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Ashland Canal Revisited by Craig Anderson, Ashland For nearly twenty-five years I worked for local governmental agencies, twenty of those years in the Rogue Valley. These jobs put me in frequent contact with staff and... Read More

New jail tax would do more harm than good by Eleanor Ponomareff and Sarah Westover  Sunday, November 17th 2019   Do Jackson County taxpayers want to raise taxes to spend at least $171 million to triple county jail... Read More

Carbon Neutral by 2030 By Addie Greene As stated in 2015, followed up by the 10X20 ordinance in 2017, Ashland has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2030 and to produce zero net greenhouse gas... Read More

Piping the Ashland Canal – A Reason You’ve Never Heard Of by Craig Anderson In order to gain a relatively quick appreciation for the City of Ashland’s inimitable form of governance, there is no better... Read More

Citizens in Ashland who are watching how well our elected officials are doing in representing their voting constituents should read an essay by councilor Stephen Jensen in the November 2019 issue of the ‘Sneak Preview’... Read More

Ashland in the Crosshairs of the Proposed County Jail Here is the scoop.  Bottom line:  The county jail can’t be built without Ashland City Council putting the jail on the ballot.  The property tax base... Read More