A Portland elementary school was forced to cancel a pride festival after news of the event started to circle on conservative social media sites. Atkinson Elementary School interim principal Beth Essex said the news articles caused concern among parents over…
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Stormy Weather – Why Weather Blindsides Oregon
From unexpected snow days to cold nights and inclement weather, Oregon has seen a wide range of bad weather this winter. KDRV 12’s Mariah Hill faced the cold one snow day in late February to ask Ashland residents their opinions…
Oregon Homelessness Crisis
Compared to other parts of the world, and other cities, Ashland does not hold a serious homelessness issue. Oregon as a whole faces a homelessness crisis that is fueled by housing shortages, Covid 19, and drug addiction. Recently in Ashland…
The show’s not over till the playhouse caves in! Interview with OCT’s Valerie Rachelle
For those haven’t heard, the Oregon Cabaret Theatre (OCT) is putting on The Play That Goes Wrong, the comedic tragedy of the Rogue Valley Drama Society’s valiant attempt to put on a murder-mystery play– no matter what (or who) falls…
The End of the Mail Tribune is Not the End of Ashland Newspaper
The Mail Tribune has shut down leaving us wondering, what is next? As we now live in a digital world, we favor digital media rather than physical news, leaving things such as the Mail Tribune newspaper to become obsolete. The…
The US 2022 Midterm Election Results: What You Need to Know and its Implications for 2024
November 8th, 2022 was the day the US held its midterm elections. These elections would help enact new laws and determine who controls the house of representatives and the US senate. All of this comes after this past summer when…
Pacific Pride Fire Recap: The Events, Aftermath, and Arrest of an Arson Attack in Medford
Image Credit Steven McMahan On the night of Tuesday, April 12th at roughly 9:30 PM, a fire broke out at Pacific Pride in downtown Medford, Oregon. Pacific Pride is a gas station located at 936 S. Central Avenue in Medford.…
Why Oregon College Students Should Care About House Bill 2590
Photo Credit Oregon House of Representatives Towards the end of the 2021 session for Oregon lawmakers, one of the bills passed was bill 2590, otherwise known as the Student Voice Bill. This bill seeks to help underrepresented students graduate and…
Unsettling Reports On Race-Based Incarceration Rates
The most recent surge in the Black Lives Matter movement has opened up the eyes of Americans everywhere regarding the inequities and injustice that Black Americans face on a daily basis. Now, recent findings are backing up these observations with…
The Shutdown from a Hospitality Worker’s Perspective
Photo by Claire Grant Ashland is a hospitality town. With the Oregon Shakespeare festival bringing thousands of tourists in and out of this small town every year, we have developed an astounding infrastructure to support the tourism that keeps Ashland…