Ashland

On Tuesday night, Ashland City Council approved the acquisition. Located east of downtown, the property at 2200 Ashland Street will be converted into a shelter.

The goal is to design the most efficient and safest mass evacuation plan in case of a disaster.

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s 2023 season will be able to finish out this year thanks to a successful emergency fundraising campaign.

Despite being a small town, Ashland is home to a thriving community of drag queens, kings and everyone in between.

Ashland Parks and Recreation Director Michael Black announced his resignation this week. Black is leaving the city after nine years that included accomplishments and some controversies.

The vote in Ashland to redirect the city’s tax on prepared foods and restaurant meals to fund parks is hanging by a thread. As of Wednesday morning, the measure is being narrowly rejected by voters, with just 40 votes separating the two sides.

A memorial is being dedicated this month in honor of a former Ashlander who died defending two young women during a 2017 attack on a Portland train.

State election officials are fining the Democratic Party of Oregon a late filing fee of $15,000 after the party changed the donor of a hefty campaign check. The fine concludes the investigation into the state Democratic party, but officials are still looking into other issues surrounding the large campaign check.

Circuit Court Judge Timothy Barnack sentenced Keegan on Friday to the maximum possible sentence for the charges.

The City of Ashland is opening a campground for houseless individuals. Opening it will allow Ashland police to enforce a previously paused camping ban.

On Monday, a 12-person jury unanimously found Robert Keegan guilty of first-degree manslaughter, unlawful possession of a firearm and recklessly endangering another person.

Robert Paul Keegan, 50, was questioned Friday about his shooting of Aidan Ellison, 19, on Nov. 23, 2020.