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• SUP - 5/24/2013

  ASHLAND — With glassy Emigrant Lake beneath her feet and the morning fog hovering around her knees, Jackie Auchard powers herself over the...

  
• Dogs granted a little more freedom in Ashland parks - 5/24/2013

  Leashed dogs will be allowed to roam more freely in eight Ashland parks, the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission decided Monday.

• Budgeters slice into Ashland parks income - 5/24/2013

  The Ashland Citizens' Budget Committee voted against a proposal on Wednesday night to continue giving the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department...

• Ashland Budget Committee says no to parks department financial requests - 5/23/2013

  The Ashland Citizens' Budget Committee voted against a proposal on Wednesday night to continue giving the Ashland Parks and Recreation Department...

• Heiberg, Senators knock Grizzlies out of playoffs - 5/23/2013

  ASHLAND — Maybe the OSAA rankings were skewed to favor southern Oregon after all.

  
• Ashland raises water, sewer fees - 5/23/2013

  ASHLAND — Water and sewer rates will both go up by 10 percent, and storm drain and transportation utility fees will each rise by 3 percent...

• Raiders aim for program-best finish at NAIAs - 5/22/2013

  ASHLAND — Southern Oregon is sending 21 track and field athletes to Indiana this week with hopes for a program-best team finish at the NAIA...

• Ambassador of Wine - 5/21/2013

  Imagine winning a treasure trove of wine and you don't drink.

  
• AHS teens disciplined for hazing - 5/21/2013

  Three Ashland High School football players who faced charges of felony coercion against teammates during a summer football training camp will not be...

• Most banned scofflaws leave Ashland, cops say - 5/21/2013

  Nine people have been banned from downtown Ashland in the wake of a new law meant to curb repeat illegal behavior there.

• Mountain Monarchs - 5/20/2013

  ASHLAND — In its first year as an Enduro-format mountain bike race, the 22nd annual Spring Thaw ended with a tie in the men's division on...

  
• Academic rankings have some scratching their head - 5/20/2013

  A ranking of each academic program at Southern Oregon University released Wednesday has left some department chairs scratching their heads, while...

• Dogfriendly.com's take on Ashland has less bite - 5/20/2013

  A popular website for tourists who travel with their dogs is no longer telling them to avoid Ashland, but it says more changes are needed before the...

• Ashland to consider host of rate increases - 5/20/2013

  The Ashland City Council will hold a public hearing to decide whether to approve a 10 percent water rate increase, a 10 percent sewer rate increase,...

• An in-debt education - 5/19/2013

  Picking out an intricate melody on his classical guitar, Brandon Crafts looks across the quad of Southern Oregon University, notes his $6,000 student...

  
• ... and they can get up - 5/18/2013

  Senior citizens working to reduce their chances of falling were put to the test Thursday at the Ashland Family YMCA.

  
• Ashland tax increase would be put toward watershed thinning - 5/18/2013

  ASHLAND — City officials are pondering whether to raise city property taxes to their legal limit to help fund wildfire fuels thinning in the...

• Oregon's first lady weighs in on fixing university education - 5/17/2013

  ASHLAND — With an average of $26,000 in debt on graduation, Oregon's higher education system is not working — however, it and many...

• Police ID student believed to have set fire at the Ashland Middle School on Tuesday - 5/17/2013

  ASHLAND — Police say they have identified a student who intentionally set fire to a paper-towel dispenser in the boys' bathroom at Ashland...

• Sounds from the wood - 5/15/2013

  Walking into Darrell Hanks' bow-making studio is like walking into a different time, when instruments were painstakingly handmade using techniques...