Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-28
Oregon Seafood Company Disputes Lawsuit by Former Employee Claiming to be a Whistleblower Business By Lucille McNamara On Sep 28, 2024 Deckhands unload pink shrimp from trawl net | Courtesy: Oregon Sea Grant, photo by Chris Peterson The Portland-based Pacific Seafood Company is disputing a claim in a $2.25 million lawsuit that it falsified the weight of catches bought from shrimp boats, illegally pocketing between an additional $10-to-$20 million. The lawsuit was filed in the Multnomah County Ci
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-29
Oregon Mother and Daughter Indicted for Coercing Three Haitians to Work for No or Little Pay Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 29, 2024 Last updated Sep 29, 2024 Credit: Joe Gratz An Oregon mother and daughter are facing a seven-count indictment for conspiring to coerce three people to work for no or little compensation at an adult foster care home in Tigard, Washington state. Charged with Conspiring to Commit, Engage, and Benefit from Forced Labor Marie Gertrude Jean Valmont
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-29
For the First Time in Seven Years it Will Cost More to Visit Oregon Parks and Recreation Facilities News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 29, 2024 South Falls - Silver Falls State Park | Credit: Ian Sane After a seven-year fee reprieve, it will cost more to visit Oregon parks and recreation facilities in 2025. The increases apply to camping, parking, and reservation fees. This is the first increase since 2017 and follows the rising cost of utilities, maintenance, and operations, according to the Orego
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-28
New Park for Ashland Will Include a Bike Pump Track and Dog Park News By Daily Tidings Editorial Board On Sep 28, 2024 Last updated Sep 28, 2024 Courtesy: Terrainnarch Landscape Architecture ASHLAND, Ore. — A new park with a pump track for bikes and a dog park will be built in the southern suburbs of Ashland. Thanks to a $1 million grant, the creation of East Main Park will begin and spread across 6.5 acres, comparable in size to Hunter Park. Ashland Parks and Recreation Director Rocky Houston s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2023-03-05
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Twitch Streamer Disguised Toast Broadens His Horizon & Enters The Esports Industry By Steve Zimmerman on March 5, 2023 Jeremy Wang, better known to many Twitchers as Disguised Toast, says that streaming is not forever. He has been named Forbes 30 under 30 in 2021 for games. Wang, 31, started by playing the digital card game Hearthstone in 2015. Here he trol
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-05
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter U.S. Bank Departure from the Big Pink Skyscraper is Indicative of Portland Urban Decay By Lucille McNamara on September 5, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore — The decision by U.S. Bank not to renew its lease in the Big Pink skyscraper is another blow as urban decay erodes downtown Portland. Yesterday, the bank told its employees that it will be vacating the 222,000 square fee
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-06
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Copperfield Fire Update: Over 3,800 Acres, Containment Now At 26% By Diane Megaw on September 6, 2024 KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has indicated that the Copperfield Fire in Klamath County currently covers around 3,802 acres and is 26% contained. Firefighters Make Progress On Copperfield Fire Firefighters are aiming to p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-05
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Ashland Fire On I-5 Wetlined & Contained By Firefighters By Diane Megaw on September 5, 2024 ASHLAND, Ore — By late yesterday afternoon, firefighters had contained a grass fire near milepost 11.5 on Interstate 5 South in Ashland. By the time it was contained, the fire had scorched less than 10 acres. Fire On Ashland I-5 The Oregon Department of Fores
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-06
Copperfield Fire Update: Over 3,800 Acres, Containment Now At 26% News By Diane Megaw On Sep 6, 2024 KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) has indicated that the Copperfield Fire in Klamath County currently covers around 3,802 acres and is 26% contained. Firefighters Make Progress On Copperfield Fire Firefighters are aiming to put a containment barrier in place 100′ from the perimeter of the fire. The cold black perimeter of the fire was extended yesterday a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-06
Middle Fork Fire Update: Over 5,286 Acres, Containment At 58% News By Diane Megaw On Sep 6, 2024 Credit: kcfd3.org KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore — The U.S. Forest Service has issued a release confirming that the Middle Fork Fire at Crater Lake is 58% contained. The fire now covers 5,286 acres. Middle Fork Fire Crews Make Progress As fire-related hazard reduction work resumes, the north entrance to Crater Lake National Park is closed to all traffic and will reopen on Friday afternoon. The park be ac
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-01-02
Medford Nurse May Be Responsible For Deaths Allegedly Linked to Fentanyl Replaced By Tap Water Nurse in Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center may be responsible for multiple deaths. While no one has been charged with a crime yet, the Medford police investigation is still ongoing. News By Lucille McNamara On Jan 2, 2024 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 In December, Grants Pass resident Garrett Atwood was advised that his brother’s death on November 11 2022 was allegedly caused by a central line infection
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2023-09-23
Ashland City Council’s 5G Ordinance is Shot Down, Sending Them Back to Square One News By Alissa Corman On Sep 23, 2023 Last updated Sep 25, 2024 5G is a rather contentious issue in general, but in Ashland, there’s a problem that’s been brewing within the city council. The problem revolves around the frequency the towers give off, and more specifically, the effect it has on people. Thankfully there isn’t some grand conspiracy theory revolving around the towers and Covid or cancer or whatever hav
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-20
Botulism And Bird Flu May be Causing Klamath Basin Wildlife Refuge Bird Deaths Environment By Diane Megaw On Aug 20, 2024 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge | Credit: Larry Jordan KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Refuge staff collected 500 dead birds from Sump1A, the largest water body in the Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge in far Northern California. The supervisory biologist at the Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuge Complex, John Vradenburg, suspects a dual outbreak
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-03-25
Young Man’s Tragic Death Paints Grim Picture of Drug Overdosing Aftermath News By Lucille McNamara On Mar 25, 2024 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 The tragic story of one young man’s death by fentanyl overdose paints a grim picture of the damaging effects this opioid has had on the lives of thousands of Oregonians. In February 2024, it was reported that deaths by fentanyl overdose in the state had risen by a staggering 1,500% since the start of the pandemic. This represents the largest increase record
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2023-10-20
Oregon State University Researchers Find the Answer to Rise in Gray Whale Deaths Environment By Buffy Pollock On Oct 20, 2023 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 The only thing harder to miss than a gray whale itself is the fact that their deaths have been on the rise as of late. These animals, some of the largest to have ever existed on earth, are washing up on the shores of the United States, Mexico, and Canada, usually skinny and malnourished. A dead baby gray whale had washed up at Oregon’s Fort Steve
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-05-22
Drug Dealer Jailed for the Death of a Teenager from Acute Fentanyl Toxicity News By Lucille McNamara On May 22, 2024 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — A Wahington County Circuit Court judge has jailed a 21-year-old for six years and three months for selling fentanyl tablets to a teenage boy who was later found dead in the kitchen of his grandparents’ home. A medical examiner determined that the teenager died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Guilty of Manslaughter and Delivery
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-01
Pedestrian Killed In Car Crash Outside Ashland: Driver Arrested News By Diane Megaw On Jul 1, 2024 Last updated Sep 25, 2024 ASHLAND, Ore. — Following a fatal motor vehicle accident near Ashland last night after a minivan collided with a pedestrian, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) launched an investigation. A suspect, the driver of the vehicle, was arrested and is currently in police custody. Pedestrian Victim In Ashland Crash Dies Responding to an emergency call received at 9:
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-04
Teenage Shooting Leads to 70 Months Prison Sentence News Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 4, 2024 Last updated Sep 25, 2024 MEDFORD, Ore — A Grants Pass teenager who shot another youngster eight times outside a fast-food outlet in Medford has been sentenced to spend five years and 10 months in jail. Joseph Lopez (18) was found guilty of shooting 17-year-old Andrew Ramirez outside Buffalo Wild Wings fast-food outlet last December. Lopez was found guilty of second-degree assault and t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-26
Bidders Retreat From Southern Oregon Offshore Wind Project As Local Opposition Escalates Environment Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Sep 26, 2024 Credit: Andy Dingley Auctions set to take place in October related to wind energy developments off the Oregon Coast by the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have come under the spotlight with at least one bidder withdrawing from the bidding process. Others may follow suit in the face of mounting local opposition . &nb
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-21
Medford High Student’s Death by Overdose: Fentanyl Tears Up Families Top Stories Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 21, 2024 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 Credit: AP. MEDFORD, Ore — Fentanyl destroys communities and tears up families, is how Assistant U.S. Attorney Marco Boccato described the death by overdose of a 16-year-old Medford High School student, Max Gonzalez. Boccato called for a seven year and four-month sentence for Hunter Fenstermaker who was 20 at the time he bought a fake P