Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-10
We’d like to announce the appointment of Justin Umberson as the new editor of the Ashland Tidings. Justin will direct news coverage of both the Tidings and the Mail Tribune, where he’s worked in different capacities since 2016. He started as a copy editor, then was promoted to copy desk chief after Rosebud Media brought pagination back in-house. He became city editor of the Mail Tribune last November. He has 10 years’ experience in newspapers, including as copy editor at the Co
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-09
An emergency "drop in" warming center is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, Feb. 8-10 at the First United Methodist Church in Ashland located at 175 N. Main St. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and close at 9:30 p.m. Children and pets are welcome. A winter storm warning is in effect beginning 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, according to the National Weather Service. A winter weather advisory will be in place from 4 a.m. – 10 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. Temperatures will drop to 31 degrees Friday night wit
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-08
Watch Now SEARCH On the south side of C Street east of Sixth Street. Owner/landlord/designer John E. Barton. Wrought iron made in Texas based on classic French ironwork. Sheet glass is German. A panoply of portals BY ... View Gallery Ashlanders turn their creative flare to gates. Photographs by Larry Rosengren. Gates selected and researched by Ruth Sloan. Share This Story Golden keys in on campaign promise Ashland Police reports, Jan. 18-21 Wild Side: The five best nearby snowy excursions
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-07
City Hall has overlooked the downtown Plaza since 1891, but it may soon be moving. The preliminary designs of three new locations were presented at City Council's Monday meeting. Some citizens questioned the need for such large expansions at each location and the accompanying high cost. George Kramer, restoration consultant, was on the City Hall Ad Hoc Committee and said the best approach for the city is minimalistic. Councilors Dennis Slattery, Julie Akins and Stephen Jensen agreed that a minim
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-06
Smokers paying higher taxes would help buy health insurance for low-income Oregonians under a plan being advanced by Gov. Kate Brown. Brown is proposing tax increase of $2 a pack of cigarettes, currently taxed at $1.33. Backers say the increase would price thousands out of smoking. It would save lives and lower health care costs for all. According to projections by Tobacconomics, a tobacco-centric economic research firm, the tax hike could get 31,300 Oregonians to stop smoking. Of the Oregonians
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-08
Frontman Jim Heath of Reverend Horton Heat experienced an epiphany while playing a private party about six months ago. “There were all these young people there, and this young girl came up to me ... and I say young, she was in her late teens or early 20s ... and she said ‘You guys are going to bring back rock ‘n’ roll,’” he says during a telephone interview. Who knows whether the young lady was familiar with the catalogs of Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis or Litt
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-08
O’Shea’s Irish Pub is hidden along Guanajuato Way in Ashland, along the creekside behind the downtown plaza. Look sharp or you’ll miss the small, 10-table spot. O’Shea’s has plain fare — home cooking that your Irish granny used to make — with an upscale flair. The seasonal menu at O’Shea’s is limited by design with just a few options each for appetizers, salads and main dishes. The kitchen is upstairs towars the back of the restaurant, so the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-06
While he'd rather adopt "all the dogs" and run his own canine rescue, 6-year-old Medford dog lover Maddox Mayne has figured out the next best thing. Helping to ensure that difficult-to-place shelter pets get adopted, the first-grader is selling handmade bracelets and necklaces to cover adoption fees and extra expenses for older dogs or dogs with special health concerns. He figures if he helps cover the cost of adoption, older dogs or dogs who need a little extra help will be more appealing to po
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-07
The public’s help in evaluating the need to renovate or replace Daniel Meyer Memorial Pool is needed, according to the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission, which has scheduled to two community workshops to discuss the status of the pool and take comments and suggestions. The commission and the Pool Ad Hoc Committee will work together with the public to assess the aquatic needs of Ashland citizens workshops on: 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 19, at the Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Av
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-08
Ashland is now open to service from Uber and Lyft. Whether those companies put Ashland on their maps is still uncertain, but city officials say Uber, at least, is promising. Ashland City Council approved an ordinance for enactment Tuesday to allow transportation network companies to work within Ashland on a regimen much closer to that of Medford’s. Assistant City Attorney Katrina Brown said she has not heard back from Lyft about whether it would come to Ashland after passing the ordinance.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-06
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ‘THERE CANNOT BE WAR AND INVESTIGATION’ In a line from his State of the Union address that largely fell flat, Trump calls on Congress to cast aside partisanship but refuses to yield on immigration policies that have infuriated Democrats. 2. WHAT WILL COME OUT OF TRUMP-KIM II IN VIETNAM Trump has announced plans for his second North Korea summit, but is Kim Jong Un ready to make
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-07
"Sal" Salvatore Antonio Pippa III (Sal), 33, of Ashland, Ore. passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014. He was born to Elizabeth Pippa and step-son to George Clark and brother to Lorraine, Michelle, Elizabeth, Jennifer, Nar, Marcia, Sonny, and Kim. He was a loving father to Brooklynn and Jaiden and would have given them the world. Sal was a fun loving guy. If you were around him you were laughing. He loved to sing and play his guitar. He was the #1 Ducks fan and basketball was his pastime. Most of a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-14
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off jumping into the 2020 presidential race, Sen. Elizabeth Warren had plans to meet voters in Las Vegas. The only problem: a government shutdown roiling Washington. The Massachusetts Democrat had to decide whether to keep her plans last month in a critical early voting state or stay in Washington in case her vote was needed in the Senate to end the impasse. She ultimately decided to remain in the capital and will make up for the cancellation by visiting Las Vegas o
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-14
Oregonians could see their cellphone bills go up to raise money for expanding rural high-speed internet. Legislators are considering a surcharge on wireless calls to raise $10 million a year that utilities could use for internet projects in rural Oregon. The average cellphone user could see an increase of $4 to $8 a year. The surcharge would apply only to calls within the state and also cover voice-over internet protocols. The state created a special fund in 1999 to push telecommunications techn
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-14
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday approved a major public lands bill that revives a popular conservation program, adds 1.3 million acres of new wilderness, expands several national parks and creates five new national monuments. The measure, the largest public lands bill considered by Congress in a decade, combines more than 100 separate bills that designate more than 350 miles of river as wild and scenic, add 2,600 miles of new federal trails and create nearly 700,000 acres of new re
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-13
Ashland City Council appeared to lean toward rejecting a request to increase the temperature needed to trigger an emergency cold-weather shelter from 20 degrees to 32. Options for Helping Residents of Ashland President Ken Gudger told the council Monday that the board believes councilor Julie Akins' proposal will spread the volunteer staff too thin. "I represent a board of very compassionate people at OHRA who would like to do all things for all people," Gudger said. "We have to prioritize those
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-14
An Ashland woman is hoping to connect homeless horses with people who own pastures. "There are just a lot of horses out there that need a place to go, and there are no places for them to go," said Linda Davis, executive director and founder of the Equamore Foundation horse sanctuary outside Ashland. Davis said she fields phone calls on an almost daily basis from people who are looking to find new homes for their horses. But the sanctuary already houses 57 horses that were neglected, abused or ab
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-13
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. ‘I CAN’T SAY I’M THRILLED’ Trump says he’s not expecting the government to shut down again, a signal that he’s leaning toward accepting a budget deal that denies him most of the money he’s sought for a border wall. 2. ‘EL CHAPO’ HEADING TO ‘ALCATRAZ OF THE ROCKIES’ Experts say convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman will l
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-14
Mayor John Stromberg’s “friendly veto” of the City Council’s vote to allow ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft to operate in Ashland does little more than further delay a matter that has been debated for more than a year. It’s time to move on. Stromberg took the rare action — only his second in 10 years — after the council voted 4-2 last week to allow transportation network companies to operate in Ashland. In a memorandum explaining his reasons, Stromber
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2019-02-14
Disaster loomed when heavy snows fell in the mountains of Southern Oregon before Thanksgiving 1955, followed by warm rains the week before Christmas. Some 9 inches fell in six days, followed by 2 inches on Dec. 21. The Rogue River rose quickly. The disaster relief team in the town of Rogue River warned people along both sides of the river to get out. The VFW Hall was opened for people to store their furniture and the Red Cross set up a canteen and shelter. Some people left, but others heard that