Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-11
Jackson County existing home prices are edging toward a balance between supply and demand. The median price on 825 sales between June 1 and Aug. 31 rose 3.8 percent to $285,000 from $275,000 according to figures compiled by the Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service. While the pace of sales grew 4.3 percent over the past three months, new listings swelled by 14.2 percent at the end of August, with 1,191 homes on the market. The growth in listings has given buyers a bit of breathing space, said
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-10
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHO’S OUT AT CBS The #MeToo era with a strong movement fighting sexual misconduct fells Leslie Moonves, one of the TV industry’s most powerful executives. 2. FEARSOME HURRICANE COULD STRIKE US SOUTHEAST Florence, forecast to be a Category 4 storm, could strike a direct and dangerous blow anywhere from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic region later this week. 3. PRIMARY SEASON WINDS DOWN A t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-11
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. MONSTROUS HURRICANE AIMING FOR US SEABOARD More than a million people are predicted to evacuate coastal areas of the Carolinas and Virginia as the Category 4 storm could be the most catastrophic to hit the region in decades. 2. HOW US IS MARKING 17TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 Americans are commemorating the Sept. 11 attacks with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims. 3
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-11
Can’t ignore science Struggling to find opposing views can result in imbalance. Such occurred in the point/counterpoint columns on wildfire (Sunday, Sept. 2). One side offered an environmental scientist (Frey) who quoted science while the other offered a humanist (Matthews) who quoted politicians, (McClintock and Trump) while ignoring science. As Frey argued, based on science, global warming and fire suppression are the major factors increasing wildfire risk. Matthews, meanwhile, didn&rsqu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-24
Smoke may seem to be all that’s on everyone’s minds, but for fasters in the #Hungry4Justice hunger strike currently in Ashland it reinforces the message of their fight. Faster Dot Fisher-Smith , an Ashland resident with a long history of fasting and protesting, said the group of protesters decided to hold the events in the smoke because those who are suffering can’t change their circumstances and the whole point of the event is to stand in solidarity with the families who are suffering after bei
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-23
Portland musician, composer and recording artist John Nilsen is an artist who follows his muse. “I’ve put the art first,” he says during a telephone interview. “Not what the industry suggested I put first. There’s a big difference. Most artists will put out what they think will sell, what they think will get them gigs, or what a record label pressures them into. The problem with the music industry is that it’s run by people who don’t know the first thing about music.” So Nilsen goes his own way.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-24
A powerful statement Caitlin Fowlkes’ excellent, thorough Tidings cover story (Aug. 17) about the rolling fast/hunger strike for justice for the families separated by the cruel, heartless policies of ICE moved my heart and conscience so deeply I made a commitment to fast for the three-day solidarity action here in Ashland August 22-25. Almost every day some new affront to human dignity shows up in the paper, putting the previous ones in the shade. But families have been torn apart and not reunit
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-21
If you want to get away from the wildfire smoke over the next few days, you likely will have quite the trek ahead of you. The HRRR (high resolution rapid refresh) smoke model map, utilized by the National Weather Service, shows a massive wallop of smoke from numerous fires in Washington, Montana, and Idaho — Canada, too — inbound to Oregon. That new dose of sooty haze is expected to loiter for at least a couple of days, with a chance of some clearing possible by late Wednesday, weather officials
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-19
The thick smoke of last year’s regional wildfires is still heavy on the minds of Ashland citizens as they await a winter yet to come. But how prepared are they should wildfire strike closer to home? Or any other disaster, for that matter? According to Terri Eubanks, community preparedness coordinator for Ashland Fire & Rescue, Oregon’s infrastructure gets a D-minus in terms of preparedness. “If a catastrophic event, such as a major earthquake, was to happen … it could
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-23
Thunderstorms could bring more lightning to Southern Oregon — triggering more wildfires and endangering firefighters as wind gusts topple trees. The National Weather Service has forecast a chance of thunderstorms east of the Cascades that could expand west across the mountains into Jackson and Siskiyou counties through Thursday night. Wind flowing out from those new thunderstorms could prove hazardous to firefighters battling wildfires triggered by a massive July 15 lightning storm, according to
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-22
Friday, 5:46 a.m. – Ashland police arrested a man for criminal trespass II in the 100 block of East Main Street. Friday, 6:56 a.m. – Ashland police lodged a man for trespass I in the 700 block of B Street after he entered a random house, locked himself in the bathroom and refused to leave. Friday, 8:59 a.m. – Ashland police took a theft report in the first block of Winburn Way. A business under construction was forcibly entered over night and tools were stolen. Friday, 10:58 a.m. – Ashland polic
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-08-23
Jack Wiens of Ashland won the grand prize in a political cartoon contest at the Homer C. Davenport International Cartoon Contest , part of the Homer Davenport Community Festival in Silverton, Oregon, held from Aug. 3-5. The cartoon, which Wiens said shows his “outrage at how our government is traumatizing families” through its “zero-tolerance” immigration policy, earned $750 in prize money. Wiens’ work also took first place in “People’s Choice” voting. Cartoon were judged for artistic skill (Wha
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-25
On a crisp fall morning Friday, a group of strangers gathered around an Ashland Fire & Rescue truck, lacing up hiking boots, securing trekking poles and hoping to get answers to questions that buzzed around everyone’s ears this past summer — why was the smoke so bad? What’s being done about it? They set out along the lower Red Queen Trail in the Ashland watershed on a fire ecology hike led by representatives from the Ashland Forest Resiliency (AFR) Project to find out what’s being done. At the t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-20
Chase Iron Eyes , a Standing Rock Water Protector and “passionate advocate for Indigenous rights and spiritual dignity” is this year’s national Peacemaker Awardee, Peace House of Ashland has announced. He and four local Peacemaker Awardees will be honored at Peace House’s annual dinner on Friday, Nov. 2, in Ashland. Iron Eyes will be recognized for resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline across Lakota lands with nonviolent resistance in the face of a “brutal challenge” from fossil fuel interests an
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-20
Chase Iron Eyes , a Standing Rock Water Protector and “passionate advocate for Indigenous rights and spiritual dignity” is this year’s national Peacemaker Awardee, Peace House of Ashland has announced. He and four local Peacemaker Awardees will be honored at Peace House’s annual dinner on Friday, Nov. 2, in Ashland. Iron Eyes will be recognized for resisting the Dakota Access Pipeline across Lakota lands with nonviolent resistance in the face of a “brutal challenge” from fossil fuel interests an
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-19
Where there’s Halloween scares, cult horror fan Robin Downward is not far behind. “Haunted houses used to scare the crap out of me when I was a little kid,” he says. “I’d hide in a blanket whenever my siblings and I watched creature features on TV. Now what I remember most is how much fun we had seeing them.” Downward’s older brothers would present a small haunted house at their elementary school, and, later, his sister and her husband organized a haunte
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-20
In a futuristic world where artificial intelligence and human life are closely intertwined, AI has evolved to such a powerful state that it controls the world through machine-to-machine communication, and with its own agenda, in Puppeteers for Fears’ new cyberpunk musical comedy. With hand-held puppets, a live rock band and a multimedia light show, “Robopocalypse: the Musical” is a dystopian vision that hovers between hilarious comedy and a cautionary tale. The plot centers on the Daniels family
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-19
A group of students attempting to form a Kappa Sigma fraternity on the Southern Oregon University campus have been denied recognition from the university after months of debate over the effect the organization would have. As one of his last moves in office, former SOU President Dr. Roy Saigo released a document declaring that any formation of Greek life on campus would not be recognized by the school and that the issue would not be reconsidered for another three years. “I had hope th
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-19
Because demand for the Ashland Emergency Food Bank is growing steadily — it just went over 700 households served per month, its highest ever — it is mounting a fundraising drive to construct a new storage building behind its present store on Clover Lane. The door-to-door “green bag” campaign of the Ashland Food Project, a main source of nonperishable food, brings in a whopping 28,000 pounds every two months, and, says AEFB board President George Kramer, it fills their storage rooms and shelves a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-20
‘The Rocky Horror Show’ This humorous musical tribute to science fiction and horror B movies with music, lyrics and book by Richard O’Brien will be presented at 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19; 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21 and Wednesday, Oct. 24; 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26; and 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, Monday, Oct. 29, and Wednesday, Oct. 31, at Oregon Cabaret Theatre, First and Hargadine streets, Ashland. Tickets are $22 or $36 for the 8 p.m. shows; $36 for the 11 p.m. shows, and can be purchas