3/27/2025

ASHLAND - A U.S. Forest Service worker in Ashland has her job back, two weeks after a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that the current administration had to re-instate over 16,000 fired employees, stating that their dismissals were most likely illegal. In a social media post on Wednesday, Hayley Matanowski posted that she had gotten her job back. Matanowski poster a photo of herself and said,”Our judicial branch stood separate and strong, and found that we had in fact been terminated illegally. It was ordered that we be reinstated.” Sheposted concern regarding the reduction in force procedures and directives being used by the White House. She also thanked everyone who continues to support federal workers and what they’re going through.