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Walker students' stories come alive

First-graders' plays are produced with help from the SOU theater department

A dozen first-graders at Walker Elementary on Friday got a thrill most adults never get — seeing a play they wrote get produced on stage by real actors.

At his brother's side - 05/25/2013
Memorial Day is the time we set aside to remember those who have fallen in military service to our country.
Oregon public universities consider 5 percent tuition hike - 05/25/2013
PORTLAND — Students attending Oregon's seven public universities could face a 5 percent tuition increase next year after a panel voted Friday...
'We Are Here' - 05/24/2013
Traditional Native American songs and drumming could be heard in downtown Ashland Thursday as about 100 people gathered around a newly installed...
Budget Committee approves city budget of $201 million - 05/24/2013
The Citizens' Budget Committee has approved a two-year $201,347,863 budget for the city of Ashland that keeps city property tax rates flat.
Navickas trial starts Tuesday - 05/24/2013
Ashland's city attorney on Thursday attempted to protect city officials from having to testify at former Ashland City Councilor Eric Navickas'...
Task force raids marijuana dispensaries across county - 05/24/2013
Drug cops raided four Jackson County marijuana dispensaries Thursday, making four felony arrests and leaving behind a crowd of angry medical...
Clever and very, very funny - 05/23/2013
The premise is simple enough.
Emergency food bank producing results - 05/23/2013
Ashland Emergency Food Bank for the first time is establishing some roots of its own — literally.
Air Force team makes it to top of Mount Everest - 05/23/2013
An elite U.S. Air Force mountain-climbing team that includes an Ashland High School graduate made it to the roof of the world Sunday.
City Council approves rate increases - 05/23/2013
Water and sewer rates will both go up by 10 percent, and storm drain and transportation utility fees will each rise by 3 percent beginning July 1.
Ashland-area elections yield no surprises - 05/22/2013
Tuesday's district elections garnered a voter turnout of just 15.
More access for dogs in many Ashland parks - 05/22/2013
Leashed dogs will be allowed to roam more freely in eight Ashland parks, the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission decided Monday.
Parks commission asks to keep money - 05/22/2013
Rather than endorsing a compromise proposal, the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission is standing its ground and asking the Ashland Citizens'...
Free from falls - 05/22/2013
Senior citizens working to reduce their chances of falling were put to the test Thursday at the Ashland Family YMCA.