We’ve all seen the beautiful pictures of ancient Redwood trees on social media. It’s almost a necessity when you visit to take a picture and share it with the world. But are those posts harming the trees? After seeing photos on social media, some adventure to find the exact local, where that specific tree is, even if it’s off the designated trail. Known as “social trails,” they are unmarked trails that humans create through repeated use, and they prove to be harmful to the surprisingly shallow

Up for a vote in November is Oregon's Measure 105 , which proposes repealing an Oregon law that forbids local law enforcement from apprehending people who might be violating federal immigration law.

Homework help, computer lab, play place and more. Those are among the functions of the new Spark Space opening at the Jackson County Library branch in Central Point. It's a STEM kind of place (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), but also gives teens and tweens a place to be creative with computers, blogging and coding and more.

Johnny Rotten had it easy in England. Try being an east German punk with the Stasi looking over your shoulder. Tim Mohr, legendary Berlin-based DJ and music scholar, has written a history of the underground punk scene in East Germany just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, called Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall . Punk rock didn't come close to sinking capitalism in the West. But it played a major role in bringing down the East German regime, says

We live in the age of division, social media echo chambers and fake news. Which begs the question, is there any way we can ever reach a common ground, agree on a basic set of facts, and have a reasonable discussion? Mathematician Eugenia Cheng says, emphatically, yes.

Oregon recently approved a rule requiring licensed marijuana producers to notify the state when they harvest cannabis. Growers have railed against the new rule as another bureaucratic step in an already complicated licensing process. But others see it as a means of keeping weed out of the black market.

Simple concept, difficult execution: bringing peace to all the world. The World Peace Flame was first lit in 1999, and now burns on all the continents of the Earth. Only one burns in the United States, at the Civil Rights Museum in Memphis. A second one begins to burn in Ashland tonight (September 21), at the Thalden Pavilion on the Southern Oregon University campus.

In our current divided political climate the word "fascist" is an all-purpose insult used by the left to describe members of the alt-right. Much like "socialist" or "liberal" is hurled in the opposite direction. But what exactly constitutes fascism? In his new book, How Fascism Works , Jason Stanley has a simple formula: fascist politics uses divisiveness to attain power. He also describes the ten pillars of fascist politics. And he points out that a country need not be fascist to experience

It's a part of autumn just as much as falling leaves: the beginning of the Rogue Valley Symphony's concert season. Big pieces and big players are on the menu for the season, beginning next Friday (September 28) in Ashland. Music Director Martin Majkut splits his time between the Rogue Valley, another orchestra in New York City, and home in Slovakia.

Wildfires plague our region every summer, threatening thousands of lives and livelihoods. So when director Alex Jablonski set out to make a documentary about the lives of firefighters out in the field, he looked to Grants Pass, Oregon.