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While the closest No Kings demonstration to Ashland was officially in Medford on Saturday morning, a large crowd of Ashlanders turned out on Ashland Plaza mid-day Saturday to express their opinion of the current state of national politics. ashland.news/picture-this-a…

The Ashland City Council will hear an annual use-of-force report from the city’s police chief and swear in a new council member during a pair of meetings on Monday and Tuesday. ashland.news/ashland-city-c…

Medford City Council members like a proposed Medford medical school associated with Oregon Health & Science University. At a study session Thursday, councilors voiced support to work with OHSU to create a local campus and residency program. ashland.news/the-community-…

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival bricks in Ashland came alive Friday as the Green Show officially kicked off its season with a performance by Ashland Aerial Arts. The Green Show happens daily, Tuesday through Saturday, from June 13 to Sept. 27. ashland.news/osf-green-show…

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Executive Director Gabriella Calicchio is on leave and will soon officially step down from a leadership role she just assumed in November, according to an email sent by OSF to major donors Thursday. ashland.news/osf-announces-…

Fire crews are responding to a fast-moving fire in the Applegate Valley, with flames moving uphill in the 2000 block of East Applegate Road, just southeast of Cantrall Buckley Park, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry. ashland.news/fire-crews-res…

Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs and get passed by the Oregon Legislature, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing to skim some money off of the state’s “rainy day fund.” ashland.news/gov-kotek-prop…

The Ashland City Council voted Tuesday to further consider a 2 percent cost of living adjustment & improved benefits for non-union city employees, citing the need to seek more input & deal with misinformation about the proposed changes in compensation. ashland.news/council-postpo…

Almost 30 residents showed up at Ashland’s Railroad Park Tuesday to speak their minds with city officials on a variety of issues, including contaminated land, affordable housing, wildfire evacuations — and pickleball. ashland.news/latest-coffee-…

Fire engines, a bulldozer, helicopter and aircraft are tackling a 3-5-acre fire reported around 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the 16100 block of North Applegate Road north of Provolt in the Applegate Valley, according to ODF, Watch Duty and PulsePoint reports. ashland.news/second-fire-br…

Following an announcement of the departure of executive director Gabriella Calicchio, Oregon Shakespeare Festival on Friday announced the position has been filled internally while the organization launches a search for a permanent replacement. ashland.news/osf-names-curr…

Jackson County Administrator Danny Jordan said the county is in good financial shape and able to fund needed capital improvements thanks to a healthy reserve fund. ashland.news/recently-appro…

The first piece of legislation the House took up on Wednesday, the eve of Juneteenth, was House resolution 3, which honors Oregon’s history of Black drag and provides a 4-page list of the Black drag performers who since 1958 have shaped the community today ashland.news/oregon-house-r…

A 35-lb bronze plaque "in honor of the ‘Say Their Names’ Memorial and all the fallen Black and brown brothers and sisters it enshrined" now has a permanent home in the sidewalk along Railroad Park. A formal unveiling took place Sunday afternoon. ashland.news/ashland-comes-…