Protesters spread across the Southern Oregon University campus Saturday, as a student-organized march met up at the Stevenson Union and the Iraq Body Count flag exhibit entered its final weekend.
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The Community Development Department will trim one clerk's position to half-time, continue using part-time building inspectors and cut back on outside consultants in response to the ongoing construction slump.
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Tom Crimmins said he graduated from Whitman College with a Bachelor's degree in mathematics in 1979. Today, the Ashlander is among the many homeless in Jackson County. Crimmins, along with about 150 other homeless, attended the First Annual 'Day in the Park to End Homelessness.'
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Community members are invited to join in a potluck at Garfield Park before the Ashland City Council meeting on Tuesday night.
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The tightening economy and rising food prices are starting to show up on the doorstep locally, as Carrie Applegate of Ashland noticed when she underwent the 'humbling' experience of loading her cart with free groceries from the Ashland Emergency Food Bank.
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Oregon has witnessed an unprecedented jump in new voters registering to participate in an election. But that increase hasn't come without some complications.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. is coming to the Rogue Valley this week, officials say.
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Continued unease about a natural gas pipeline proposal prompted Jackson County commissioners to launch their own research into plans for drilling beneath the Rogue River.
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John Fox III, a founder of Ashland Toastmasters, was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by his fellow Toastmasters.
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Ashland received a career-defining day from Sarah Silbowitz and Bella Pribyl pitched the Grizzlies to a pair of 3-2 victories over Eagle Point to capture a playoff berth on Saturday at North Mountain Park.
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It may have been just a scrimmage but the pads were popping and there were plenty of big hits to be handed out Saturday during Southern Oregon University's eighth annual Red & Black football exhibition at Raider Stadium.
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Saturday was a memorable one for Ashland senior Matt Miner.
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After using their home-court advantage to the fullest, the Boston Celtics get no respite.
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Almost 4,000 people were killed and nearly 3,000 others are unaccounted for after a devastating cyclone in Myanmar, a state radio station said today.
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Editorial round-up
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Case in Point: By Chris Honoré
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Tales From the Crib: By Jennifer Margulis
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By Cynthia Tucker
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By Orville Hector
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These days the environmental consequences and unfriendly economics of energy appear unsustainable. As a result, power providers and technology companies are making the electric grid smarter.
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Dear Abby
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