Ashland OR News – January 15th, 2014

Ashland OR News, January 15th, 2014

By Andy Harris

Welcome to our weekly blog feature – the Ashland OR news round-up! Simply read the short tidbits of information for a quick review of what’s happening in town, or click on the links for access to the full articles.

Local restaurant and bar and live music venue Alex’s closed on Saturday. While it’s not entirely clear why the restaurant closed, it’s apparent financial struggles contributed. LINK*

Many locals and, in particular live music lovers, are saddened by the recent closing of Alex’s Plaza Restaurant and Bar. LINK*

As usual, we posted our weekly what to do in Ashland article on Monday, thanks to the investigative work of our contributing writer Jason Franklin. Lots of fun items this week, check them all out here. LINK

We added a new hiking and walking trail to Insight to Ashland via our blog forum. The focus of this trail was Hearts Trail, which is located quite close to Lithia Park. LINK

In case you missed it, we posted 5 ideas (though it’s actually much more!) on what to do in Ashland during the winter season. LINK

While overall foreclosure filings in Oregon have decreased for 5 consecutive months, there are some expectations that they will rise again soon and 2014 may have more than 2013. LINK*

Medford’s council is currently in discussions regarding dangerous dogs and what to do about them. LINK*

Do you have news you’d like shared in this blog feature? Please email Andy at info@insighttoashland.com for more information.

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