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Ashland Council opposes BLM logging increase
The Ashland City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing a Bureau of Land Management proposal to boost logging on land it controls throughout Oregon.
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City wants fair impound charges
When Ashland Police Department officials kept hearing repeated complaints about wildly differing impound fees, they decided to look into it to see if maybe they could do something to even the playing field between towing companies.
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Inner Child Café closing after short run in Ashland
After a year and a half on Oak Street in downtown Ashland, Inner Child Café will be open for its last time on Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. with free admission and everything in the café, from furniture to toys, for sale.
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Committee approves Soda Mountain Wilderness
A bill that would end cattle grazing while creating a wilderness area in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument was unanimously approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday.
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AHS grad named Humanity in Action Fellow
Ashland High graduate Ella Street will spend the summer studying minority rights as one of 59 Humanity in Action Fellows.
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AHS girls eye team title as District 4 tourney continues
Ashland High freshman Maggie Schein doesn't want to play her sister, top-seeded junior Casey Schein. But if it comes down to it and they do have to square off in the District 4 singles championship match, Maggie has a plan.
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MVP Bryant leads Lakers past Jazz
The chants of "MVP, MVP" directed at Kobe Bryant by Los Angeles Lakers' fans have a different meaning now. They represent fact, not just sentiment.
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Ellis goes yard, lifts A's past Orioles, Guthrie
Mark Ellis watched his ball nick the foul pole and thought back to a game-winning homer Marco Scutaro hit last year off Mariano Rivera that went nearly to the same spot.
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Wambach closing in on 100 career goals
Abby Wambach strode into the lobby of the team hotel with bright eyes, big smile, firm handshake and a newspaper crossword puzzle tucked in her hand, exuding the kind of confidence one would expect from an athlete about to achieve a rare milestone.
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Even NASCAR isn't immune to pump pain
As gas prices soar across the country, the thought of paying $6.25 a gallon would make any consumer cringe.
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Olympic torch at top of the world
A Chinese mountaineering team took the Olympic flame to the top of the world today, a spectacular feat dreamed up to underscore China's ambitions for the Beijing games.
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Council halts water connection to Medford
An Ashland City Council majority voted not to fund design work on a pipeline project to bring Medford water to Ashland that would serve the growing population and provide an emergency supply in case of flood, wildfire or prolonged drought.
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Levy extension for city's library heads to voters
City seeks to keep library open 40 hours a week
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Language students get a taste of France
Thierry Chouard, a pastry chef born and trained in France, visited Ashland High School French classes on Tuesday and Wednesday to introduce students to his art while speaking his native tongue.
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Stargaze at ScienceWorks in May
Celebrate National Astronomy Day at ScienceWorks on Saturday, May 10.
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SOU hosts career fair
More than 50 employers will meet with students and recent alumni for Southern Oregon University's annual career fair on Thursday, May 8.
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Grizzlies sneak past EP
A 'funk?' In Ashland? Apparently 24 runs in five games qualifies, but the fourth-ranked Ashland High baseball team swept Eagle Point anyway to quietly clinch the Southern Sky Conference championship outright Tuesday at North Mountain Park.
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Finally, Lakers' star Bryant is voted the league MVP
The Lakers were in a hurry after Tuesday's practice, giving perfunctory comments in brief interviews with reporters.
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Celtics stop LeBron James and beat Cavaliers in series-opener
LeBron James had one of the worst games of his career, shooting 2-for-18 and missing three layups and a 3-pointer in the final minute.
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Olympic torch enjoying smooth relay
Paramilitary police donned Hawaiian shirts and pink buses shuttled in more cops in camouflage.
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Budget woes could derail conservation
The Ashland City Council's goal to increase the effectiveness of the city's conservation program is hitting up against a stark budget picture.
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Fountain on the Plaza nearly ready
The long-dormant Lithia Water Fountain on the Plaza may flow again by the end of the month.
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OSF's Bill Rauch will appear on 'Wilde Life'
Bill Rauch, the new artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, will be the guest on the television show "Wilde Life."
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Kiwanis honors May student of the month
For the month of May, the Kiwanis Club of Ashland recognizes Josh Houghton as its Student of the Month.
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Leader in bioethics visits SOU
Author, keynote speaker and Dartmouth College ethics professor Ron Green will give two lectures as a guest speaker of the Frank J. Dyke Endowed Lecture Series in Professional Ethics.
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Farley leaves AHS girls, hired by Utah
Ashland High has lots of pieces returning to its girls basketball team next season.
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Paul leads Hornets to another easy win
The Western Conference playoffs were supposed to be a brutal test for a young New Orleans Hornets squad with little postseason experience.
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Seahawks' Tripplett returns, sees changed University of Washington
fter Larry Tripplett signed with the Seattle Seahawks last week, he didn't sell his house in Indianapolis. He didn't even buy a new rain coat.
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Grizzlies, Pels in hunt for SSC title
At Klamath Falls, Klamath Union used a 71 from Carter Mast and 84 from Seth Reynolds to take a three-shot lead over Ashland heading into today's final round in the Southern Sky Conference district tournament at Harbor Links Golf Course.
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Ortiz hot at plate as Beavers topple Cougs
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City to cut planning staff hours
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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Inaugural Day in the Park to End Homelessness held
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 potluck to precede City Council meeting
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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Food bank sees more hungry
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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Party switchers may get two ballots
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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Sen. Clinton to visit Ashland
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y. is coming to the Rogue Valley this week, officials say.
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Committee to assess pipeline's effect on fish
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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Toastmasters founder honored
John Fox III, a founder of Ashland Toastmasters, was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' by his fellow Toastmasters.
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Grizzlies sweep Eagle Point to clinch state playoff berth
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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Raiders shake off rust
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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Miner sets PR at GP Rotary
Saturday was a memorable one for Ashland senior Matt Miner.
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Celtics trounce Hawks to advance
After using their home-court advantage to the fullest, the Boston Celtics get no respite.
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Service clubs, police search for positive teen programs
The Ashland Service Clubs for Healthy Choices is working with city officials to consider forming a youth commission that would have the same standing as other city commissions or reestablishing a teen center. The police department also wants to reinstate the school resource officer, although funding for the position would disappear with any budget cuts.
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Thornton named Asst. City Attorney
The city of Ashland has a new assistant city attorney.
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3 Dems tangle in secretary of state debate
The three leading Democrats vying to be Oregon's next secretary of state clashed over campaign finance reform during a debate at the City Club of Portland on Friday.
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CERT group trains today
Twenty-four Jackson County residents will complete disaster response training today with Ashland's Community Emergency Response Team.
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Price corrected for Wesak Celebration in Mount Shasta
Organizers of the 14th Annual Wesak Celebration in Mount Shasta have announced that an error was made when publicizing the cost of ticket prices in the Ashland area.
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Film will feature 'Living Luminaries'
Local organization Golden Flower Productions will hold a film event Sunday evening as a fundraiser for an independent documentary project.
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SOU looking for playmakers
Southern Oregon University will showcase the old and the new on Saturday in the eighth annual Red & Black spring football scrimmage at Raider Stadium. The event is scheduled to begin at noon and is free of charge.
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Two AHS singles players advance
Ashland High singles players Sean Cleveland and Nick Cross both advanced to the semifinals to clinch state berths at the District 4 boys tennis tournament Thursday at Thurston High School in Eugene.
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Hawks force a Game 7
The Atlanta Hawks just won't let go of their first trip to the postseason in nine years.
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He's out - behind the plate
Amid all the light and sound that is a major league baseball game, with thousands of fans buzzing behind him, Kerwin Danley distinctly heard two words.
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Police: Colts' WR Harrison interviewed about Philly shooting
Indianapolis Colts star receiver Marvin Harrison was interviewed by police about a shooting near his North Philadelphia car wash this week.
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