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Oregon Shakespeare Festival dedicates new rehearsal center
The days of Oregon Shakespeare Festival actors rehearsing in the lobby of the Angus Bowmer Theatre and other improvised spaces are over.
Theater lovers gathered Friday for a dedication ceremony for the new Hay-Patton Rehearsal Center on…
Medical examiner reports nothing suspicious in runner’s death
Investigators have yet to determine the cause of death of distance runner Todd Ragsdale last week in the hills above Ashland, but they have ruled out anything suspicious, authorities said.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department issued a…
Body of distance runner Todd Ragsdale has been found
3:50 p.m.
Jackson County Sheriff Corey Falls confirmed officials believe the body of Todd Ragsdale was found this afternoon in the hills above Lithia Park.
He said a county medical examiner is investigating the body now. Officials…
Bay Area Downtown Streets Team visits Ashland to share info on its program
It starts with a broom and ends with 800,000 cigarette butts recycled into park benches and more than a million gallons of trash collected.
It’s the gospel of restoring dignity and hope to those who have lost faith as told by Chris…
City Councilor Voisin rules out run for house
Citing personal and professional commitments here, Ashland city Councilor Carol Voisin says she has decided against a run for the state house seat being vacated by Rep. Peter Buckley, six-term representative of this firmly Democratic…
SOU faculty contract negotiations at decision point
Negotiations between Southern Oregon University faculty and administration, ongoing since June, are reaching the point of possible resolution — or deadlock, where mediation may be called for by one side or the other.
SOU administration…
JPR, Geos among Rogue Valley recipients of OCF grants
Local report
The Oregon Community Foundation has announced more than $650,000 in 31 grants to Southern Oregon nonprofits, including a $30,000 grant to the Jefferson Public Radio Foundation and $25,000 to the Ashland-based Geos Institute.…
APD Det. Hull speaks Saturday at SOU
Ashland Police Department Det. Carrie Hull, the creator of the nationally recognized “You Have Options” program, will be the guest speaker at the Ashland Association of University Women meeting on Saturday, Nov. 21. The public is welcome to…
Sister-city relationship celebrated at ‘Guanajuato Nights’
Guanajuato signature chef Bricio Dominguez took Ashland by surprise Saturday, serving a five-course gastronomic delight for 126 guests at the Ashland Amigo Club’s Guanajuato Nights dinner and silent auction fund-raiser.
Civic leaders and…
Legal pot raises opportunity, questions in Ashland
When recreational marijuana becomes legal for commercial sale on Thursday, no one seems sure if it will unleash a cascade of pot tourism in Ashland, which not only is already a tourist destination but is also the first city on the road from…