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With Department of Natural Resources in hand, workers from the C.L. Richardson company will soon be installing pipe for the forced main sewage system from Hummingbird Properties near the Columbia Regional Airport. The Ashland Board of Aldermen approved the second reading for site approval of Hummingbird Properties at their June 7 meeting. That, plus the

The heat, like Jessica John’s right forearm, packed a powerful punch on Saturday afternoon. John, a 10-year-old karate student in the YMCA’s program, took a whack at a two-inch board during the Lemonade Daze Karate demonstration and chopped it right in two. The first 90-degree-plus weather of the summer took nearly as vicious a whack

Long before he was an Eagles soccer fan, long before he was a member of the Ashland Optimist Club, Ernie Wren was very handy with small bicycle wrenches. “I worked at a Columbia bike shop, Jim’s Bike and Key,” said Wren, sitting amidst a pile of broken, abused bicycles of a variety of shapes, sizes

The Ashland Parks and Recreation Board is considering recommending an eighth of a percent park tax to the Board of Aldermen. The tax would affect all citizens of Ashland. The board spoke briefly about the tax at it’s weekly meeting Monday night, but did not vote on whether it wanted to move forward with the

Construction is now underway on the $440,000 project to build new sidewalks along the south side of Ash Street from Main Street to Henry Clay Boulevard, and along the west side of Henry Clay Boulevard from Ash Street to Redbud Lane. “We’re excited to complete this next phase of construction on such an important amenity

There is one thing you can count on for this Saturday’s first-ever Lemonade Daze event at Ashland City Park – there will be lemonade and it will be necessary. With the hottest weekend of the year scheduled, Lemonade Daze volunteers and attendees will be looking for that lemonade to keep them cool. “There will be

Just because the SoBoCo school district was capable of passing a $7-million-plus bond issue and student population is experiencing unprecedented growth, that doesn’t mean the budgeting process gets any easier. SoBoCo Superintendent Chris Felmlee presented his first draft of the 2016-17 school year budget to the school board at a special budget workshop meeting last

Do you have your new trash day penciled in on your calendar? Beginning Monday, the City of Ashland trash service – contracted to Republic Services – will be only on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. The change from the twice weekly service was made earlier this spring as the Ashland Board of Aldermen approved a

  What has been unofficial since last summer became official in May. The Ashland Board of Aldermen has dropped the “interim” Police Chief Lyn Wolford’s City Administrator title and made him the City Adminstrator/Chief of Police. The Ashland Board of Aldermen unanimously approved a new contract for Woolford at their May 24 meeting. “I am