Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
The 2018 Britt Orchestra Season, led by music director Teddy Abrams , draws inspiration from the Bernstein Centennial this year — a worldwide celebration of the 100th birthday of composer Leonard Bernstein — and juxtaposes music written by the 20th-century master with the works he championed, such as Mahler’s Sixth Symphony and the suite from Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Additional highlights of the open-air, classical concert season are a new commission from New York City composer Gabrie
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-22
A smoky weekend is forecast for most of Jackson County because of fires that continue to rage across southwestern Oregon, and some more thunderstorms could move into the area by Sunday. The possible thunderstorms are forecast for the Siskiyou Mountains southward, and in the Cascades eastward, according to a National Weather Service news release. “Given the dry vegetation, new fire starts are possible, even with isolated storms,” the release said, though it adds that “significantly less” lightnin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
The most frustrating aspect of the backlash against President Trump’s servility to Russian President Vladimir Putin is that nothing that happened last week in Helsinki should have surprised us. What’s changed is that so many who insisted in 2016 that Trump was not as bad as he looked, that he was a pragmatist at heart, and that we should take him “seriously but not literally” have been forced to face the truth. The truth is that Trump really does have what you might call a special relationship w
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-22
Like any responsible environmentalist I have been throwing my trash into separate bins for decades, assuming that the city-contracted waste hauler was sending mixed garbage to a local landfill, and plastics, glass, and paper to American manufacturers who recycled the materials into new products. How surprised and confused was I when earlier this spring the news media announced that manufacturers in China were no longer willing to take most of the plastic garbage the citizens of the Rogue Valley
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
We watch and wait as the summer slips by, always cognizant of the fires that dot Southern Oregon and bookend Ashland. The air has an astringent smell, the distant hills obscured by a blue haze. Is this the new normal? The world, our world, is changing, shifting; we can feel it. Are we crossing a threshold of some kind where climate change is no longer a hypothetical but a new reality? Consider that 2016, according to environmental scientists, was the hottest year in recorded history. Asia baked,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-22
Upper level city employees will be on the same footing as those covered by agreements with five bargaining groups after the City Council approved a resolution on Tuesday saying the salary schedule for those positions will be adjusted annually on July 1, based on a cost of living index. The resolution also increased vacation time and adjusted sick leave calculation to make them consistent with what other employees get. The changes affect about 60 employees categorized as management and “confident
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-23
City Public Works is moving ahead on a complex, multi-year project to redesign parklands and the Greenway around the wastewater treatment plant and Ashland Ponds, so as to create new wetlands and lower the fish-unfriendly temperature of effluent into creeks. The plan was detailed last week Monday by Public Works Director Paula Brown to the city Parks & Recreation Commission, which manages much of the property. Commissioners expressed general approval of changes to parks, but did not vote on it.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-22
Ten boys aged 10-12 from Guanajuato, Mexico, played Little League baseball in Ashland and Medford last week and at the same time shared a Sister City experience with their welcoming Ashland counterparts. “I think it is a fantastic opportunity for these kids to learn first-hand about the Sister City relationship,” Clarissa Arrache de Abascal said as her 10-year-old grandson, Raul Abascal, chomped on a post-game hamburger at Ashland’s Black Sheep Pub and Restaurant. “They are the future, and they
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Nearly 600 firefighters and support personnel are now working on the 1,000-plus acre Hendrix fire, burning about nine miles southwest of Ashland. A release put out this afternoon by the combined state and federal firefighting group called Northwest Team 12, said that the smoke plaguing Southern Oregon is actually assisting in the Hendrix firefighting efforts, as the haze is cooling the area and helping to limit fire growth. According to the report, the firefight includes 596 personnel, four hot
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
At 6-foot-7, 230 pounds, recent South Medford High School graduate Hunter Bradford certainly has the muscle to scrape blackberry bush roots to smithereens, and that’s exactly what he was doing under the scorching-hot sun Tuesday afternoon near a private trail in south Ashland. But while his size may be an asset when it comes to ramming his McLeod tool into the rocky earth or grabbing rebounds, something Bradford plans to do this winter for the Southern Oregon University men’s baske
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
The relationship between Ashland and Guanajuato, Mexico, goes well beyond the current ages of every Ashland Little League player, a pact between sister cities that is closing in on its 50th birthday. This week, the two cities will meet on the baseball field in the fourth edition of the Sister City Classic, an event that has become another extension of the relationship between little league organizations that stretches well beyond the game itself. It’s the second complete cycle of the classic tha
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
The folks at Ashland Municipal Airport are hoping for fair skies this weekend. It's the annual Airport Day celebration, and plane and helicopter rides, a skydiving demonstration and a lot more are on the agenda. "A flight instructor told me once that it's better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than in the air wishing you were on the ground," says Ashland pilot Lincoln Zeve. The annual event is set for 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the airport, 403 Dead Indian Memoria
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
High smoke levels are expected to persist through the weekend, keeping air quality in or near the unhealthful zone where it’s lingered since late Thursday, according to a press release issued Friday by Jackson County Public Health officials. Staying indoors is the best defense from exposure. When outdoors, avoid areas of smoke concentration and limit strenuous activity if possible. To monitor hourly reports of air quality in this area, visit oraqi.deq.state.or.us/home/map . While the air quality
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
Ashland High School science instructor Jim Hartman is one of those lucky individuals who has been able to parlay his life’s passion both into a career path, as well as volunteer service to the community. He met his wife, Maggie Sullivan, while they were enrolled in a masters of public health degree program at the University of Michigan. Jim’s academic focus was on water quality management and environmental education. However, it was his wife’s interest in reproductive health that eventually brou
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
Ashlanders rightly treasure the hiking trails that meander through the watershed above the city. Another destination known mostly to boulder climbing enthusiasts is the Acid Rock Castles area at the end of Hitt Road above Strawberry Lane. Thanks to a City Council vote last week, the area belongs to the city of Ashland. Perhaps public ownership will mean the site will be better cared for. The Parks Commission first approved the purchase of two lots totaling 46 acres for a negotiated price of $360
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-22
Thursday, 1:15 a.m. – Ashland police arrested a man on a warrant in the 0 block of Hersey Street. Thursday, 2:41 a.m. – Ashland police cited and released a man for possession of heroin and tampering with evidence in the 500 block of Clay Street. Thursday, 2:41 a.m. – Ashland police arrested a man for fourth-degree domestic assault and strangulation in the 500 block of Clay Street. Thursday, 10:27 a.m. – Ashland police took a report of theft from a motor vehicle in the 2900 block of Nova Drive. T
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
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Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-21
A man whose body was found in the wake of the Peninger fire in Central Point died from the flames, the Jackson County Medical Examiner's Office has determined. Investigators identified the body as that of Robert Lee Walker, 60, through a fingerprint comparison. Deputy State Medical Examiner Dr. James Olson concluded that Walker died as a result of thermal injuries sustained during the fire on Tuesday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. Detectives say Walker was homeless and living
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-20
One of Medford’s most enticing restaurant spaces is the downstairs suite at 406 E. Main St. A new sushi-centric endeavor, Sakana Co. stands to summon more customers to the location, which hasn’t enjoyed heavy traffic since the long-running Deli Down closed about five years ago. In between, a tea room made good use of the spacious, subterranean spot, which comes off as cozy in cold weather and cool on summer evenings. Sakana’s interior is even more stripped-down since Roundtable Tea Co. removed k
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-20
Fires that continue to rage across southwest Oregon have resulted in the closure of a section of the Pacific Crest Trail and new evacuation advisories for some Jackson and Josephine county residents. Hendrix fire Officials at the lightning-sparked Hendrix fire, burning southwest of Ashland, have issued a closure on the PCT from where the trail meets Observation Gap to the Grouse Gap shelter, according to fire officials. Several road closures are also in effect: • National Forest Road No. 20 from