By Morgan Rothborne, Ashland.news A little more than a dozen people gathered around a conference table at 52 Winburn Way Tuesday evening to begin the work of addressing homelessness in
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Gov. Tina Kotek’s advisory council floats possible massive tax increases to meet housing production goal
By Carlos Fuentes | The Oregonian/OregonLiveExperts on Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing production council have suggested that massive tax increases could be necessary to achieve the governor’s housing production goal of
Viewpoint: We should be using Pioneer Hall now to feed the unhoused and hungry
The public building has served as the hub for community meals for years — and could fill that role now except for the city’s unnecessary ban on its use, says

Open Pioneer Hall!
For the past 8 years, the city of Ashland has worked with the community peace meal to help ensure that our most vulnerable neighbors were invited inside Pioneer Hall to
We The People — Rabbi David Zaslow
On We the People for December 13, we talk with Rabbi David Zaslow of the Havaurah Shir Hadash Synagogue about the rise in antisemitism and world events. https://archive.org/details/we-the-people-202312130900
Holiday Peace Meal on Dec. 22
By Vanessa Martynse Houk A little hope costs less than you might think it does.(Holiday peace meal party information is here too, but first, you must wade through my holiday
No on Camping Ordinance
No on Ashland ordinance related to prohibitive campingAshland is on the cusp of accepting a dangerous and unfair ordinance, one that does not take into account trauma-informed care. What is

It’s Time to Open Pioneer Hall — Now!
If you read my posts, you already know that I am fiercely protective of other people’s privacy. My unhoused friends live on the corner of exposure and invisibility, and everything

Need help with a New ID or other documents?
Stabbin Wagon SUD Peer Support Specialist Octavia Dylan Quinn is here to help folks in need of IDs, Birth Certificates and/or Social Security Cards! They can help with transportation, assisting
Who Won the Strikes? Who Lost? A Merciless Assessment
As the town flocked to picket lines during a historic 148-day writers strike and 118-day actors strike, moguls took a hit (looking at you, Bob Iger), stars made blunders (why, Drew Barrymore?) and