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Jane Vaughan/JPRFacing a daunting budget shortfall, the district received a donation of $890,000. -
Courtesy of Yad Vashem, Wikimedia CommonsJPR鈥檚 Vanessa Finney discusses 鈥淥nly Hope: A Survivor鈥檚 Stories of the Holocaust鈥� with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play.
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The district recently held a series of community listening sessions to inform residents and gather feedback on how to address the problem. -
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 last 12 years, people who commit three or more crimes in Ashland鈥檚 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. -
Bloomsbury Books shares with JPR's Vanessa Finney their recommendations for your next scary story 鈥� and the depth and breadth of the Horror genre might surprise you. -
Renowned actor and producer Bruce Campbell will once again be hosting Ashland Elks Lodge fundraiser Casinoween this year. -
When performance venues closed for an uncertain period of time during the pandemic, playwright/director Octavio Solis thought he might have to leave theater behind. In that first year of global shutdown, though, he revisited the writing of Samuel Beckett - and hatched a plan to produce a festival of Beckett鈥檚 short works in Ashland. JPR Arts Reporter Vanessa Finney recently spoke with Solis about the innovative project. -
Last school year, many districts across Southwestern Oregon had some increases in the percentage of students that tested as proficient in science, math and English language arts. -
The Ashland Independent Film Festival runs October 3-6, and features two music documentaries created by Rogue Award recipients Jeffrey Friedman and Rob Epstein. -
OHRA 鈥� or Opportunities for Housing, Resources, and Assistance 鈥� is a Jackson County nonprofit that provides social services. -
An iconic lavender store in Ashland faced an unexpected hurdle earlier this year when its supplier mysteriously closed up shop.
