Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-27
Federal Troops Head to Portland After Trump Declares City ‘Under Siege’ by Domestic Terrorists News By Bernadette Obrien On Sep 27, 2025 Last updated Sep 27, 2025 Former President of the United States Donald Trump speaking with attendees at The People's Convention at Huntington Place in Detroit, Michigan. June 15, 2024 | Credit: Gage Skidmore PORTLAND, Ore. — President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social the deployment of U.S. troops to Portland, Oregon, directing Secretary of War
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-15
Elon Musk Spreads False Claim About Oregon Voters as Report Shows His Election Posts Hit 2 Billion Views Politics & Elections By Diane Megaw On Jan 15, 2026 Elon Musk | Courtesy: TED Claims by Elon Musk, the owner of X- formerly known as Twitter, that Oregon has “ä lot of fake voters” in response to several social media posts are fake news. Elon Musk’s claims of “Fake Voters” in Oregon Are Neither Fact Checked Nor True On Monday, Musk responded to various
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-15
Dense Fog and Poor Air Quality Continue in Oregon While Home Heating Fires Rise News By Diane Megaw On Jan 15, 2026 Fire safety is a burning issue this week as the National Weather Service (NWS) predicts that a stubborn high-pressure inversion is locking in repeated rounds of dense valley fog with near-zero visibility at times and sunshine and warmer temps at higher elevations, keeping Oregon dry into early next week. But this is also the season for increased house fires as temperatures stay low
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-15
Oregon Could Lose $43.5 Billion After Trump Vows to Strip Funding From Sanctuary States Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jan 15, 2026 Oregon State Capitol | Courtesy: Oregon Department of Transportation President Donald Trump says he will withdraw funding to sanctuary states and cities at the beginning of next month, placing Oregon and Portland squarely in the firing line. Records show that of the $139 billion which Oregon budgeted for 2025-27, $43.5 billion is in federal funding, a loss which
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-30
Oregon Sues to Block Trump From Seizing Control of the National Guard in Portland Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Sep 30, 2025 Last updated Sep 30, 2025 Following the Federal Department of War’s memorandum on Sunday that took control of Oregon’s National Guard from Governor Kotek and placed the volunteer corps under the command of President Trump, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed that the State of Oregon and the City of Portland have filed a motion for a temporary restraining order (
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-18
Federal Funding Freeze Threatens Oregon’s New EV Charging Network as State Joins Lawsuit to Force Release of Money News By Lucille McNamara On Dec 18, 2025 Workers assemble the charging station in Cottage Grove, Oregon. | Courtesy: Oregon Department of Transportation Oregon’s collaboration with neighboring California and Washington to build $102 million electric and hydrogen charging stations along key freight corridors is jeopardized by the Trump administration’s decision to freeze the funding.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-04
Big Pharma to Hike Prices on 350 Drugs in 2026 as Oregon’s Transparency Law Shows What’s Driving the Increases Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jan 4, 2026 Last updated Jan 4, 2026 COVID-19 vaccine As ‘Big Pharma’ hikes the price of hundreds of medications for 2026, Oregon has reinstated its drug transparency law, so that the reasons for big increases and high-cost drugs must be reported and fully explained. By leveraging a paper trail that Big Pharma must follow, Oregon is ensuring that it pr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-04
Oregon Lawmakers Warn Trump’s Venezuela Attacks Bypass Congress and Risk a New War News By Diane Megaw On Jan 4, 2026 Last updated Jan 4, 2026 Oregon State Capitol | Courtesy: Oregon Department of Transportation President Donald Trump’s recent military actions in Venezuela have drawn sharp criticism from Oregon lawmakers. Oregon Lawmakers React To Trump’s Military Intervention In Venezuela Trump’s recent action in Venezuela, including bombing the capital and seizing President
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-17
Oregon Judge Blocks USDA’s One Day SNAP Deadline After States Say Legal Immigrants Were Wrongly Ruled Ineligible News By Diane Megaw On Dec 17, 2025 A Eugene, Oregon, Judge ruled on Monday that the USDA erred by giving states just one day’s notice to comply with new guidelines that wrongly treat several groups of legal immigrants as ineligible for food assistance, including permanent residents granted asylum or admitted as refugees, placing massive financial pressure on the states.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-10
Kotek Defies Trump Order, Loads Oregon SNAP Cards Despite Federal Recall Oregon Governor is Defiant in Her Retaliation to President Donald Trump’s Order that SNAP Benefits be Repaid to the Federal Government News By Lucille McNamara On Nov 10, 2025 FILE - Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek's 2025 State of the State address Oregon Governor Tina Kotek says SNAP beneficiaries must continue to use their Trail Cards as usual, despite President Donald Trump’s demand that states return federal funding already dist
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-06
Oregon Argues Before Supreme Court That Trump Tariffs Exceeded Emergency Powers Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Nov 6, 2025 Last updated Nov 6, 2025 A multi-state challenge to President Trump’s Tariffs, invoked under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), was before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) yesterday, where the Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) Solicitor General Benjamin Gutman argued on behalf of Oregon and the multi-state coalition. Oregon
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-08
Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Trump’s Deployment Of Oregon National Guard News By Diane Megaw On Nov 8, 2025 Judge Karen Immergut issued a permanent injunction in the US District Court for the District of Oregon yesterday after finding President Trump had no colorable basis to invoke Title 10 and that the deployment of National Guard troops to the South Portland ICE facility exceeded the President’s authority. National Guard Permanently Restrained from Deployment to Oregon Dur
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-11
Trump Attempt to Restrict Oregon and Washington Vote-by-Mail Fails in Federal Court Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jan 11, 2026 FILE - Friday, September 19th, 2025 - Trump takes questions in Oval Office. President Donald Trump has been blocked from enforcing his executive order to prevent Oregon and Washington state residents from voting by mail. U.S. District Judge John H. Chun on Friday overturned Trump’s election executive order that documentary proof of citizenship be added to federal vo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-13
Oregon Joins Lawsuit Against Trump’s $100,000 Visa Fee That Would Hit Major Employers Like Nike Hardest Business By Diane Megaw On Dec 13, 2025 Nike Campus, Beaverton, Oregon | Credit: Carson, Brandon A coalition of 19 States, including Oregon, filed a lawsuit against the Trump Administration yesterday over its unlawful policy imposing a $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions that would create a costly barrier for employers- especially public sector and government employers- applying to f
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-12
Oregon Flood and Wildfire Projects Could Get New Life After Court Stops FEMA Funding Freeze News By Diane Megaw On Dec 12, 2025 After Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield announced a court victory yesterday preventing the Trump Administration from unlawfully cutting billions in disaster preparedness funding, hope has emerged that key projects cut in April can now be brought back from the dead. Hope That Oregon Disaster Management Projects Cut After Feds Withdraw Funding Get Back On Track
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-14
Oregon Sees Surge in ICE Arrests as Nearly Half Detained Have No Criminal Record News By Diane Megaw On Dec 14, 2025 Last updated Dec 14, 2025 FILE - ICE agent - Portland, Oregon As the Trump Administration ramps up immigration arrests, an increasing number of arrests have been for immigration violations, despite the detainees having no criminal record. In Oregon, about 45% of those arrested had no criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. ICE Arrests More Immigrants With No Crimi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-23
Oregon’s Fight Over National Guard Deployments Returns to Court Friday News By Diane Megaw On Oct 23, 2025 Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon The Trump administration’s motion to dissolve Federal Judge Karin Immergut’s second temporary restraining order (TRO) has been scheduled for hearing on Friday, as Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield gave notice that the state intends to file a motion requesting a full bench of the 9th Circuit later to reconsider the decision to set aside the first
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-21
Court Sides With Trump on Oregon National Guard, But Deployment Still Blocked Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Oct 21, 2025 Pioneer Courthouse, Portland, Oregon The three-panel Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of President Donald Trump yesterday, staying the first Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). However, Trump is still barred from deploying National Guard troops, as the Second TRO remains in force, but the Trump Administration has moved to lift this, too. Court Sets Aside Ore
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-21
Oregon Governor Condemns Trump Over SNAP Halt: ‘Focus on Feeding Families, Not Deploying Troops’ News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 21, 2025 Going hungry next month will be 757,000 Oregonians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to bolster their low incomes, and Governor Tina Kotek is unhappy about the situation. The President Should Focus on Feeding Families and Stop Deploying Troops on Taxpayers’ Dime, Says Unhappy Governor Describing President Donald Trum
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-24
Oregon Braces for Powerful Winds Up to 60 mph as Christmas Storm System Moves In News By Bernadette Obrien On Dec 24, 2025 The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a Wind Advisory for the Willamette Valley beginning at 7 am Wednesday, with squalls travelling up to 55 mph and 60mph across the southern Rogue Valley. The NWS also predicts rain on Christmas Day across most of the state. Windy Day Across the Willamette Valley Today High winds are expected in the Willamette Valley and southwes