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SOU academic rankings rankle some

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:16 EST

A ranking of each academic program at Southern Oregon University released Wednesday has left some department chairs scratching their heads, while others were enthused about their high placement.

Council to consider rate hikes

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:10 EST

The Ashland City Council will hold a public hearing and then decide whether to approve a 10 percent water rate increase, a 10 percent sewer rate increase, a 3 percent storm drain fee increase, and a 3 percent transportation utility fee increase.

Back to nature

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:10 EST

Spas and salons, once sinkholes of waste in energy, water, packaging and laundry, are moving into the green-sustainable world — and have a new book by Ashlander Shelly Lotz to guide them.

SOU Academic Program Prioritization Report

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:36 EST

Southern Oregon University ranked its academic programs as part of a planning process. This document offers a detailed description of the process and the rankings.

The brains behind the Brain Bowl

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:55 EST

What makes kids smart? Ask middle school Brain Bowl winners and you'll recognize a pattern to success:

Oregon bill would legalize medical marijuana retailers

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45 EST

SALEM — Oregon legislators are considering a bill to legalize and license medical marijuana retailers, calling it a step toward reining in abuses of the state's 15-year-old effort to allow people to use pot for therapy.

Email scam posing as Walmart notification

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45 EST

If you receive an email notification thanking you for purchasing a flatscreen TV from Walmart's website this week, do not open it.

Property tax increase on the table

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:45 EST

City officials are pondering whether to raise city property taxes to their legal limit in order to help fund wildfire fuels thinning in the Ashland watershed.

Stearns Cemetery cleanup set

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:25 EST

Saturday, May 18, is the annual cleanup day for Stearns Cemetery, on Anderson Creek Road outside Talent.

Cylvia Hayes: Student debt a potential crisis

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35 EST

With an average of $26,000 in debt on graduation, Oregon's higher education system is not working — however, it and many systems in our society are in transformation and we're going to have to live for a time with the old and the new, side-by-side.

Police have suspect in AMS fire

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35 EST

Police say they have identified a student who intentionally set fire to a paper-towel dispenser in the boys' bathroom at Ashland Middle School Tuesday, triggering an evacuation of the school and causing significant damage to the restroom.

A craftsman at work

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:35 EST

Walking into Darrell Hanks' bow-making studio is like walking into a different time, when instruments were painstakingly handmade using techniques passed down by generations of craftsmen.

North entrance to Crater Lake opens for season

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:05 EST

Crater Lake National Park's North Entrance Road is now open for travel.

Dog lovers: Ashland is improving

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:05 EST

A popular website for tourists who travel with their dogs is no longer telling them to avoid Ashland, but it says more changes are needed before the town can be considered dog-friendly.

Ashland kids start neighborhood newspaper

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:05 EST

The Billings Ranch News in Ashland has articles, ads, Sudoku puzzles, comics, weather forecasts and all the other features of a regular newspaper — except that it's created entirely by a group of neighborhood kids.

Mount Everest ascent delayed by weather

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30 EST

A tropical storm boiling up in the Bay of Bengal has temporarily delayed an effort by an elite U.S. Air Force mountain-climbing team to begin its ascent of Mount Everest.

Hyatt Lake campground opens Friday

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30 EST

The federal Bureau of Reclamation plans to open two-thirds of its Hyatt Lake Complex campground Friday, a month later than normal because of the federal sequester's budget cuts and hiring freezes.

Small fire disrupts middle school

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:30 EST

A paper-towel dispenser set afire in the boys' bathroom at Ashland Middle School triggered two alarms and disrupted classes for nearly two hours Tuesday morning.

Cleanup nets 66 tons of debris

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:46 EST

The second annual Ashland Firewise Clean-up Day netted about 66 tons of yard debris, with more than 250 vehicles dropping off materials, organizers said.

Judge dismisses lawsuit over illegal Internet downloading

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:55 EST

A federal judge last week took aim at "reverse class action lawsuits" while dismissing a Los Angeles-based movie company's lawsuit that claimed dozens of Jackson County "John Doe" defendants had pirated one of its movies off the Internet.