ASHLAND — The air ambulance service Mercy Flights has opened a new base at the Ashland Municipal Airport to better serve customers across the region and through inclement weather.

The base could translate into faster response times for patients across Southern Oregon and Northern California, while also letting a crew fly out when Ashland is clear and the rest of the Rogue Valley is blanketed by fog.

For the second day in a row, Hidden Valley scored in the seventh-inning to earn a one-run non-league victory as the second-ranked Mustangs clipped Rogue River 5-4 on Thursday in Rogue River.

The Chieftains’ Sean Murray belted a homer to tie the game at 4-4 in the bottom of the fifth inning.

But Noah Dean scored what turned out to be the game-winning run for Hidden Valley (15-2) in the top of the seventh.

Looking up our little valley on a sunny spring morning to be greeted by the sight of a healthy young apple tree bearing beautiful pinkish-white blossoms always makes me smile.

After all, apple trees are my favorite fruit-bearing trees. My appreciation for them began as a young lad stemming from the very first bite of my mom’s wonderful apple pies. Just thinking about those pies all these years later still makes my mouth water.

The final spring show to open at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival is “You Are Cordially Invited to the End of the World.” The play debuted just last year at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, a company with connections to OSF.

The dramedy is by Keiko Green and directed by Zi Alikhan, who premiered the show in 2025.