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CRATER LAKE — West Rim Road, which has been closed for a week so firefighters could battle the Bybee Creek fire, reopened at 8 a.m. today. The Pacific Crest Trail and Rim Trail reopened Sunday, as crews continued to make significant…

Ashland’s Sister City, Guanajuato, Mexico, has been recognized since 2005 as the “Cervantes Capital of the Americas” for its annual festival dedicated to Spanish novelist, playwright and poet Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, best known for his…

By Ruth Sloan Ashland Garden Club Posted Aug. 2, 2016 at 7:38 PM When Ben Gault purchased the cottage at 1156 Oak St. in 1971, the gorgeous willow tree that now graces the front of the property was a volunteer sapling. But it wasn’t…

By Steve Gress The (Corvallis) Gazette-Times Posted Jul. 28, 2016 at 5:46 PM It’s a new season for the Oregon football program but the same question is at the forefront as a year ago: Who will start at quarterback? The Ducks turned…

By Julie Akins For the Tidings Posted Jul. 20, 2016 at 5:49 PM The third time proved to be the charm for residents representing Health Care for All Oregon at Tuesday’s Ashland City Council Meeting. A brigade of several dozen…

By Julie Akins For the Tidings Posted Jun. 25, 2016 at 7:35 PM Updated Jun 26, 2016 at 6:34 PM “It’s still an Oregon law, I could kill a black person and be out of jail in a day and a half. Look it up. The KKK is alive and well…

By Kernan Turner Amigo Club Posted Jun. 20, 2016 at 7:47 PM Updated Jun 21, 2016 at 10:49 AM An official delegation from Ashland's Sister City, Guanajuato, Mexico, will arrive in Ashland next Tuesday, continuing a 47-year tradition…

By Luana (Loffer) Corbin Southern Oregon Historical Society Posted Jun. 1, 2016 at 5:16 PM It was 1965 when Lee Hobbs founded the Blackbird Shopping Center as an army surplus store in Medford. To attract customers, Hobbs built a huge…

By Kernan Turner Amigo Club Posted May. 25, 2016 at 2:00 AM Southern Oregon University and the University of Guanajuato renewed and extended 47 years of collaboration this month. SOU President Dr. Roy Saigo and Provost Susan Walsh…

Posted Mar. 28, 2016 at 3:22 PM With its electric combination of humor, sexuality, saltiness and tenderness — along with ninja fights for good measure — "Vietgone" is the story of playwright Qui Nguyen's parents' 1975 escape from…