Ashland

Asante will be shuttering birthing services at its Ashland hospital this spring. Staff say the closure is a loss to the region.

The 1.4 megawatt solar farm would sit just north of Ashland, off Highway 99.

A whistleblower lawsuit in Oregon has brought attention to how the state distributes funding to school districts with students in poverty. Oregonian education reporter Julia Silverman spoke with JPR's Jane Vaughan about that suit and how the education funding formula works.

Every Monday, 76-year-old Janai Mestrovich finishes packing the breakfasts she brings to people who are homeless in Ashland — a routine she has kept for nearly two years.

The Ashland City Council was divided on a decision to place a citizens initiative on the ballot that would require voter approval for utility fee increases.

The nonprofit ski area is facing the impacts of tariffs as well as other rising costs.

The federal government shutdown could start affecting food benefits in November, when the program known as SNAP wouldn’t be paid out, leaving many low-income families scrambling.

Ashland is holding a wildfire evacuation drill for people and businesses to rehearse what they would do in a real evacuation, from gathering their belongings to practicing their evacuation route.

After a long process of amendments and public debate, local authorities can now seek to ban suspected repeat offenders from certain areas without waiting for convictions.

The Ashland City Council took the first step in changing how police can seek bans of repeat offenders from the city’s two enhanced law enforcement areas.

The Almeda Fire was a wake-up call for many in the Rogue Valley, where evacuations and coordination between emergency departments were somewhat chaotic. Since then, first responders and residents have worked to apply what they learned.

Ashland police have opened a homicide investigation after finding a man dead from multiple gunshot wounds over the weekend.