Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Friday, 9:19 a.m. — Police responded to the unattended death of a man in the Ashland area. Friday, 4:58 p.m. — A vehicle was reported stolen in the 700 block of Jefferson Avenue. Saturday, 10:40 a.m. — Police investigated a theft in the 600 block of Faith Avenue. Saturday, 1:23 p.m. — Police took a report of theft in the Ashland area. Saturday, 3:32 p.m. — Police transported a woman to detox after she was found intoxicated lying on the sidewalk and unable to sa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-09
Chabad Jewish Center of Southern Oregon will hold a Hanukkah celebration at the Plaza downtown. Events begin with a public Menorah lighting ceremony. Senator Alan Bates will be in attendance to light the 10-foot menorah. Following will be a performance of live klezmer music, and hot latkes will be served. Participants of all ages will sing traditional Hanukkah songs such as “Rock of Ages” and “The Dreidel Song,” and all children will receive a Hanukkah gift. When: 6 p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Ashland is on the Road Scholar map, four times over. Founded as Elderhostel in 1975 with 220 participants in New Hampshire, what was reborn as Road Scholar in 2010 now takes more than 100,000 people each year on 5,500 educational adventure tours in 150 countries, a well as in all 50 states — including four programs in Ashland. “Why should older Americans be expected to disappear quietly into a mundane retirement?” Marty Knowlton, a world-traveling, self-proclaimed hippie, as
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
  After 12 years of John Kitzhaber, Oregon suddenly got a new governor yesterday, a development no one expected five weeks ago, when he was sworn in for a fourth term. New Governor Kate Brown is being called smart, experienced and even more liberal than her predecessor. Oregonians had gotten to know and like Kitzhaber, a medical doctor, and especially leaned on his expertise in health care. They liked his environmental positions, too, and his attempts to patch together higher education, fin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
With snow on the ground, wildfire does not appear to be a burning issue for Southern Oregon. The 2015 fire season was mild for our city, but uncharacteristically large wildfires burned throughout our region, keeping us on edge from June to October. Even though fire season is over, the members of the Wildfire Mitigation Commission are still meeting monthly, discussing and moving forward on the community’s pressing wildfire issues. The Wildfire Mitigation Commission is responsible for advis
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Owing to shifting winds and crews' backfires to keep the raging Klamathon wildfire from spreading too far beyond the California border, meteorologists expect smoke to build in the southernmost portions of Southern Oregon. As wind patterns shift northwest, smoke is forecast to build in the Ashland area Sunday afternoon and into the beginning of the week, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Connie Clarstrom. Clarstrom said the harder-hit areas will be the southern part of the Casca
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
The Haven, a nonprofit cultural and healing arts center, 1970 Ashland St., just west of the railroad overpass, on south side of Ashland Street. 541-488-6233, www.ashlandhaven.net. Owned by author Neale Donald Walsch and Em Claire, the director. Barbara Williams is general manager. Em, how would you define the mission of The Haven?   It’s a community space to gather, offering many kinds of classes and events in a comfortable, open, affordable, non-spa-like environment. The Great Room
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
ANGWIN, Calif. – Alexi Smith posted her fifth double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds, Bree Park canned five 3-pointers, and the 15th-ranked Southern Oregon women's basketball team wore down a Pacific Union squad equipped with only five players in a 90-41 win Sunday afternoon. Ashley Claussen had 12 points for the Raiders (10-1 overall), whose 13 players all got on the board. They shot 56 percent overall (38-for-68) and 9-for-19 from 3-point range a day after going 10-for-20 from out
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Three Washington men are in the Jackson County Jail on felony drug charges after an Oregon State Police traffic stop on Interstate 5 Friday morning near Ashland yielded more than 37 pounds of cocaine. Oregon State Police Lt. Josh Brooks said a trooper from the Central Point Area Command pulled over a 2002 Buick Regal at 8:27 a.m. near milepost 17 for seatbelt violations. Brooks said the trooper became suspicious and asked for a drug detection dog from the Medford Area Drug and Gang Enf
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
ScienceWorks Museum is hosting its third annual Noon Year’s Eve Celebration on Thursday, Dec. 31. It's billed as the place to be for those New Year’s revelers who love to party but don’t want to stay up late. This day of innovative programming for families runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A countdown to the New Year and balloon drop set for noon features more than 1,000 balloons.  Guests will get to make their own party hats and noise makers and participate in a sparkling ci
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
The Ashland Mac Users' Group — ASHMUG — will hold its monthly meeting 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, in Ashland Community Hospital's conference room, 280 Maple St. The event is open to anyone wanting to learn more about Apple devices. The first hour of the meeting will be devoted to a question and answer period, followed by a presentation on OS X Yosemite, Apple's newest Mac operating system. Visit www.ashmug.com for more information.
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
The Southern Oregon football team on Friday will try to complete a dream season and a thrilling run through the NAIA Football Championship Series with a history-making victory that would clinch for the Raiders’ the program’s first national title. In other words, the Raiders are trying to do everything that Marian, SOU’s championship game opponent, has already accomplished — two years ago in Rome, Ga. The Marian Knights of Indianapolis, Ind., won it all in 2012, t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Downtown Ashland. A tourist waits at an intersection. Impatiently, she punches the traffic button — bam, bam, bam. The countdown for pedestrians crossing in the other direction continues: 9, 8, 7 … 0. What did punching the button accomplish? On a recent sunny afternoon, in less than one hour, 25 adults walked to one of four crosswalks on Main and Pioneer — the street that leads to and away from the Shakespeare festival — and pushed a traffic signal button. Asked  
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
When a woman who works for Larks approached the double doors at the front of the popular Ashland Springs Hotel restaurant Tuesday night and poked her head out to address the throng of carolers assembled on the sidewalk, most of the quote-unquote singers assumed they were about to get the old Yuletide hook. That would have been an understandable, if not diplomatic response. The 40 or so faculty members, parents and children from Walker Elementary, enthusiastically participating in the school 
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
“We need a home!” That’s the plea being voiced by Jason and Vanessa Houk of Southern Oregon Jobs With Justice as they search for a space for job training, classes, outreach and a kitchen for food storage and to help prepare daily hot meals for “our homeless friends.” The nonprofit organization has steady sources of grants and donations (though they can always can use more) that can go toward the “dream space,” which should have 1,200 to 1,500 square feet, central location, storage, office space,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Kiya, Jenae and Jenna-C Wilder awake each day before dawn. By 7 a.m., the three sisters are out in the Klamath Reservation Forest with hard-hats on and equipment in tow, learning forestry restoration skills through practical, hands-on experience. “Back at home we care about these same things, so it’s been really good to be out here and get this real experience learning about trees and how the density and health of a forest affects our ways of life,” said Jenae, 20. Members of the Klamath Tribes,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
MINNEAPOLIS — Andrew Wiggins had 23 points, 10 rebounds and four assists and the Minnesota Timberwolves stunned the Portland Trail Blazers with a 90-82 victory on Wednesday night. Corey Brewer had 19 points eight rebounds, five assists and five steals for the Timberwolves, who snapped a six-game losing streak and won for just the third time since Ricky Rubio went out with an injured ankle on Nov. 7. They outrebounded Portland 56-38 to overcome four key players being out with injuries. Dam
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
PORTLAND — Damian Lillard had 23 points and a career-high 10 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers downed the short-handed San Antonio Spurs 108-95 on Monday night. LaMarcus Aldridge added 23 points and 14 rebounds for the Blazers, who have won seven of their last nine games. But starting center Robin Lopez injured his right hand early in the second half and did not return. Kawhi Leonard had 21 points and nine rebounds for the Spurs, who had just 10 players available. Tim Duncan, who h
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
Public lands near the California border are closed while crews work to prevent the Klamathon fire's further spread into Oregon. Popular hiking areas southeast of Ashland near the state line are closed as of early this afternoon, according to a press release issued by the Bureau of Land Management Medford District and Oregon Department of Forestry. Areas closed include Emigrant Creek Road, Baldy Creek Road, Soda Mountain Road, Pilot Rock Road, the Lone Pilot Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail from
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-08
All Ashland High School graduates are welcome to come join in the 2018 Ashland High all-class reunion on Saturday. Aug. 4, organizers have announced. Events are set to begin at 10 a.m. at the high school quad and at 6 p.m. at the Ashland Hills Hotel. The registration deadline is July 26. Register at www.ashlandhighalumni.com/events .