Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-08
Oregon Governor Sends National Guard Troops Home and Tells Kristi Noem There Is No Insurrection Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Oct 8, 2025 Last updated Oct 8, 2025 Gov. Kotek and other local leaders address deployment of troops in Portland. Saturday September 27th. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek sent members of both the Oregon National Guard and the California National Guard home yesterday, and also met with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem at the Portland airport upon her
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-16
Oregon Joins Governors’ Public Health Alliance to Bolster Vaccine and Health Preparedness Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Oct 16, 2025 Last updated Oct 16, 2025 COVID-19 vaccine Oregon has joined 14 other states in a newly launched Governors Public Health Alliance aimed at rapid coordination and response to inter-state public health threats. The nonpartisan initiative will serve as a cross-state liaison to coordinate executive actions governors take to strengthen protective measures, such as
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-04
Oregon Wins Fight Against Trump Administration Over $15 Million in Crime Victim Grants News By Diane Megaw On Oct 4, 2025 Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the coalition in the multi-state lawsuit against the Trump Administration’s illegal immigration enforcement conditions on Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Grants won, after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) backed down. Oregon Wins VOCA Funding Lawsuit Earlier this year, the Trump Administration attempted to i
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-03
Portland Marijuana Shop Worker Faces Life in Prison After Shooting Two Robbers Dead News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 3, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A first-degree murder hearing against Jason Steiner (35), accused of gunning down and killing two robbers, has begun and is expected to last for up to a week. Steiner, who worked at a La Mota marijuana shop in the St. John’s Neighborhood, Portland, is accused of shooting 14 rounds at King H. Lawrence (18) and Tahir D. Burley (20), both of Milwaukie, as they
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-02
Federal Lawsuit Accuses Oregon Counties of Harboring Criminals by Ignoring ICE Detainers News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 2, 2025 Last updated Oct 2, 2025 Four Oregon counties are facing a petition from two federal government agencies to provide information about 10 violent felons who were released back into the community between 2022 and 2023. The Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice yesterday filed a petition against Clackamas, Marion, Multnomah
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-04
Portland Arrest of Conservative Influencer Sparks DOJ Investigation Into Police Bias Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 4, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — Shortly after his release from a Portland jail earlier this week, independent conservative online journalist and influencer Nicholas Sortor posted on social media that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will investigate his arrest by Portland Police Bureau officers. In his post, Sortor states that the PPB ‘made a big freaking mistake’ by ar
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-03
OHSU Faces $133 Million Operating Loss Amid Worker Protests Over Pay and Benefits Education By Lucille McNamara On Oct 3, 2025 FILE - OHSU in Portland | Photo by Seth Smigelski Cash reserves held by Oregon Health & Science University decreased by $250 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and its cash-on-hand days have slipped from 170 to 136. Amid the turmoil of its tenuous financial situation, 8,500 OHSU workers are pressing for a contract settlement that will guarantee them a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-11
Oregon Pupils Must Pass Standalone Financial Literacy And Career Prep From 2027 To Graduate Education By Diane Megaw On Jul 11, 2024 Corvallis High School | Courtesy: Oregon Secretary of State Starting with this fall’s sophomores, Oregon high school pupils must take- and pass, stand-alone financial literacy and college and career preparation classes before graduating. The courses will apply to the class of 2027 unless waivers are granted. There has been considerable pushback against the implemen
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-22
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter The Upper Applegate Fire Hampered by Illegal Drone By Edith M. on June 22, 2024 JACKSON COUNTY. Ore. — As firefighters continue an exhausting fight to contain more than 500 acres of steep terrain in Upper Applegate, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) says it is continuing to search for the person responsible for launching an unauthorized drone above the flames.
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 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 of botulism and highly pat
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-04
Due to Popular Demand, Oregon Shakespeare Festival Introduces More Frequent Behind the Curtain Summer Tours News Revels By Edith M. On Jul 4, 2024 Elizabethan Theater - Oregon Shakespeare Festival [ Credit: amlibrarian on Flickr 2016 ASHLAND, Ore. — The one-hour Behind the Curtain Summer Tour has proved so popular that the Tony Award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) has had to increase the event from once to twice a week. Visitors Discover How Productions are Brought to Life For an affo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-19
Fire Danger Level Restrictions are Increased in Two Oregon Counties News By Edith M. On Jun 19, 2024 Oneonta Gorge - Oregon. Burnt out trees in the background. JACKSON & JOSEPHINE COUNTIES. Ore. — Hot temperatures and dry conditions have resulted in more stringent fire danger level restrictions throughout Jackson and Josephine Counties. Fire danger levels change from low to moderate at one minute passed midnight tomorrow, Thursday. The ruling will impact 1.8 million acres of land protected b
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-01
New Grants Pass Library On The Agenda For Josephine County Library Foundation Public Meetings News By Diane Megaw On Jul 1, 2024 City hall, Grants Pass Oregon GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Three community meetings will be held this month to solicit feedback from residents about the Grants Pass Library planned to be built on the entire city block in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, near the Rogue River, purchased last year by the Josephine Community Library Foundation (JCLF) for $2 million. Following approval
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-28
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Demolition of Evans Creek Dam Will Restore Native Salmon and Steelhead Breeding Grounds By Edith M. on June 28, 2024 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Work crews this week completed the demolition of a concrete dam to restore habitat of native salmon and steelhead in Evans Creek which is now completely free flowing at the dam site for the first time in 128 years, according to a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2011-11-17
KSKQ back on airwaves after outage 89.5 FM frequency was lost after power source for antenna interrupted Community radio station KSKQ has reestablished power to its FM antenna on Table Mountain near Hyatt Lake and is back on the air. The station's 89.5 FM frequency came back to life at about 2 p.m. Wednesday, after volunteers restarted the propane-powered generator providing electricity to the antenna on the snow-laden hilltop. News By Daily Tidings Editorial Board On Nov 17, 2011 Last updat
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-01
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Pedestrian Killed In Car Crash Outside Ashland: Driver Arrested By Diane Megaw on July 1, 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 c
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 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 9:35 PM by the Emergency Communicat
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-16
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter New plays power new perspectives By Daily Tidings Editorial Board on October 16, 2018 Every classic play was a new play at one point in time, says Ashland New Plays Festival’s executive director Kyle Haden. “Think of how exciting it must have been for that first audience to see ‘Hamlet’ or August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’ or Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton.’ All of the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-10-25
Monument expansion would protect valuable ecosystems Archive By Daily Tidings Editorial Board On Oct 25, 2016 Last updated Mar 26, 2024 By Joseph Vaile KS Wild I’ve had a few near-death experiences in my life. One was near the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument. Let’s just say I was “Extreme Horseback Riding” with a friend. I might not have been paying as close attention as I should have because the horse decided to quickly gallop up a steep hill right under a massive oak tree. It was the massiv
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2015-04-08
Feeling the filaments: Famous mycologist wows SOU crowd ARBOR DAY AT SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY Archive By Daily Tidings Editorial Board On Apr 8, 2015 Last updated Mar 12, 2024 The intricately filamented and connected network of mycelium under our feet looks just like the Internet or a big photograph of the universe and serves the same purpose, says famed mycologist Paul Stamets: to connect and nourish everything, to promote life and to communicate its wisdom to all parts. Speaking to a packed