The Greater Ashland Beacon

12/12/2025

In Recognition of Great AccomplishmentHeather Moore-Frame Invited to the Kentucky Academic Standard Revision TeamGideon ThompsonThe Ashland Beacon As we move into the new year, many begin taking account of where they are and what they may have accomplished for the last 12 months. Each year a many se...

12/08/2025

🎄 CALLING ALL PRE-SCHOOL & ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS! 🎅

It’s that time of year again—The Beacon’s Annual Letters to Santa Special Section is just around the corner!

We’d love for your class to take part. To participate, simply ask your students what they would like to say in a letter to Santa. It can be what they want for Christmas or anything else they’d like to share with him! Please keep answers short as space is limited.

Once your students have written their letters, please send their responses, names, teacher’s name, and grade to:

📧 [email protected]

Your class may be featured in our festive special section!
Let’s make this holiday season magical for our community’s children. ✨

12/06/2025

Decking the Halls, Grinch-StyleThe Hall’s “Grinchmas” TraditionSasha BushThe Ashland Beacon It all started innocently enough, as many Christmas traditions do—with a simple desire for a little extra holiday cheer. Sarah Hall, a self-professed Christmas enthusiast, has always been a Christmas ...

12/05/2025

Check out the Live Nativity at the corner of 34th Street & Oakland Ave. on Saturday, December 6th from 6pm to 7:30pm. Presented by England Hill Freewill Baptist.

12/05/2025

Greenup County Christmas Fun A Holiday Set List That’s Sure to Bring the MerryGideon ThompsonThe Ashland Beacon Christmas is just around the corner, and the excitement awaits as we enter the season of joy. Something special fills the air each year as millions of people partake in the holiday cheer...

12/04/2025

Ashland’s Annual Festival of NativitiesOpens This December with Expansive 700-Piece ExhibitRebecca HemlockThe Ashland Beacon In a sunlit room at Ashland Grace Nazarene Church, something magical has taken root. What began as a seed of an idea after a trip to a Festival of Nativities in Charleston, ...

12/02/2025

Community Hospice Hosts Holiday Open House at the Care Center

Community Hospice warmly invites the community to its Holiday Open House on Thursday, December 4, 2025, from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Community Hospice Care Center, located at 2330 Pollard Road in Ashland.
Sponsored by the Friends of Hospice, this festive event offers an opportunity to celebrate the season while supporting compassionate hospice care in our region.
Guests will enjoy holiday refreshments, seasonal décor, and several meaningful ways to give back:

• Fresh Pecans: $14/lb, a seasonal favorite returns just in time for holiday baking and gifting.
• Angel Tree Remembrance Angel Ornaments: $15 each, angels may be purchased in honor or memory of loved ones and will be displayed on the Care Center’s Angel Tree throughout the holiday season. Visitors may take their angel home the night of the event or pick it up after the holidays.
• Signed Great Room Painting Prints: $20 each, artist Jarrod Schneider, creator of the Care Center’s beloved
Great Room painting, will be onsite to greet guests and sign 8x10 prints of his artwork.
The Holiday Open House is an opportunity to gather, remember, celebrate, and support the mission of Community Hospice.
For more information, please contact Andrea Arnett, Director of Community Engagement at 606-329-1890 or
[email protected].

11/27/2025

Holiday Style, Wrapped with a BowStep Into the Season at Ady & Aves BoutiqueGideon ThompsonThe Ashland Beacon With November comes crisp air, twinkling lights, and the official kickoff to the holiday season. Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s all fill the calendar with festi...

11/27/2025

Shop Local, Live LocalHow Our Small Businesses Build the Heart of Our CityTim HolmesThe Ashland Beacon Have you ever wondered how ordering a plate of wings in your favorite pub could help preserve our city’s history? It may sound simple—even surprising—but the truth is that every time we choos...

11/27/2025

11/26/2025

Christmas Cheer Awaits at Morning Pointe’s Magical Mistletoe MarketGideon ThompsonThe Ashland Beacon There’s something unmistakably heartwarming about the arrival of Christmastime—the twinkling lights, the scent of pine, and the joyful energy that settles over homes and towns alike. As wreaths...

11/26/2025

Sweet Sips, Local Trips The Magic of the Hot Cocoa CrawlSasha BushThe Ashland Beacon If your idea of holiday cheer involves cozy mugs, twinkling lights, and a whole lot of chocolatey goodness, then mark your calendar—because the Northeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce has whipped up a festive adven...