Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HURRICANE FLORENCE CREEPS CLOSER TO CAROLINA COAST The outer rain bands of the Category 2 storm are approaching North Carolina and an increasing wind field raises the risk of the ocean surging on to land. 2. CYNTHIA NIXON HOPES FOR BIG UPSET OVER CUOMO The “Sex in the City” star is trying to become the latest insurgent left-wing candidate to oust an established incumbent in the Democratic p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TRUMP’S CANDIDATE TO BE GRILLED Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh begins four days of marathon hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, a nomination that could swing the court’s majority rightward. 2. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FACES MORE OF PRESIDENT’S CRITICISM Donald Trump tweeted that federal indictments against two Republican congressmen placed the GOP in midterm election
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. WHAT NO SUPREME COURT NOMINEE HAS DONE Brett Kavanaugh is interviewed on television, telling Fox News Channel that he never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any other time in his life. 2. ‘AMERICA FIRST’ AGENDA FACING NEW SCRUTINY At the United Nations General Assembly, Trump is set defend his rapprochement with Kim Jong Un and his decision to remove the U.S. from the Iran nuc
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. MCCAIN TO DEPART ARIZONA FOR THE LAST TIME Arizona residents have been invited to honor Sen. John McCain by lining the route from the Capitol to the North Phoenix Baptist Church. 2. “HE CAN ACTUALLY SEE LIFE AGAIN AFTER 15 YEARS” Family members of an unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot leaving a house party in suburban Dallas say jurors gave the white ex-police officer who killed hi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-07
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. BATTLEGROUND SHOWDOWN SET A Bernie Sanders-backed Florida Democrat pulls off an upset victory in the primary for governor while Trump’s favored candidate triumphs for the GOP. 2. ‘ALMOST ALL STORIES & NEWS IS BAD’ Trump is accusing Google and other U.S. tech companies of rigging search results about him prompting the White House to look into the charge; Google pushes back sharply. 3. FINAL
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
We are all homeless Imagine, despite your best effort to make the month’s rent, you find yourself being evicted and on the streets. You have a job, but the pay is not enough to make ends meet. And then you read a well-intentioned guest opinion in the local newspaper that assigns your new identity: “homeless.” The guest opinion explains that, with the assistance of concerned organizations, you can “rejoin our community as contributing members (sic).” It further informs you that you have a “unique
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
Who says politicians think only about the next election? In the battle over the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, the outcome each party respectively wants may hurt them in November’s elections. But the stakes are so high that neither side can afford to focus on politics alone. They got higher still on Wednesday when a new accuser, Julie Swetnick, said Kavanaugh was abusive to girls in high school and alleged he was present at a party where she was gang-raped. Kavanaugh vigor
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
Plans are shaping up to extend the Bear Creek Greenway approximately 1.3 miles further southeast to North Mountain Park . One of the first steps in making expansion plan into a reality was discussed and approved at the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission meeting Monday night. The first section of the Greenway was built in the 1970s. Sections were added as property became available with the plan to continue expanding. Currently the biking and hiking path extends 17.9-miles from Central Point
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
A lineup of events marking Indigenous Peoples’ Day includes “An Indian Country Conversation: Art, Policy and Social Justice Movement Building in Indian Country” from 4-6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, in Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Carpenter Hall at 44 South Pioneer St. The event is a dinner and discussion, according to SOU Native American Studies Program Chair Brooke Colley. Hawaiian style buffet food will be served and a discussion of how art, media and the humanities help facilitate difficult co
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
A house fire reported Tuesday at 520 Fordyce St. was quickly put out by Ashland Fire & Rescue, only to roar back to life in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Even before the second fire, it was pretty well scorched and uninhabitable, Battalion Chief Kelly Burns said Tuesday afternoon, despite the fact that, from the street, the house looked almost normal, maybe a candidate for some remodeling. That fire was called in at 12:35 p.m. and, he said, had started outside the rear of house and did m
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. HIGH DRAMA ON CAPITOL HILL Senators will hear from Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychology professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her when they were teens. 2. WHAT COULD BE A WHERE-WERE-YOU MOMENT The Kennedy assassination. The Challenger explosion. The Sept. 11 attacks. Make room for another potentially historic moment, one that could s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-26
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. SENATE GOP BEGINNING TO SCHEDULE KAVANAUGH VOTES Mitch McConnell predicted the Supreme Court nominee would win approval despite uncertainty about how pivotal Republicans would vote in a roll call now expected early next week. 2. HOW FRIENDS DESCRIBE KAVANAUGH’S SECOND ACCUSER Deborah Ramirez is being called by those who know her as intensely private and one who rarely talks about her days a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
Saturday, 3:04 a.m. – Ashland police arrested a woman for driving under the influence of alcohol at the corner of Walker Avenue and Homes Avenue. Saturday, 4:02 a.m. – Ashland police placed an adult male into protective custody in the 100 block of Ashland Area. Saturday, 11:22 a.m. – Ashland police arrested a man for driving while suspended at the corner of North Main Street and Water Street. Saturday, 3:23 p.m. – Ashland police arrested a man for driving while suspended at the corner of Oak Str
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-27
An obvious response to the housing crisis facing Oregon is to build more of it, especially if it is affordable to people of modest means. Federal dollars are available to encourage developers to build affordable housing, but a clause in the Oregon Constitution effectively forbids any local tax dollars from contributing to housing projects unless the resulting housing is 100 percent publicly owned. The Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan measure to make an exception for affordable housing proj
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — Truckers abandoned big-rigs and motorists screamed in fear as they came dangerously close to an explosive wildfire that shut down about 45 miles of a major California interstate near the Oregon border that authorities were desperately trying to reopen. In a video, a passenger in a vehicle screams: “Oh my God, I want to go!” as nearby trees burst into flames. “I can’t breathe,” the woman says, sobbing. “Please, guys, come put it out.” The fire erupted
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
“Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” — Colin Kaepernick This statement resides at the heart of every conscientious objector as well as those who have marched for a cause and or been arrested for civil disobedience. Former San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick should come to Ashland on Sept. 21 for the World Peace Flame lighting ceremony. Peace is for him, and anyone who yearns for the sweet hope residing in the symbolism of this flame. Cheers to the Culture of Peace Com
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
Bacon, jokes Krista Vegter, really is a “gateway drug.” That’s her testimonial as a long-time vegetarian who didn’t think she was getting enough nourishing fats from coconut, avocados, nuts and seeds. But finding “clean” yet affordable meats was a point of frustration, even when Vegter worked at Whole Foods. “We couldn’t find a consistent, reliable source of chicken that we could afford,” says Vegter, 39. So she and partner Sonia Consani, 29, decided to raise their own pigs and chickens. After t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-07
Walking into Jefferson Farm Kitchen is like walking into your grandmother’s home. The decor is homey and bright, and there are always people in the kitchen. The inspiration for meals prepared by Chef Kristen Lyon of Jefferson Farm Kitchen, 135 S. Oregon St., Jacksonville, comes from locally sourced ingredients — so customers can know where what they’re eating comes from. The menu changes each week due to the availability of seasonal ingredients. New menus are released Monday, and customers can p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-08
The lighting of the World Peace Flame in Ashland will be the culmination of “Eleven Days of Peace,” featuring dancing, rituals, “sound healing,” blessings of the land, sermons and invocations starting Tuesday, Sept. 11, leading up to the Sept. 21 lighting ceremony at the newly dedicated Thalden Pavilion. The unique event, attended by dignitaries from the World Peace Flame Foundation in the Netherlands, will mark Ashland as one of the few places in the world — and only second in the U.S. — with a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-09-10
The midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 6. All 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested. That seems pretty straightforward. Except that it isn’t. Once in a generation a moment such as this one presents itself, when an election is profoundly consequential, even historic. The question is: will Americans en masse step forward and register their resistance by putting a collective oar into a blue wave and thereby change the cou