Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-12
Compostable bags for the collection and disposal of leaves are available for purchase from Recology Ashland at 170 Oak St. The biodegradable bags usually cost $14.50 for a set of five, which includes curbside pickup of the bags by Recology. Each bag is nearly 3 feet tall and can hold up to 35 pounds of leaves. For a limited time, the city of Ashland is offering a discount on the bags. Through Nov. 2, a set of five bags may be purchased at Recology for $10. The city is subsidizing only a limited
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-12
The Ashland Community Peace Meal will hold a free open house at its new offices and community kitchen space from 5-8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at 330 East Hersey St., unit No. 9, in Ashland. Volunteers will showcase their new office space. There will be music and light snacks. The Ashland Community Peace Meal provides meals and resources for local people in need. The group organizes a free community meal at 5 p.m. every Friday at Pioneer Hall, 73 Winburn Way, Ashland. Volunteers also support commu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-12
Southern Oregon's natural gas provider Avista Utilities has given the all-clear sign to resume normal residential and business use. In the wake of a Tuesday evening pipeline rupture in British Columbia, Canada, the Spokane-based firm asked customers to curtail use. For those who purchase natural gas from third-party suppliers, interruptible transportation service curtailment is lifted immediately as well. Avista said customers residing between Ashland and Roseburg were primarily affected by the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
More than a dozen nonunion Jackson County workers have received raises of more than $10,000 this year. Another 20 workers got raises between $5,000 and $10,000. Approximately 76 nonunion workers received raises totaling more than $450,000 for the fiscal year that started this summer. Another 166 workers didn’t get raises following a consultant’s review and compensation study that compared the pay of nonunion, unelected Jackson County employees to the pay of others in similar jobs, according to s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
“KIWANIS: Changing the world one child and one community at a time.” The Ashland Kiwanis Club takes the Kiwanis motto seriously. The service club members have worked hard over the last decade to build and strengthen their relationships with the Ashland schools to improve the lives of children in our community. In 2008 the Ashland Kiwanis Club approached the Ashland Schools Foundation about forming a partnership for fundraising for schools and in 2009 the first annual Monster Dash Run for Educati
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Regarding the impasse between Christine Blasey Ford, who has come forward to accuse Judge Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court nominee, of attempted rape some 36 years ago, and the Senate Judiciary Committee, no resolution has, as of this writing, been found. Through her attorney, Ford stated that an investigation should be conducted by the FBI and all ancillary information gathered. The Republican chairman, Chuck Grassley, denied that request, insisting that his staff is capable of carrying out the i
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
“I have such a passion for abused and neglected horses. It just breaks my heart. I want to volunteer and help in their healing process,” said Shelly Jones as she introduced herself to Boots, a once-starved quarter-horse who was taken from her owner by a deputy near Salem and nursed back to health in Equamore. Jones had a horse when she was young, but couldn’t afford to keep it. Now living in Grants Pass, she plans to help raise funds for Equamore, a 22-acre sanctuary just east of Ashland, where
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
The first update to the Ashland Trail Master Plan since its inception in 2006 currently in the works includes updates taking into account a number of property acquisitions, allowing for additional trail corridors. That’s according to a progress report given to the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission at its meeting Monday, Sept. 17. Michael Black, director of Ashland Parks and Recreation, said that the property acquired since the first master plan was completed allows room for growth and crea
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-25
Kicking off what appears to shape up as a week of confrontation on the national political scene, about 20 black-clad Ashlanders lined the Plaza Monday morning waving signs that said, “We Support Dr. Ford” and “#IBelieveHer” — with “Them” emblazoned over the “her” to mean that all sexual assault survivors shouldn’t have to prove it. Protesters turned out to support Christine Blasey Ford, who is expected to testify Thursday that President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, sexu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-24
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. 2ND KAVANAUGH ACCUSER COMES FORWARD Deborah Ramirez describes to The New Yorker magazine of an unwanted sexual encounter during the Supreme Court nominee’s first year at Yale. 2. BILL COSBY FACES SENTENCING FOR 2004 SEXUAL ASSAULT A judge will decide whether to give the 81-year-old comedian as much as 30 years in prison or send him home on probation. 3. TRUMP BEGINS SEQUEL TO STORMY UN DEBU
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
Thursday, 10:10 a.m. – Ashland police took a report of unlawful entry into an Oregon Department of Forestry truck in the 400 block of Mistletoe Road. Thursday, 1:17 p.m. – Ashland police cited a man for use of marijuana in public in the 200 block of Water Street. Thursday, 1:22 p.m. – Ashland police responded to a report of vandalism to a residence in the first block of Morton Street. The known suspect fled on foot prior to police arrival. Thursday, 2:24 p.m. – Ashland police filed a confidentia
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
Ashland public school students continue to outpace all others in the area on standardized tests of achievement in math, science and English language arts. But the district’s numbers showed declines in all three subject areas across all grades. The tests, known as the Smarter Balanced Assessment, were adopted by the state Board of Education in 2014 for all Oregon school districts. The tests are administered every year from grade three through eight, and again the 11th grade. Ashland students have
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Camelot Theatre: 101 Talent Ave., Talent. Tickets and information available at camelottheatre.org or 541-535-5250. ‘The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’: The famous Chicken Ranch in Texas is where good ol’ gals with hearts of gold retail good will (and other comforts) under the watchful eye of Miss Mona Stangley. All heck breaks loose when TV reporter Melvin P. Thorpe turns his camera and self-rightous indignation on the operation. This rollicking hootenanny features tunes “Twenty Fans Were Turn
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Ask any member of Waking Hazel how the bluegrass band got its name, and you’ll never get the same answer twice. “We’re influenced by a goat named Hazel, old-time music artist Hazel Dickens, and one the members’ kids is named Hazel,” says Michael Lindgren, the band’s upright bass player. Waking Hazel’s lineup — Jessie Monter on fiddle, Bekkah McAlvage on guitar, Dave Brendlinger on mandolin, Rachel Buklad on banjo, and Lindgren — evolved from musicians who met regularly at local bluegrass jams. “
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Actor-director Barret O’Brien is taking a year off the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to take action against climate change — “the biggest challenge ever to face humanity” — and the result is his play “Water Made to Rise,” an ironic and pithy story of three guys trapped in a bar as sea level rises around them. The situation is slightly comic but deeply tragic because these guys — a shrimper, a National Guard trooper and a professional dancer — symbolize humanity, says O’Brien, as they can talk abou
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Actor-director Barret O’Brien is taking a year off the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to take action against climate change — “the biggest challenge ever to face humanity” — and the result is his play “Water Made to Rise,” an ironic and pithy story of three guys trapped in a bar as sea level rises around them. The situation is slightly comic but deeply tragic because these guys — a shrimper, a National Guard trooper and a professional dancer — symbolize humanity, says O’Brien, as they can talk abou
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
A new way for kids to play is one step closer, thanks to a donation of services from Clouser Drilling Inc. Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission’s plan to build a nature play center at North Mountain Park, at 620 North Mountain Ave., progressed Tuesday as Ashland City Council unanimously approved a donation of services from Clouser Drilling to Ashland Parks and Recreation for drilling a well in preparation for the construction. “One of the things I feel is lacking in our community is a place w
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TRUMP DENOUNCES NYT COLUMN AS OFFICIALS CRY ‘NOT ME!’ As the denials poured in from Cabinet-level officials, President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News it was unfair for the person to pen the editorial anonymously because there’s no way to discredit it. 2. IRAN SUMMIT HOLDS KEY TO LOOMING SYRIA BATTLE The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey are meeting in Tehran to discuss
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Storm Large and Le Bonheur Torch singer Storm Large and her band will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 S. First St., Jacksonville. Tickets are $48 for reserved seating, $216 for premium lawn seating for four, $108 for premium lawn seating for two, $38 for regular lawn seating and can be purchased at brittfest.org, at the box office, 216 W. Main St., Medford, or by calling 800-882-7488. The show will contain adult content and is not recommended for children. The
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Kochlacs for judge During my almost 25 years working with the State of Oregon, I had the privilege to work with Charles Kochlacs as he represented Oregon’s most needy families: seeing that children and parents alike have fair representation in our juvenile justice system. Kochlacs is one of those talented and conscientious attorneys who could maintain a respectful and thoughtful perspective, and see the bigger picture when it comes to Oregon’s most at-risk and vulnerable populations. Beyond that