Council Corner: Addressing affordable housing
Can we really achieve affordable housing in Ashland?There is definitely a need for housing affordability in Ashland. Housing in Ashland costs more than in many of the surrounding communities.On one...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: The view from inside the eye of the storm
There’s a lot of swirl out there right now, in case you haven’t noticed. National politics is beyond what we might call “interesting," and here in Ashland we are grappling with weighty issues, trying...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: One piece of the housing issue
As a community we have had many conversations regarding housing and affordable housing in Ashland. Occasionally there is consensus on the definition of the problem, and many possibilities to address...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: Can we do it all in Ashland?
Ashland is a city of involved and proactive citizens who work hard on their areas of passion and concern. We have commissions, groups, ad hoc groups and advisory groups in the public and nonprofit...
View ArticleCouncil Corner: How to present your ideas to the city
Citizens often feel frustrated at the City Council's lack of response to the ideas and concerns they express during public forum. The councilors aren't really disinterested, but because public meeting...
View ArticleParkinson's presentation coming up
Parkinson's disease is a progressive disorder of the nervous system that affects movement. It develops gradually, sometimes starting with a barely noticeable tremor in just one hand. But while a tremor...
View Article'Prepare for Care' forum coming May 7
If you’re convinced you might be aging, then you might also consider that the time will come, ready or not, when you might need care. Or you may be called upon to provide care for another. This topic...
View ArticleIncreasing use by elders of CBD for anxiety
Grace was living in her own home with help from caregivers, but was experiencing anxiety and agitation due to dementia. Her doctor had prescribed anti-anxiety medicine, but it only seemed to increase...
View Article5 kinds of navigators who help with aging issues
A few weeks ago, there was an event at Southern Oregon University sponsored by the Osher Life Long Leaning Institute (OLLI), on preparing for care for yourself and others. I happened to be one of the...
View ArticleAging Happens: What you need to know about guardianships
Here’s what happened with June. June’s niece, who was her health care representative, died unexpectedly. June lived in a memory care facility, had no other family, and now had no one who could be her...
View ArticleEarly schoolhouse became Eagle Point museum
Long Mountain School District 37 was one of the earliest in Southern Oregon, formed on Dec. 17, 1865, out of the western portion of Eagle Point.The first known schoolhouse was located between Long...
View ArticleMedford prepares for annual Pear Blossom Festival
For decades thousands of Southern Oregonians have celebrated the arrival of spring at the annual Pear Blossom Festival in Medford, Oregon.The festival began in 1954 with a 10-float children’s parade...
View ArticleBlacksmith, harness shops provided essential services
Blacksmith and harness shops were as essential 100 years ago as auto mechanics and service stations are today. In Yreka, California, they included the Swan & LeMay Carriage Making and Blacksmith...
View ArticleAs It Was: School building serves as church rectory
Soon after its founding in 1883, the Medford community needed a school for its children. The first school was a one-room building on South Central in Medford, a subscription school that cost $5 to...
View ArticleBureau of Reclamation rescued Bear Creek irrigation
Three irrigation districts in Southern Oregon first realized in the 1930s that their infrastructure was deteriorating. Founded years earlier as private companies, they also realized they couldn’t...
View ArticleGood coffee comes to the Rogue Valley
It used to be hard to get a good cup of coffee in the Rogue Valley and the rest of Oregon. That's all changed. Said one aficionado, "Coffee was watered down ink when I left in the late 1960s. When I...
View ArticleAs It Was: Central Point vs. the Railroad
First it was the Oregon and California Railroad that chose to run its tracks straight as an arrow through the Bear Creek Valley, bypassing the tiny town of Central Point, Oregon, by a half mile in...
View ArticleAs It Was: Hotel Medford met fiery end
The date of Aug. 8, 1988, may ring a bell for those people living in or near Medford, Oregon, for that day is remembered as the day a fire destroyed the Hotel Medford.Built in 1911, the hotel was...
View ArticleAs It Was: Cats eat rats, rats eat cats, everyone gets rich
It is estimated more than 50 million fur-bearing animals, including cats and dogs, are killed each year for their skins, most grown on fur farms around the world. Southern Oregon historian Ben Truwe...
View ArticleAs It Was: Eric Allen, Jr. — Southern Oregon Journalist
In 1985, Eric Allen, Jr., the prize-winning editor of Medford, Oregon’s Mail Tribune, retired. His journalism career spanned 44 years, earning him the title, “Dean of Oregon Editors.” Allen’s career...
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