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Ashland, Oregon is located in Jackson County. Zip codes in Ashland, OR include 97520. The median home price in Ashland is $425,000 which is roughly $191/per square foot. More Ashland information.

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10 min ago | OregonLive.com

Agenda 2013: Salem must complete higher ed reform

For nearly two years, a legislative interim work group and the Senate Education and Workforce Development Committee worked on a structure to allow Oregon's universities to set up institutional boards, providing them with more autonomy, deeper connections with their communities and -- especially -- opportunities for fundraising.

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4 hrs ago | The Ashland Daily Tidings

17-year-old, above, makes his own axes

The 17-year-old shredder from Ashland has been building his own axes and wailing on them since middle school, because "he who dies with the most guitars wins," he says.

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8 hrs ago | The Ashland Daily Tidings

SOU theater students start hip-hop group

When people ask any of the members of 4 Lazy Dudes what kind of music they play, they are usually surprised when the response is, "a hip-hop group."

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12 hrs ago | The Ashland Daily Tidings

Some Evo's Coffee Lounge customers may have been exposed to hepatitis A

Evo's Coffee Lounge customers who consumed a "Radically Free" smoothie from the Ashland coffeehouse between May 17 and June 12 of this year may have been exposed to hepatitis A, Jackson County Health Department officials reported.

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16 hrs ago | Medford Mail Tribune

Naked teen found walking on I-5

A girl believed to be autistic was walking naked along the shoulder of Interstate 5 early Sunday just north of Ashland, according to the Oregon State Police.

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20 hrs ago | The Ashland Daily Tidings

Homeless, insurance on agenda

The Ashland City Council will tackle homeless issues, adopt a two-year city budget, and decide whether the city should cover health insurance costs for its own employees rather than paying an outside insurance company to provide coverage.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Medford Mail Tribune

Sale of the centuries

Nearly two-dozen stagecoaches, covered wagons and buggies were lined up early Saturday morning on a Greensprings mountain meadow at the historic Box R Ranch, ready to roll.

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Medford Mail Tribune

Tall tales of fathers and their children

That would have been Dick Webb, the Williams Elementary School principal, a great educator and all-around good guy.

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Medford Mail Tribune

An enduring symbol of true love

While taking photos recently in Ashland, a passerby asked, "Do you know anything about that statue?" Well, yes we do.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

OregonLive.com

Hepatitis A outbreak: Ashland restaurant served potentially contaminated food

Townsend Farms in Fairview recalled its Organic Antioxidant Blend in a hepatitis A outbreak that's sickened nearly 100 so far.

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Medford Mail Tribune

Gravon says farewell to lifetime in education

After a nearly four-decade career in education, outgoing School District No. 6 Superintendent Randy Gravon likes to joke that he's "been going to school for 56 years."

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Medford Mail Tribune

Golden Oldies

But that superficial observation instantly melts away when the youthfully energetic members of the rock 'n roll band Rewind - drummer John Morrison, bass guitar player George Gleim and Diane Carter on keyboard - get warmed up.

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OregonLive.com

The best paved bike trails around Oregon offer car-free relaxation

Compared with other states, Oregon kills it when it comes to top-notch cycling infrastructure, from scenic bikeways to bike boulevards.

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The Ashland Daily Tidings

Southern Oregon schools far short of state goals

Oregon has a long way to go, Southern Oregon especially, to meet the state's goal of sending 80 percent of high school graduates to post-secondary schools, local educators say.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

Medford Mail Tribune

2013 Medford Cruise

In the late '50s, Don Squire purchased a 1951 MG TD - a British sports car he had long admired - for $4,000 from a lot on Central Avenue and Jackson Street.

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The Ashland Daily Tidings

Northwest poets spent half a month writing a poem a day and sharing the results through the mail

For a two-week stretch, Ashland poet Amy Miller found something special delivered each day to her mailbox - a poem written on a postcard.

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The Ashland Daily Tidings

Greensprings' Box R Ranch closing guest accommodations

The owners of the Box R Ranch in the Greensprings area east of Ashland are closing their guest accommodations and will auction their extensive collection of Western and Native American artifacts Saturday and Sunday, June 15 and 16. The collection belongs to ranch owners Don and Jean Rowlett, who plan to close the Box R's guest-ranch operations in ... (more)

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

The Skanner

Oregon Shakespeare Company Stages Juneteenth Benefit for Penumbra Theatre Company

The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is reaching out to support one of the most beloved African American theater companies in the nation with a reading of August Wilson's "Radio Golf," at 7 p.m. Monday, June 24 in the Angus Bowmer Theatre.

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The Ashland Daily Tidings

Park walk teaches about plants

North Mountain Park will have a class and walk to teach about edible and medicinal plants from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at the park's Nature Center, 620 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland.

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The Ashland Daily Tidings

Chapter II

Tejas Heyden, 17, on his handmade "hybrid Stratocaster," and his alt-rock band Chapter II, formerly Random Sound, will perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday, June 14, at Northwest Pizza and Pasta Co., 1585 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland.

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