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Published 10:49 am Wednesday, May 7, 2025 Area residents should prepare for potential smoke impacts Thursday and FridayA large area in the Ashland watershed is scheduled for a prescribed burn Thursday and Friday, pending a Wednesday afternoon approval from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Residents should prepare for smoke impacts, said Ashland Fire & Rescue Wildfire Division Chief Chris Chambers.

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Unknown perpetrators painted antisemitic graffiti at two locations near the SOU Student and Family Housing Complex on April 25, said Joe Mosley, public information officer for Southern Oregon University. Mosley confirmed the acts of vandalism in a text message. The university would not discuss details of the graffiti, except to state that it was “antisemitic in nature,” he said.

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Published 10:05 am Saturday, May 3, 2025 Making sure your property and you are ready for a catastrophic fire event can make a world of differenceThe Almeda Fire was an example of a troubling trend: not wildfires, but urban firestorms caused by wildfires, said Brian Hendrix, Ashland Fire & Rescue’s Fire Adapted Communities coordinator.

2 weeks ago | rv-times.com | Morgan Rothborne

Published 10:58 am Friday, May 2, 2025 The Ashland Parks & Recreation Commission voted at a special meeting Monday to recommend the city impose a monthly utility bill fee and raise various user fees to prevent large cuts to parks programs. A $6.50-per-month parks fee for utility bills — smaller than a proposed $9 fee the City Council narrowly rejected in April — was recommended to the City Council through a unanimous vote by commissioners, but not without discussion and some trepidation.

4 weeks ago | ashland.news | Morgan Rothborne |Bert Etling

By Morgan Rothborne, Ashland.news A new fee said by city staff to be necessary to prevent further cuts to Ashland Parks & Recreation programs was rejected on a 3-2 vote Tuesday at an Ashland City Council meeting that opened with Councilor Doug Knauer announcing his resignation, effective immediately.