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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsThe Ashland City Council narrowly approved wage increases for the city’s executive staff despite vocal opposition from residents concerned about service cuts and rising utility fees. -
Jane Vaughan/JPRSOU has suffered a series of financial crises in recent years. This latest is a collision of multiple factors, including what President Rick Bailey calls inadequate state support and Trump administration actions that will slash funding for students.
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Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley said the nation is already in a constitutional crisis. He made these remarks at a town hall event in Ashland, his first following a dramatic vote in the U.S. Senate to keep the government open. -
A youth climate advocacy group in Ashland is celebrating their victory in pushing the city to enact a fee to discourage the installation of natural gas appliances in new homes. -
Jaime Powell claims the clinic, her former employer, didn’t respond adequately after another former employee was charged with sexual abuse for allegedly assaulting his clients. -
Holocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves. -
For the first time in almost a year, Ashland’s former emergency homeless shelter has reopened. But, it will provide shelter only until April 1. -
Every year, school boards across Oregon — and around the country — buckle down and spend months finalizing their district budgets. -
Facing a daunting budget shortfall, the district received a donation of $890,000. -
JPR’s Vanessa Finney discusses “Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust” with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play. -
The district recently held a series of community listening sessions to inform residents and gather feedback on how to address the problem.
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For the last 12 years, people who commit three or more crimes in Ashland’s downtown can be banned from the area for up to a year. The city is considering another district where that law may soon apply. -
Dan Cano is now the executive director of Opportunities for Housing, Resources, and Assistance, known as OHRA. -
With a crucial election on Tuesday and political tension mounting, local law enforcement officials are preparing for any possible disturbances.
