ASHLAND, Ore. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is receiving 10 million dollars through a federal grant program. The money is coming from the Shuttered Venue Operators grant.
It’s designed to help venues supporting the arts to become fully operational post-pandemic. OSF’s executive director David Schmitz said the funds will ‘provide the runway’ for OSF to reopen in 2022.
“Getting the theatre going after the pandemic is actually quite the expensive affair, it’s going to require a lot of investments from us in getting the organization going again,” said Schmitz. He says some of the most expensive parts of coming back for OSF are hiring back it’s company and running equipment, like an HVAC in it’s theaters.
GRANTS PASS, Ore. There will be no charges filed against the man responsible for the second lockdown in a month at Asante Three Rivers Hospital. Asante said it happened around 8:30 Tuesday morning, when a man called the hospital three times threatening to harm a patient.
Sheriff Dave Daniel says the threats happened after a domestic dispute. He says the woman packed her belongings, including her boyfriends phone, and left. She was then in a car crash, which led her to getting checked out at the hospital.
“While she was at the hospital, the boyfriend calls her and says ‘hey give me my phone back or I’m going to kill you.’ She then relayed that to hospital staff . Hospital staff says we cant have that we’re just going to go on lockdown,” said Sheriff Daniel.
YREKA, Calif. One man is dead after a shooting in Yreka Thursday night. Yreka Police said it happened around 7 P.M. at the ‘Speedway Express’ on North Main Street.
Police say there was an altercation between a 17-year old boy and 37-year old man and the teen shot the man killing him. The teen was taken into custody. The victim has not yet been identified.
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CENTRAL POINT, Ore. After several personal tragedies, the community is rallying around one young boy and his pig. Meet 12-year-old Gage and his pig ‘Cajun‘. Showing his pig Wednesday night at the Jackson County Livestock Auction was a feat within itself, but Gage also made county fair history.
Cajun sold for the ‘highest price per-pound’ the fair has ever seen, at 120 dollars.
“We have such a generous community that supports these kids,” said Expo chairman JB Dimick. “For these businesses, these grocery stores, it doesn’t matter. They step up and support those agriculture families in times of need.”
Gage’s pig actually sold for 40 dollars more per pound than the ‘grand champion’ pig. The Jackson County Fair tells NBC5 multiple community members and businesses pooled their money together to buy the pig.
ASHLAND, Ore. –As smoke begins to fill into the Rogue Valley, causing air quality advisories just last weekend, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival says safety is their number one priority. When air quality is unhealthy, it puts both performers and audience members at risk.
If you buy a ticket to a smoked out show, OSF says you have plenty of options. For
Fannie performances, ticket holders will receive an email on the day of the performance if it is cancelled. The website will also reflect this news. OSF says its smoke tracking tools are pretty sophisticated now as compared to past year, they’ll usually be able to send that email the morning of the performance.