Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-31
Oregon’s Colby Benson Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 31, 2024 It took a Multnomah County jury less than eight hours to find Colby Benson (40), aka ‘Shooter’, guilty of second-degree murder that, he said, he committed when ‘high on meth.’ Benson was found guilty of second-degree murder for shooting and killing Christopher Klein (30) on September 11, 2020. The incident occurred as Klein drove away from an apartment complex in East Por
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-07-13
East Portland Gangster In ‘Hood Check’ Killing Gets Life With Parole Possible In 35 Years News By Diane Megaw On Jul 13, 2024 Last updated Sep 25, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — Sentencing for a Gresham man who killed a woman and injured two others at a MAX stop in 2022 was handed down on Friday. The perpetrator, Isai Damian Ramos, 24, received life in prison with parole being considered after he has served 35 years. Gresham Gang Member Kills Bystander In 2022 During the trial, surveillance footag
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-06-26
Oregon Governor Calls for Investigation into the Death of an 83-year-old Dementia Sufferer Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jun 26, 2024 Last updated Sep 26, 2024 CLACKAMAS COUNTY. Ore. — Oregon Governor, Tina Kotek, has responded to an appeal for an investigation by the family of an 83-year-old woman suffering from dementia who was found frozen to death less than half a mile from the Mt. Hood Senior Living facility in Sandy. The Woman Froze to Death Less than a Mile from the Mt. Hood S
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-19
Oregon Governor Makes Move to Attract Semiconductor Research Hub into State Boundaries Business By Lucille McNamara On Sep 19, 2024 Intel Facility - Hillsboro, Oregon | Credit: Sam Beebe, Ecotrust Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has honed in on a parcel of 373 acres of farmland north of Hillsboro for the planned expansion of the urban growth boundary giving the state a chance of attracting a semiconductor research hub worth nearly $1 billion in federal funding. Executive Powers Overlook Land-U
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-21
Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . Daily Tidings Daily Tidings Sign up for the Morning Brief Newsletter . facebook twitter Democrat Supermajority Predicted In Oregon Legislature By Forecaster By Diane Megaw on August 21, 2024 The national analysis group Cnalysis- the sole forecaster of U.S. legislative elections, predicted an 18-11 split in the Oregon Senate in favor of the Democrats and a 39-21 Democratic majority in the state House. Democrats currently have 17 Senate seats and 35 in th
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-08-21
Democrat Supermajority Predicted In Oregon Legislature By Forecaster Politics By Diane Megaw On Aug 21, 2024 Oregon Senate, state capitol in Salem, Ore. Creator: Andrew Selsky | Credit: AP The national analysis group Cnalysis- the sole forecaster of U.S. legislative elections, predicted an 18-11 split in the Oregon Senate in favor of the Democrats and a 39-21 Democratic majority in the state House. Democrats currently have 17 Senate seats and 35 in the House. More detail on what Cnalysis predict
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-16
Accused In Slain Oregon Nurse Melissa Jubane Trial Faces Packed Courtroom Of Silent Protesters Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Oct 16, 2024 Last updated Oct 19, 2024 Washington County Courthouse, Hillsboro, Oregon | Credit: Jimmy Emerson UPDATE: Slain Oregon Nurse, Melissa Jubane, Was Married Less Than Two Weeks Before She Went Missing At Tuesday’s Washington County Court trial of Bryce Schubert – the man accused of killing Beaverton nurse Melissa Jubane in September, the courtroom wa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-19
Slain Oregon Nurse, Melissa Jubane, Was Married Less Than Two Weeks Before She Went Missing Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 19, 2024 Last updated Oct 19, 2024 Melissa Jubane, the nurse who went missing in September. A 32-year-old murdered nurse, Melissa Jubane, who was married in Hawaii less than two weeks before she was reported missing, is believed to have locked the door to her home before 6:30 a.m. on September 4 but failed to show up for work at Providence St. Vincent Medical
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-30
Oregon Man Accused of Murdering Newly-Wed Nurse is Evicted from His Apartment Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 30, 2024 Melissa Jubane, the nurse who went missing in September. Twenty-seven-year-old Bryce Schubert, who lived diagonally across the corridor from Beaverton nurse, Melissa Jubane, who was married in Hawaii two weeks earlier and who he is accused of murdering, has been evicted from his apartment. Attorneys Cited ‘An Extremely Outrageous Act’ as the Reason for Evict
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-15
Oregon Senators Divided Over Bill Proposing Increased Logging To Curb Wildfires Politics & Elections By Diane Megaw On Oct 15, 2024 Josephine County forest, Oregon | Credit: NRCS Oregon Despite shrub and grass fires being the greater cause of destruction in the West than forest fires for the last three decades, Republicans in the U.S. House want Congress to pass a bill scaling back environmental regulations to enable increased cutting and logging, including in federal forests. The proposal s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2023-11-04
Toxic Vapors Could Kill Thousands If an Earthquake Were to Hit Portland, Report Says, Prompting Calls for Regulation Top Stories Environment By Buffy Pollock On Nov 4, 2023 Last updated Sep 25, 2024 Petroleum and chemical tank farms along a busy rail yard on the Willamette River in Critical Energy Infrastructure Hub of Portland, Oregon It almost feels as though the amount of natural disasters is starting to climb as time goes on, and that’s because it is. Climate change has done its part so that
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-24
Oregon Governor Shuts Downs DMV Loopholes After Voters’ Roll Errors Politics & Elections Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Sep 24, 2024 DMV headquarters on Lana Avenue in Salem. | Courtesy: Oregon Department of Transportation Oregon Governor Tina Kotek is shutting down Driver and Motor Vehicle (DMV) loopholes that inadvertently added non-citizens to the voters’ roll . Calling for stricter measures, Kotek said in a statement that the DMV must ‘go above and beyond to ensure errors like
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-19
Negasi Zuberi Found Guilty on All Counts Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 19, 2024 MEDFORD, Ore. — Oregon resident Negasi Zuberi was found guilty on all counts related to the kidnap and r*pe of two women on the eighth day of his trial before U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane in Medford yesterday. He will remain in custody until his sentencing on January 16, 2025. He Left a Dump Truck of Evidence Behind The court heard that Zuberi left ‘a dump truck of evidence behind’ wh
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-11
Oregon Drug Addict Used Meth Laced with Fentanyl Before Giving Birth to Infant at Home Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 11, 2024 Last updated Oct 11, 2024 Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center - Medford, Oregon | File. MEDFORD, Ore. — Fentanyl drug addict, Samantha Michelle Davis, told police she used meth laced with fentanyl on the day she gave birth to her baby son. The baby, said to be days from death, was rushed to the Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center, and then transported by
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-11-20
Oregon Governor Takes Steps To Protect Immigrant And Abortion Rights Politics & Elections By Diane Megaw On Nov 20, 2024 FILE - Oregon Governor Tina Kotek Despite the 2024 elections delivering control of all three branches of government to Republicans, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek indicated on Monday that she is committed to all Oregonians, regardless of their political affiliation. Kotek Addresses Abortion Rights Issues In Oregon Kotek said that despite there being uncertainty of what
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-10-23
An Oregonian is Among 49 People Infected with E. coli After Eating a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder News By Daily Tidings Editorial Board On Oct 23, 2024 McDonald's Quarter Pounder | Credit: Yortw At least one Oregonian is among the 49 people known to have food poisoning in an E. coli outbreak after eating a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger. McDonald’s Shares Drop After Food Poisoning Outbreak McDonald’s shares fell by 9% in after-hours trading after the E. coli food poisoning outbreak wa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-11-06
Oregon’s Attempt to Introduce Ranked-Choice Voting With Measure 117 Takes a Dive at the Polls Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Nov 6, 2024 Last updated Nov 6, 2024 Ranked-choice voting dived the polls despite the strong support of Tribal leaders who believed Measure 117 to be fairer and more equitable. The final tally was 59.6% to 40.4%. Voters Would Have Ranked Candidates in Order of Preference Measure 117 would have allowed voters to rank their candidates in order of pref
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-11-01
Oregon Remains in Contention for the Only Remaining Semiconductor Research Center Business By Lucille McNamara On Nov 1, 2024 Last updated Nov 1, 2024 Oregon may have lost out to New York and California in its bid for a semiconductor technology center funded by the CHIPS Act of 2022 but remains in contention for the prototype and packaging hub. Over the last two days, the Biden administration has revealed that the lithography center has been awarded to Albany, NY, and Sunnyvale in California is
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-02
Over 50% Of Players In Southern Oregon Golf Tournament Eliminated Sports By Diane Megaw On Sep 2, 2024 MEDFORD, Ore. — By the third day of match play at Rogue Valley Country Club (RVCC), less than half the original 416 players remain in the running in the Southern Oregon Golf Championship (SOGC) which is still underway. Golf Tournament In Rogue Valley The event ends on Monday and the players in the tournament have a chance to win the $2,000 grand prize during the putting contest. The comp
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2024-09-14
Lax Processing and Human Error Added 306 Oregon Noncitizens to the Voters Roll Top Stories Politics By Lucille McNamara On Sep 14, 2024 DMV headquarters on Lana Avenue in Salem. | Courtesy: Oregon Department of Transportation As the November 5 election gains momentum, so do claims by the GOP of voting by noncitizens. And Oregon has not escaped the latest whiplash. A bill passed in 2021 that allowed Oregon residents to obtain drivers licenses without proving citizenship has added 306 noncitizens