Southern Oregon University News

After four days of slipping, sliding and bending fenders, Ashlanders still could get no solid traction Monday, but they had plenty of grousing to do about a city street department that couldn't make it all go away.

Thursday was a significant day for Southern Oregon University. We made a tough decision to eliminate or restructure some of our academic programs.

No, public employees are the ones who are underpaid. But wait, no, uh ... The real answer: Who knows? For one of my graduate-school classes at Southern Oregon University, I plunged into the abyss where too few fear to tread: examining whether public employees are under- or over-compensated.

When her parents asked Michaela Brynn Nuss what she wanted for Christmas, they got a quick answer from their then 8-year-old daughter.

Camelot Theatre, 101 Talent Ave., Talent. Show times, tickets and information available at www.camelottheatre.org or 541-535-5252.

Two dozen protesters outside Wendy's in Ashland Thursday called for raising the minimum wage to $15, arguing that workers could then pay the rent, get off food stamps, have disposable income and boost the local economy.

Southern Oregon University's administration will start cutting faculty and programs next year under a process known as retrenchment, President Mary Cullinan announced Thursday.

Southern Oregon University President Mary Cullinan will hold a campus forum to discuss the status of retrenchment from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. today in the Meese Auditorium in the art building, adjacent to the Schneider Museum of Art, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland.

Cheryl D. Garcia's giant steel watermelon sculpture reminds owners Peter and Deborah Sage of summer all year round.

A group of Southern Oregon University students is combining activism with art to raise money for abused, neglected and abandoned horses recovering at Equamore Horse Sanctuary east of Ashland.

One of the great things about working at a newspaper is the library. There is a room downstairs at the Statesman Journal where we can look up every newspaper we've ever created on microfilm, going back to about 1925.

Residents are divided on whether the North Main road diet has improved the street, with a slightly larger number of people preferring the changes, according to a recent survey.

Dozens of local photographers have teamed up to create a coffee-table book that is a visual ode to Ashland and the surrounding landscape.

Writing this farewell column is a lot like eating my favorite chocolate. Bittersweet.

A silver maple located in the center of Southern Oregon University's new North Campus Village will be lighted for the holidays.

Frontier Conference commissioner Kent Paulson announced the 2013 football all-conference teams today.

Dozens of local photographers have teamed up to create a coffee-table book that is a visual ode to Ashland and the surrounding landscape.

Growers Market: This is your last day of the year to check out the fruits, vegetables, baked goods and other items available at the market from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today at the Ashland Armory, 1420 E. Main St. See www.rvgrowersmarket.com .

The latest detailed report on the state's wine industry underscored Southern Oregon's incremental growth both in grape harvest and wine production.

Jackson County's jobless rate declined slightly in October, falling to a seasonally adjusted 9.5 percent, down from 9.6 percent in September and 10.6 a year ago.