewing vodka.
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Jackson County residents can bring in their hazardous waste materials for a minimal fee this Friday and Saturday at Rogue Disposal's 17th annual Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off Days at the Jackson County Fairgrounds and Exposition Park.
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Community members raised more than $11,000 at a benefit to help with the medical expenses of local performer David Gabriel.
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The playoffs are starting early for the Ashland High softball team.
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If they need to, the Boston Celtics could wrap up their series against the Hawks without ever winning a game in Atlanta.
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As it turns out, the Big Ten and the Pac-10 weren't the only conferences standing in the way of a major college football playoff.
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Eight Belles has never raced against the boys. The gray filly will get her big chance when she takes on 19 of 'em in the Kentucky Derby.
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A leader of the Democratic Party under Bill Clinton switched his allegiance to Barack Obama today and urged fellow Democrats to end the bruising nomination fight.
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The U.S. military killed a man believed to be the head of al-Qaida in Somalia and 10 others in an airstrike overnight, an Islamic insurgent group said today.
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A school bus and a dump truck crashed Thursday along a road with hairpin turns, killing one person and injuring 12 in northern Kentucky, police said.
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Washington Post editorial
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Flag display at SOU is must-see exhibit; Taking to task Ashland water and climate change; OSF production over the top; "Merry Wives" is worth seeing
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Essentially Ashland: By Lance K. Pugh
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Perhaps it was inevitable: The Democrats' battle for the presidential nomination has now led us into the thicket of race and religion.
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Jeff Golden's new novel, 'Unafraid,' is a parallel history exploration flowing out of one tiny change — what if those bullets aimed at JFK on Nov. 22, 1963, were a little bit off target and he was only wounded and lived out his two terms?
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David Blaine took on a Zen-like appearance in the water tank as the minutes ticked by during his attempt to set a new breath-holding record.
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From the driver's seat, the coffee shop catches your eye, giving you hope that a steaming midday cup could help you survive after a sleepless night with a teething toddler. The only thing in your way is the sleeping lump strapped into his car seat.
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Erwin Johnson picks up a clump of the dark, rich soil that he has farmed for 35 years, like his father and grandfather before him. In a few months, this flat expanse of northern Iowa will be crowded with corn ready to be trucked to market.
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Dear Abby
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