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SOCAN Zoom Meeting with Senator Merkley on Tuesday, January 31st at 6 P.M.

DATE:  January 18th 2023 CONTACT: Alan Journet, Co-facilitator, Southern Oregon Climate Action Now; alan@socan.eco 541-301-4107 or 541-500-2331 SUBJECT: SOCAN Hosts ZOOM meeting with Senator Jeff Merkley Despite holding a bare minimum of control in both chambers, during the last Congress Democrats managed to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, the most ambitious legislation targeting the climate crisis ever signed into law.  …

Ashland Is Seeking Volunteers for Wildfire Assessment Backlogs

Jefferson Public Radio | By Roman Battaglia January 18, 2023 Ashland Fire and Rescue is in need of more volunteers to help with a backlog of home evaluations for wildfire risk. The city is seeking around 20-30 new volunteers to join its Volunteer Wildfire Risk Assessment Program. In the program, homeowners can get help figuring out how to make their …

Housing, semiconductors, budget take center stage as Oregon legislators hope for bipartisan session

Legislative leaders sketched out their agendas for the next five months on Tuesday, the first day of the legislative session By: Julia Shumway - January 18, 2023   (Amanda Loman/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Housing, homelessness, behavioral health and expanding Oregon’s semiconductor industry will take center stage in the 2023 legislative session against the backdrop of a challenging budget. Senate Democrats and House …

An Illegal Indoor Marijuana Grow Site In Grants Pass Busted by Josephine Sheriff's Office

News Release from Josephine Co. Sheriff's Office January 18th, 2023 INCIDENT DATE: January 18, 2023 REPORTING DEPUTY: Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) ARRESTED: Roy Kuang, 43 years-old Guo Xian Chen, 39 years-old CHARGES: 1- Unlawful Manufacturing of Marijuana 2- Unlawful Appropriation of Water DETAILS: On January 18, 2023, the Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team (JMET) executed a search warrant in the 5000 …

Citizen Oversight of Ashland's City Budget Is Being Diminished by Staff and Councilors

By David Runkel, Ashland The selection of new members of the Ashland Citizens Budget Committee was postponed by the City Council Tuesday night due to the absence of Mayor Julie Akins and Councilor Shaun Moran. Further, the role of the 14-member committee composed of seven city residents, the mayor and the six councilors, appears to be undergoing a major realignment …

Ranked Choice Voting Seems to Be Working

Don’t Vote for Just One: Ranked Choice Voting Is Gaining Ground Stateline Article December 2, 2022 By: Matt Vasilogambros Read time: 5 min Last month, voters in Nevada, Seattle and at least six other jurisdictions around the country approved measures to change how they elect their leaders. Instead of voting for just one candidate, they instead will rank a slate …

Grants Pass Daily Courier May Expand to Medford and Ashland

Grants Pass’s Daily Courier has plans to expand its news coverage into areas of Jackson County     GRANTS PASS --                The Daily Courier, Grants Pass’s local newspaper, has plans to expand its news coverage into the Medford and Ashland area. This comes after the long-time newspaper, The Mail Tribune, shut down its operations on Friday. The Daily Courier made …

Oregon Legislative Bills to Protect Access to Health Care

OREGON HOSPITALS PROPOSE BILLS THAT PROTECT ACCESS TO CARE, BUILD ROBUST HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE News Release from Oregon Assn. of Hosp. and Health Systems (OAHHS) January 17th, 2023 11:09 AM Lake Oswego, Ore. – Jan. 17, 2023 – The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems (OAHHS) is hosting a press conference Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m. to provide an …

Bald eagle takes flight near Emigrant Lake after treatment at Wildlife Images

by KTVL Staff Monday, January 16th 2023 A bald eagle treated at Wildlife Images being released at Emmigrant lake near Ashland, Oregon. (Wildlife Images) GRANTS PASS, Ore. —Recently, a bald eagle from Emigrant lake near Ashland was brought into Wildlife Images that was seizing and having problems. Taking a closer look, the staff at Wildlife Images found that the eagle's …

Town Hall Meeting - City of Ashland Scheduled for Janaury 30, 2023 at 5:30 p.m.

NOTICE: The Town Hall Gathering has been rescheduled from January 23 to January 30! Let’s work together to identify priorities for the City of Ashland for the upcoming 2023-2025 Biennium budget process! Please join the Mayor, Council Members and City staff for a Town Hall Gathering on Monday, January 30, 2023, 5:30 p.m., at the Historic Armory in Ashland. The Armory is …

Oregon Wants to Give More Than Half of the State to Idaho

Taylor Cunningham (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images) Oregon senator Dennis Linthicum is moving forward with his proposed plan to hand 65% of the state to Idaho in an effort to help quell its political divide. As part of the Greater Idaho bill, 11 heavily republican counties in Eastern Oregon would secede from the Beaver State and join its red …

Some of the Immortal Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On April 3, 1968, the night before the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a white supremacist, he gave a speech in support of sanitation workers in Memphis, Tennessee. Since 1966, King had tried to broaden the Civil Rights Movement for racial equality into a larger movement for economic justice. He joined the sanitation workers in Memphis, …

Rogue Valley Messenger "signs off" January 15, 2023

GRANTS PASS, Ore-- Just one day after the Mail Tribune ceased operations entirely for the Rogue Valley, the Rogue Valley Messenger is following suit. The 10-year-publication announced Saturday that they "no longer have the capacity to continue publishing the Messenger." Facebook announcement: Earlier this month the Messenger announced that they wouldn't "be distributing a print issue this month due to …

What Happened Before the Medford Tribune Closed Its Doors on January 13, 2023 (Re-Posting)

Article: Who Owns Your Local News? – Sinclair!? Reposted from July, 2019 Article from NPR Who Owns Your Local News? Sinclair Broadcasting Invests In ‘The Medford Experiment’ By April Ehrlich • The Medford Mail Tribune is the Rogue Valley’s biggest newspaper. Its new owner purchased it after receiving financial backing from Sinclair Broadcast Group. America’s biggest broadcast media company is …

Competition for Citizens Budget Committee: Appointments to be Made by the City Council

10 Seek Positions on Ashland’s Citizens Budget Committee By David Runkel Ten applicants; five vacancies.  That’s the situation facing the Ashland City Council next week as it fills seats on the Citizens Budget Committee in a year when the city is facing multiple challenges in balancing its budget.   The applicants include a former city councilor, the former chair of …

Brine, Brew & Barrel Fermentation Festival in Ashland, January 14

Saturday, January 14, 2023, Brine, Brew & Barrel Fermentation Festival. 11AM – 5PM, Ashland, OR. Brine, Brew & Barrel Fermentation Festival celebrates the multi-cultural culinary tradition of fermented products including pickles, krauts, kombucha, beer, wine, cider, mead, chocolate, cheese, coffee, sourdough, and everything in between. The festival will be hosted at Ashland Hills Hotel & Suites. Join us on an …

Opportunity for City to Educate Ashland Citizens about Its Historic Cemeteries

GRANTS AVAILABLE News Release from Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. January 13th, 2023 The Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries is offering grants for qualified historic cemeteries. The annual grants fund projects that preserve historic cemeteries. Projects funded in the past include marker repair workshops, fencing, signs, interpretive panels and brochures, security lighting, access improvements, records management, and more. Awards typically range between …

Amazing Art Projects Awarded Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission & the Ford Family Foundation

News Release from Oregon Arts Commission January 13th, 2023 Salem, Oregon – In the first round of FY2023 Career Opportunity Program grant awards, the Oregon Arts Commission and The Ford Family Foundation have awarded $92,297 to 36 artists for career development projects. The awards include $45,020 from the Oregon Arts Commission for all artistic disciplines and $47,277 in supplemental funding …

Community Risk Reduction Week Declared by Oregon Fire Marshal

News Release from Oregon State Fire Marshal Posted on FlashAlert: January 13th, 2023 4:11 PM SALEM, Ore. – Oregon State Fire Marshal Mariana Ruiz-Temple is calling on Oregonians to practice fire safety at home by taking steps to help eliminate the risk of a fire. To bring attention to this effort, the OSFM is marking January 16-22, 2023, as Community Risk …

Youth Can Raise Awareness of Radon Action Month through Designing Posters

Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can build up in our homes. Both old and new housing can have radon problems. Testing is the only way to know if your home has radon because it is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Long-term radon exposure is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers and the second-leading cause of …

Arrest of Child Sex Abuse Suspect in Klamath County

U.S. MARSHALS LED TASK FORCE ARRESTS LOCAL CHILD SEX ABUSE SUSPECT IN KLAMATH COUNTY News Release from Jackson Co. Sheriff's Office  January 12th, 2023 2:43 PM KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. – The United States Marshals Service led Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force (PNVOTF) tracked down and arrested a man wanted in Jackson County on a felony warrant for child sex …

Early Processing of Tax Returns in Oregon

OREGON, IRS TO START PROCESSING TAX RETURNS JANUARY 23 News Release from Oregon Dept. of Revenue Posted on FlashAlert: January 12th, 2023 2:00 PM Salem, OR—The Oregon Department of Revenue will begin processing 2022 state income tax returns on January 23, 2023, the same day the IRS will begin processing federal returns. Although some taxpayers have already submitted their returns, processing doesn’t …

Ashland's Bloomsbury Features Our Own Rick Bleiweiss on February 20 at 7pm

Ashland author Rick Bleiweiss celebrating launch of new book @ Bloomsbury Books On February 20th @ 7PM, local Ashland author Rick Bleiweiss will be celebrating the release of his latest Pignon Scorbion mystery novel Murder in Haxford with an event at Bloomsbury Books. During the event, Bleiweiss will be reading from, discussing and signing copies of Murder in Haxford.  The first award-winning novel …

State Offers Grants to Museums

GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR OREGON MUSEUM PROJECTS News Release from Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. Posted on FlashAlert: January 12th, 2023 8:09 AM The Oregon Heritage Commission is offering grants to qualified museums for collections, heritage tourism, and education and interpretation projects. Awards typically range between $2,000 and $10,000. Museums may apply for a variety of projects. Collections projects may include cataloging, …

Navy Might Have to Choose Between Arming the Service and Aiding Ukraine Due to Ammo Delays, Officials Say | Military.com

Source: Navy Might Have to Choose Between Arming the Service and Aiding Ukraine Due to Ammo Delays, Officials Say | Military.com

Extreme drought nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers - ABC News

Source: Extreme drought nearly eliminated in California in wake of atmospheric rivers - ABC News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQIGhJZPFfc

Illinois becomes latest US state to ban assault weapons - ABC News

Source: Illinois becomes latest US state to ban assault weapons - ABC News
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