Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-06
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to support the proposed resolution of a lawsuit over the county's ban on growing genetically modified crops. Farmers growing alfalfa genetically modified to withstand herbicides will be able to keep their crops growing for up to eight years and will not be required to remove the plants, as otherwise would be required under the GMO ban voters approved in May 2014. News of the commissioners' vote in favor of the agreement will be sent to a fe
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-06
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden has concerns about the current state of our nation, and specifically about the policies being pushed by the Trump administration. We share those concerns over such things as limiting access to health care (potentially affecting 130 million people) and the incredibly misguided practice of separating children from parents arrested while trying to cross the border — just two of the myriad Trump-related issues. But Wyden also notes there is evidence of bipartisanship left in Wa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-06
If you are concerned about climate change but unsure what you as an individual can do to help address it, a coalition of local organizations led by the Geos Institute and Rogue Climate is launching a year-long challenge to the Ashland community and inviting you to join. It all starts this Friday with special exhibits during the First Friday Art Walk. Special events including films, speakers, a costumed bike ride and more continue daily during Climate Week, which culminates in the Ashland Climate
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-06
Local report The community is invited to share in the age-old indigenous art of storytelling, featuring Esther Stutzman of the Kalapuya Tribe of Oregon, and other storytellers Saturday at the Bellview Grange, 1050 Tolman Creek Road, Ashland. The free event is the ninth annual Native Storytelling Conference hosted by Red Earth Descendants. The drug- and alcohol-free event is appropriated for all age groups. This year's conference will be dedicated to the life, work and stories of Devon Strong (Bu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-06
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Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-06
A Shine a Light vigil aimed at providing healing and awareness for victims of sex traficking and the commercial sex industry will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. in the Southern Oregon University main gym. Those who attend the third-annual event, which is held on the shortest day of the year, will be able to practice yoga by candlelight and hold a vigil with 12 local yoga teachers who will guide participants through 108 sun salutations.  Shine a Light distributes grants to organizations in Oregon
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-19
Guitarist and composer Pavlo Simtikidis will perform a blend of Greek, flamenco, Latin and Balkan music wrapped in contemporary pop at 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, at the Rogue Theatre, 143 S.E. H St., Grants Pass. With a dozen records to his credit, his album “Pavlo” was certified gold in Canada. His albums “Fantasia” and “Trifecta,” the latter in collaboration with Triumph lead guitarist Rik Emmett, were nominated for Juno Awards. Tickets are $35 and can be pur
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-23
Voting for Thuren I have had the pleasure of working and volunteering with Amy Thuren over the last 10 years and am enthusiastically voting for Amy as our next county commissioner, Position 1. Here’s why. The natural playground built in Hawthorne Park was Amy’s vision. She initiated and managed the project including the design, fundraising and volunteers that transformed a city park that had been home to drug deals and predators to an ideal space for families and the Thursday Growers Market. At
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 2018-10-18
Being the little brother and having expectations placed on you as a player just because of your last name is no easy task. There’s nobody better to ask about that than Ashland High senior Myles Montgomery. Before Myles, there was Max. Before Max, there was Mason. Put it all together and for the better part of the past decade, there has been at least one Montgomery brother donning an Ashland football jersey, and usually playing pretty darn well in it. But the biggest thing for the youngest Montgo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-18
Joe Davis for judge I have known Joe Davis for over 35 years. Joe will be a fantastic Jackson County Circuit Court judge. Joe is tough, interested, thoughtful and smart. Joe’s upbringing in Jackson County, including his public K-12 education, his community involvement and his local law career spanning the past two decades, give him unique perspective to understand the issues in our community. From an early age, Joe proved to be exceptionally intelligent. His law career has spanned criminal, civi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-18
Wildfire has played a major roles not only in recent Rogue Valley summers, but over the centuries in traditions employed by the region’s tribes. Southern Oregon University archaeologists Mark Tveskov and Chelsea Rose will discuss that history in a talk titled “Native American Fire Traditions” in a session from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29 at Common Block Brewing Company in Medford. The presentation is part of the Underground History Live, a history pub series hosted by Tveskov, Rose and Jeff
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-18
How severely brain cancer is affecting Oregon Secretary of State Dennis Richardson remains unclear, as a curtailment of his public schedule and delegation of some duties to a deputy raise questions about his future in the state's second-highest office. Richardson, 69, was elected secretary of state in 2016 and is the only Republican holding statewide office in Oregon. He disclosed his cancer diagnosis in June and said he has been aware of the brain tumor since May. Richardson and his aides have
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-18
Defeating an incumbent, especially for a City Council seat, requires the challenger to make a compelling argument to voters that a change is in their best interest. Two of the four contested races on the Nov. 6 ballot include attractive candidates, but we don’t think any have made that case. Councilors are essentially volunteers who work long hours and can be criticized when residents disapprove of their actions. In position 2, incumbent Michael Morris faces Tonya Graham, executive director of t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-17
Voters have two choices in each of three races for seats on the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission. We recommend incumbents Mike Gardiner and Rick Landt for positions 3 and 5, and Jim Bachman for position 4. Gardiner has a lengthy record of service, and exhibits a thorough grasp of the issues facing the city’s park system. Challenger Tim Kelly makes an issue of the commission’s decision to hire a consultant to “study” Lithia Park, but Gardiner correctly points out that the “study” is a mast
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-18
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Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
Uber and Lyft ride-sharing services are legal in Ashland starting in 30 days. With two dissenters, the City Council Tuesday opened the doors for the transportation networks, while requiring a seven-year look back for criminal convictions of drivers, a limit of 12 consecutive hours a day for drivers, inspections of older vehicles and wheelchair accessibility on request. Assistant City Attorney Katrina Brown said Lyft had just emailed that if their requirements, including the seven-year lookback,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
With humidity barely 10 percent, possible lightning storms in the forecast, and for the fourth straight day temperatures searing the valley at more than 100 degrees, what else could it be but fire weather? Yet, on this Saturday, Aug. 8, 1959, it wasn’t lightning that sparked the inferno; but rather two malicious men — or perhaps just two stupid boys playing with matches — who did the deed. No arsonist would ever go to trial. But two fires were deliberately set, one near the Jackson Hot Springs,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
A welcome change in the weather has given us a hint of autumn and the possibility of clearer skies across the Medford area for the foreseeable future. “Until Wednesday, everyone can breathe a breath of fresh air,” said Shad Keene, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Medford. Past Wednesday, Keene said it looks like the area should get more variable weather conditions that could help usher in some rainfall in September. As soon as Monday morning, there is a chance of light rainfall
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
People are invited to learn about overdose prevention, drug treatment and recovery during the Rogue Valley’s second annual International Overdose Awareness Day event from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday. The event will be at Pear Blossom Park in downtown Medford, adjacent to the Lithia Motors headquarters building. “This event is about learning how a community can respond to the opioid epidemic,” said Julia Pinsky of Jacksonville, whose son Max died of an overdose in 2013. “It takes a community to lift us ou