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I am delighted to contribute the first in a series of writings to focus on the broader national and international perspectives on the Culture of Peace which have been initiated by the Ashland Culture of Peace Commission in collaboration…

Ashland Fire & Rescue’s Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training culminated Saturday afternoon with a mock disaster simulation involving area elementary, middle and high school students role-playing victims of an earthquake.…

At its year-end company call Friday, Oregon Shakespeare Festival announced that, mainly because of lost revenues from smoky air, it will trim seven positions from the acting company and five from non-acting posts in development, artistic…

The leadership of Ashland New Plays Festival digs deep into their many submissions to find a small clutch of plays worthy of exposure. More often than not, they uncover hits instead of misses. I've seen a lot of good plays at ANPF over…

Mary Chilton, the owner of property above the Ditch Trail who has been fighting to keep trail walkers from parking on her property, was arrested Friday for assault and harassment and taken to the Jackson County Jail for allegedly slapping a…

Three years after the Ashland High School leadership committee known as the site council targeted equity, diversity and inclusion as its primary focus, the school has rolled out A multifaceted plan whose goal in part is to make school “more…

Sculptor Jeffrey Bernard is being remembered as a major contributor to Ashland’s art and history over the past four decades, with much fanfare for his restoration of Lithia Park’s Perozzi Fountain and the Abraham Lincoln statue. After a…

Harriett Rex Smith, a well-noted valley artist, cosmic-minded philosopher and environmental activist, died Thursday, surrounded by her children at home in the Greensprings. She was 96. Smith was noted for blazing her own trails as an…

An email scheme has cost Southern Oregon University $1.9 million in lost funds that should've gone to the contractor on the McNeal Pavilion and Student Recreation Center construction project, the university announced this afternoon.…

The Planning Commission will consider on Tuesday offering a "recession extension" to developers who have secured building permits but have delayed construction due to the economy. The extension would give developers 18 months, on top of…