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Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) will present a dramatic reading of Scott Kaiser's play "Now This" at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 23, in the Great Hall at the Unitarian Center, 87 Fourth St. in Ashland. Kaiser is in his 26th season at the Oregon…

Ashland voters have the chance to choose majorities of the City Council and Parks & Recreation Commission, as well as a city recorder and a municipal court judge, on Nov. 6. A total of nine positions will be on the ballot, including…

Three Ashland High School seniors are among 26 Oregonians recognized as National Merit Scholars in 2018. They’ll each receive annual scholarship awards of $2,500 for college. Claire Pryor, Julian Rice and Dylan Kistler, teammates on the…

Some two dozen protesters on Monday chanted, did street theater and gave speeches in front of Ashland’s Chase Bank, charging that JPMorgan Chase is a major financial backer of Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline, which is making a third try at…

ASHLAND — The Schneider Museum of Art is transformed into four separate galleries with art ranging from minimalist to lush for exhibits that will continue through Sept. 9. An opening reception for the exhibits and artists will be held…

The 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama announced Monday went to “Cost of Living” by Martyna Majok, a play that headlined the Ashland New Plays Festival (ANPF) in 2016. The playwright, a New Yorker, came to Ashland for two dramatic readings of…

By Laurie Heuston Revels Posted Apr 9, 2018 at 7:43 AM Ashland Independent Film Festival’s director Richard Herskowitz believes that filmmakers’ exposure to classic films inspires them to question and reinvent filmmaking conventions, he…

As we prepare to spring forward on Sunday, March 11, now is a valuable time to check your smoke alarms and ensure they are installed and working properly. Some tips on installation: Choose smoke alarms that have the label of a recognized…

Ashland High School officials sent out a campuswide statement condemning a social-media post they said contained hate speech after it was widely shared among students on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. The controversial post appeared Monday…