Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-02-25
Batteries Pose Increasing Fire Risks in Jackson County News By Edith M. On Feb 25, 2024 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon’s Fire District 3 warns about increased fire risks caused by rechargeable batteries. The district includes Agate Lake, Central Point, Dodge Bridge, Eagle Point, Gold Hill, Sams Valley, and White City, and was called to two fires last week involving lithium-ion batteries. On its Facebook page, The Fire District’s Chief, Jason Allen, appeals to residents to recharge batteries durin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2011-01-05
Hakomi founder dies in Ashland News By Daily Tidings Editorial Board On Jan 5, 2011 Last updated Dec 31, 2023 Hakomi founder Ron Kurtz died this morning of a massive heart attack in Ashland, friends and colleagues say. He was 76. Kurtz was known nationally for developing Hakomi, a body-centered psychotherapy that incorporates the principles of Buddhism with traditional psychology to heal long-standing emotional wounds. Kurtz founded his Hakomi training center in Ashland after suffering a heart a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-29
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Closure of Print Media in Oregon Rings a News Death Knell for Small Town Communities By Edith M. on July 29, 2024 The closure of print media is a worldwide phenomenon and Oregon is no exception. The news industry in Oregon has not added a single job to its workforce since 2004 and has experienced double-digit losses for three consecutive years since 2019. While large
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-20
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Illegal Marijuana Lab Discovered After Glendale Fire Doused: 2 Arrested By Diane Megaw on August 20, 2024 DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — The Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) was called in to investigate a suspicious structure fire earlier contained by the Glendale Fire Department in the 1400 block of Tunnel Road. An illegal Butane Hash Oil (BHO) lab was the likely c
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-01
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Final Dam in the $450 Million Klamath River Project is Under Deconstruction By Edith M. on August 1, 2024 KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The John C. Boyle Dam was breached yesterday in the final stages of a $450 million project that is hoped will restore salmon to the Klamath River. Salmon Population Will be Restored This is the fourth and final hydroelectric dam being remov
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-02
Unclear How Many Oregon Workers Will Lose Their Intel Jobs in Latest Cutback Business By Edith M. On Aug 2, 2024 Amid plummeting stock prices, Intel announced yesterday that it is going to cut 15,000 jobs in a massive drive to cut costs. How many Oregon workers will lose their jobs in the latest cutback is unclear, but what is painfully obvious is that it will have a dramatic impact on the local economy as Intel is the largest employer in the state. After yesterday’s shock announcement, Intel st
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-12
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Talent Residents are Frustrated by Power Outages During Triple Digit Heatwave By Edith M. on July 12, 2024 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The triple digit heatwave blanketing the Rogue Valley in Oregon is causing power outages, frustrating residents of Talent. However, they are going to have to exercise patience as outages could continue through to October. Power Lines on El
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-01
Final Dam in the $450 Million Klamath River Project is Under Deconstruction Environment By Edith M. On Aug 1, 2024 Last updated Aug 1, 2024 Iron Gate Dam Reservoir near Hornbrook, California KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The John C. Boyle Dam was breached yesterday in the final stages of a $450 million project that is hoped will restore salmon to the Klamath River. Salmon Population Will be Restored This is the fourth and final hydroelectric dam being removed to allow the river to run free, hopefully r
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-13
The Reconstruction of the Interstate-5 Bridge Linking Oregon to Washington is a Step Closer Top Stories By Edith M. On Jul 13, 2024 Interstate 5 Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington The reconstruction of the aging Interstate 5 Bridge that links Oregon with Washington is one step closer to realization following a $1.5 billion allocation from the U.S. Transportation Department’s fund for major bridge projects. This brings total federal funding to $2.1 billion, while Oregon and Washington have p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-04
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Copperfield Fire Update: Crews Line Perimeter As Fire Covers Over 3,600 Acres By Daily Tidings Editorial Board on September 4, 2024 KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — Firefighters battling the Copperfield fire east of Chiloquin made significant progress and have now fully lined the perimeter of the fire. Personnel on site has been increased to 534 as new crews and ov
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-26
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter NW Medford Armed Intruder Allegedly Killed In Self-Defence By Diane Megaw on August 26, 2024 MEDFORD, Ore. — At about 6:14 PM on Saturday, August 24, the Medford Police Department (MPD) responded to reports of an attempted break-in at a Berrydale Road apartment complex in northwest Medford. Initially, an unknown individual was reported to be attempting to force entry
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2023-12-22
Environment Governor Calls in the National Guard as Wildfires Ravage Oregon Edith M. Jul 26, 2024 The Durkee and Battle Mountain Complex fires in eastern Oregon are raging across a 420 square mile radius, prompting Governor Tina Kotek to call in the National Guard and invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act. By yesterday, equipment…
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-16
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Klamath Dam Removal: The Days of Plenty for Californian Commercial Fishermen are Long Gone By Edith M. on June 16, 2024 KLAMATH COUNTY Ore. — Dave Bitts is an old salt. He can single-handedly bring home 100 salmon a day. But the days of plenty for commercial fishermen ended a long time. It ended when salmon populations struggled to return in significant numbers, surv
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-09
More Of Oregon’s Rural Boys Opt Out Of College As Urban-Rural Gap Widens Education By Diane Megaw On Jun 9, 2024 Credit : health.sou.edu Over the last decade, the share of Oregon high school graduates moving on to community college or university within 16 months of leaving high school has plunged. And research shows that fewer young men are in college, especially at 4-year schools. While this was compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, even before COVID-19 rural Oregon boys were a concern. Although
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-15
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Medford Drug Diversion: Nurse Pleads Not Guilty Of 44 Counts, Bail Set At $4,4M By Diane Megaw on June 15, 2024 MEDFORD Ore. — Former nurse, 36-year-old Dani Marie Schofield, pleaded not guilty in the Jackson County Circuit Court today to a grand jury indictment of 44 counts of felony assault allegedly committed at Medford’s Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center (RRMC
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-12
Oregon Planned Parenthood CEOs’ Decision to Dissolve Political Arm is Short-Sighted News By Edith M. On Jun 12, 2024 Last updated Jun 12, 2024 The decision by the two newly-appointed CEOs of Oregon’s Planned Parenthood to dissolve the political arm of the organization – Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon – is a short-sighted and rushed decision that will leave the state with ‘zero abortion rights advocacy organizations.’ Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon (PPAO) were blind-sided by the d
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-06
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Ashland’s Mysterious New Age Shop is Closing its Doors By Ellen Waldman on June 6, 2024 ASHLAND, Ore. — Ashland’s much talked about New Age shop, The Haven on Main Street, where you can buy such oddities as ‘living water’ and ‘bioceuticals,’ is closing its doors next month. The shop and its owners, Akasha Sananda and Miananda Maitreya Shekinah, aka TwinRay, were the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-14
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter The Public Will Decide the Fate of High-Speed Jet Boats on Upper Rogue River Waterways By Edith M. on June 14, 2024 MEDFORD, Ore. — A series of community meetings will decide the fate of the use of high-speed jet boats on the waterways of the Upper Rogue River. Concerns that Jet Boats Negatively Impact Salmon Populations Many Oregonians believe that jet boats have a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-06
Ashland’s Mysterious New Age Shop is Closing its Doors News By Edith M. On Jun 6, 2024 Last updated Jun 6, 2024 The Haven store, downtown Ashland, Oregon ASHLAND, Ore. — Ashland’s much talked about New Age shop, The Haven on Main Street, where you can buy such oddities as ‘living water’ and ‘bioceuticals,’ is closing its doors next month. The shop and its owners, Akasha Sananda and Miananda Maitreya Shekinah, aka TwinRay, were the subject of much whispering and rumor when first arriving in town
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-13
Phase One of Ashland’s Climate Adaptation Project is 95% Complete News By Edith M. On Jun 13, 2024 Ashland, Oregon ASHLAND, Ore. — The imminent danger of the outbreak of wildfires is being addressed by the Ashland Forestry Department in a project to protect private homes, wildlife habitat, and the woodlands that surround the city. Named the Climate Adaptation Project, Ashland has allocated $644,000 to reduce wildfire risk in the Siskiyou Mountain Park, and land owned by the city in the lower Ash