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Haunted tours start in July
JACKSONVILLE, Oregon (KDRV) — Halloween is months away but scary stories will be told in Jacksonville starting this July. Historic Jacksonville is starting their haunted tours on July 12. The tours will take attendees through some of Jacksonville’s haunted sites. Tour guides will share the stories of early pioneers,...
New ‘Phoodery’ food court in Phoenix opens up
MEDFORD, Ore. – Monday marked the opening of the new Phoodery food court on North Main Street in Phoenix. It’s described as a casual dining community, with five restaurants and a central tap house. The different restaurants boast a variety of flavors. Everything from barbecue, Peruvian, Asian, and...
Tue 9 AM | Rogue Valley photographer creates an album of homeless people
Jacksonville's Chan Bush is spending his days enjoying retirement, mostly. But his long career as a photographer trained his eye to notice things, like the large numbers of people sleeping on the streets of our communities. Bush decided to talk to some of them, and take their pictures, and that...
Opinion: Attacks on Coquille tribe’s casino proposal undermine tribal sovereignty
Meade is chair of the Coquille Indian Tribe. For any Native American tribe, reckoning with history means reckoning with pain, greed and misinformation. Lies about our humanity enabled policies designed to eliminate our culture. Lies about our presence led to termination and dispossession of our homelands and lifeways. These painful...
Lance Nevis AKA Big Red Chicken has a new children’s book out: Fish-Story
MEDFORD, Ore — Lance Nevis is an author of children’s books, and writes under the pen name “Big Red Chicken”. He says he got the name from a child who saw him fishing on the Rogue River and shouted out to his father “Look it’s Big Red Chicken!”, the father replied “Son, you don’t know him well enough to call him that.” The child responded “No Dad… That’s Big Red Chicken!”, and the name stuck.
Tips for keeping your pets safe on July 4
CENTRAL POINT, Ore. – July 4 brings fun for the whole family, including furry family members -- but it's important to know how to manage pets in the heat, around barbecues and those that are scared of fireworks. Temperatures are looking to be over 100 on July 4, but...
Sunrise Stops & Shops: Indulge Artisan Cheesecake
In this week’s Sunrise Stops & Shops, NBC5 News’ Marcus Veal visits a cozy bakery in Ashland where everything is made from scratch. Watch to learn how Cora and Rick, owners of Indulge Artisan Cheesecake, create the best treats for everyone in town. © 2024 KOBI-TV NBC5. All...
Understanding the past to move forward: Oregon author to speak about ‘Uncovering Difficult Truths’
In researching book, author discovered family’s role in a historic incident of racial injustice. The book “The Place We Make: Breaking the Legacy of Legalized Hate” will serve as a jumping-off point to discuss the importance of understanding Oregon’s history of racism and how that knowledge can be applied to address racial injustices that the state still faces. Monday’s free talk, the third in a series presented by Ashland Sunrise Project, is entitled “Uncovering Difficult Truths.”
Lithia Park gets new decorated crosswalk
ASHLAND, Ore. -- Lithia Park now has a new splash of color. This morning, workers put a new crosswalk design at the front of the historic part. The project is part of a city-wide beautification initiative, which aims to bring more tourists to Ashland. "This has now been such a...
Siskiyou Violins are headed to Vienna for an international music festival
MEDFORD, Ore — The James M. Collier Siskiyou Violins are packing up their instruments and taking a trip to the classical music capital of the world for the 16th annual Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival. Under the direction of Ms. Faina Podolnaya, members of Siskiyou Violins have been working diligently for four years to prepare for this trip. The group currently consists of musicians aged 10 through 26. Board member Kelly Pastrano and her violinist son Rowan joined Marcus Veal on Sunrise this morning to talk all about the group and the overseas trip.
‘It’s for everybody’: OSF offers summer behind-the-scenes tours
Twice-weekly chance to take a peek ‘Behind the Curtain’ proves popular. A year into its creation, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Behind the Curtain: Summer Tour, a behind-the-scenes tour of OSF’s theaters and plays, now offers tours twice a week and hopes to further expand and reinvent itself with each coming year.
Letter: Just learn to live with the deer
Regarding the June 26 Viewpoint about Ashland’s deer population: At first I thought the article was satirical due to the extensive use of modifiers such as “destructive, ”sickly,” “threatening,” “weak,” etc. Oh please, they’re just deer. But the bombastic negativity continued throughout the article, so I have an opinion to share in return.
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