WILLIAMS — This close-knit community celebrated Independence Day "Williams-style" as people gathered for its annual parade down a Williams Highway straightaway from the country store to the general store.

Rick Tucker got one the best seats in the house with family and friends outside Rascal's Bar & Grill. Even before the 10 a.m. festivities began, the group of 10 waved and cheered for any and every vehicle passing by, even eliciting a honk out of an Umpqua Dairy truck. Read More »

It's one of the things that gives jockeys nightmares.

You're locked in the starting gate for a long time and your horse is getting more and more nervous and jumpy.

And you're riding the heavy favorite.

That's what happened to Jose Guerrero on Monday as he was about to begin the biggest race of his career. Read More »

All but one fire in the region has been extinguished, including one near Wolf Creek, after lightning strikes from a summer storm sparked several small blazes over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

The lone exception is the Skookum Creek Fire in the Soda Mountain Wilderness east of Ashland, approximately 2 miles north of the California border. Read More »

The Ashland New Plays Festival is back in person this month with a development workshop of Sarah Cho's autobiographical play "stains."

A coming-of-age story about growing up poor, female and Korean American in Los Angeles, the play follows its teen protagonist as she is mentored by an imaginary friend — who happens to be a wisecracking blonde witch from a popular 1990s sitcom. Read More »