Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-24
Air quality reached very unhealthy levels for communities from Ashland to Shady Cove Monday, prompting the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to suggest that small children and pregnant women should consider leaving the area. The DEQ’s air monitoring stations recorded “very unhealthy” air in Ashland, Medford and Klamath Falls Monday morning, with Shady Cove at “hazardous” levels. By 5 p.m., Medford and Klamath Fall had improved to “unhealthy,” while Ashland and Shady Cove registered “ver
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-25
Though fire officials said today they’ve turned a corner on the Hendrix fire burning in the Applegate, it and other wildfires raging in every direction are expected to blanket the valley in smoke until at least next week. Northerly winds are carrying out old wildfire smoke afternoons and evenings, then bringing new wildfire smoke up the mountain slopes and over terrain during the day, National Weather Service meteorologist Brett Lutz said. When visibility goes up, that means there’s less particu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-27
Martha Phelps knows that substitute teachers aren’t always respected. But she also knows what a tough and demanding job it can be. Phelps, an Ashland resident and longtime educator in the Rogue Valley, has lived up to the challenge and recently learned that she has been named as one of two recipients of the 2018 Oregon State Substitute Teacher of the Year award. Phelps earned her undergraduate degree in English literature at the University of Oregon. She then went on to earn her master’s in educ
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-26
By Danny Penza Ashland Daily Tidings Dealing with Ashland’s triple-digit mid-summer heat is something that Southern Oregon University head football coach Charlie Hall pretty much knows will be a given. Unfortunately, having to be forced inside due to smoke from area wildfires — including the Hendrix fire currently burning all of about nine miles southwest from campus — is now a reality as well. As Jackson County and pretty much all of the Rogue Valley deals with some of the worst air conditions
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-27
December 30, 1969 - July 1, 2018 On July 1, 2018 Heaven welcomed their special angel, Jennifer McCargar, following a nine-year courageous battle with cancer. Jen was born December 30, 1969 at Mercy Medical Center, Roseburg, Oregon to her parents Barney and Billie Rose McCargar of Drain, Ore. Jen was a competitive gymnast with the Glass Menagerie Gymnastic School, Medford, Ore., and competed on both local and state levels. Her spunky attitude and determination to live outside the box led her and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-25
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TRUMP RECORDED DISCUSSING PAYING FOR PLAYBOY MODEL’S STORY The soon-to-be president was taped by his longtime personal lawyer discussing a potential payment for Karen McDougal’s account of having an affair with him. 2. VIOLENCE MARS PAKISTAN ELECTION A suicide bomber strikes outside a crowded polling station in Quetta, killing 31 people as Pakistanis vote for a third consecutive civilian go
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-25
‘Call Mr. Robeson’ I met the actor who is coming to Ashland to put on this play next month. I met Tayo Aluko last year and spoke with him after attending one of his performances. This is an educational play about the life of Paul Robeson, who was denied his important work in the U.S. back in late 1949 for his political belief. This is an educational play and is important history. I hope some of you will purchase tickets (brownpapertickets.com/event/3522582) and come see an excellent actor and si
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-07-26
City Council circus You snooze, you lose. It should have been easy for the Ashland City Council to have passed the Wildfire Mitigation Ordinance, but you probably already know it is hard for the mayor to herd cats. After attending the City Council’s circus on Tuesday I can tell you that it would behoove the population of Ashland to heed “where there is no vision the people perish” as viable scripture, because the opposite of love is apathy. This key piece of the Fire Department’s whole visionary
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-24
Violinist, actor and singer Lucia Micarelli’s career soared in 2009 when she was cast as Annie in “Treme,” an award-winning HBO series created by “The Wire” executive producers David Simon and Eric Overmyer. Set in post-Katrina New Orleans, the drama followed the lives of ordinary people as they struggled with aftereffects of the 2005 hurricane. “The only things people had to hang on to were the rich traditions we knew: our music, food and family,” said Wendell Pierce, a New Orleans native who p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-23
Can a county sheriff interpret the constitutionality of state and federal laws? It’s a question at the heart of Measure 15-181 on the Nov. 6 ballot in Jackson County. “I don’t know where you can find that a sheriff, a single person, has the ability to interpret law as constitutional or unconstitutional,” said Jackson County Sheriff Nathan Sickler, also a candidate for election to the position. “I don’t think that professional law enforcement should be doing that because that’s why we have judges
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-26
Me too — after 90 years When I was 5 years old I lived in Washington, D.C. at 2116 32nd St. I was walking home one day when I was accosted by a group of little boys, four or five of them, about my own age. There was a leader who commanded, “Get her!” They grabbed me, pummeled, punched, kicked me, and shoved me against the low rock wall that divided front lawns from the sidewalk. (The wall did not look low to me then.) They pushed my head against the jagged rocks; but what hurt most was the morti
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-23
Sitting in front of the new World Peace Flame Monument in Ashland , I thought of all the people who will find their way to this moment. Perhaps that’s one of the greatest gifts of these global flames — those quiet, private, unknown moments where a person is comforted, inspired or held by the light. Finding our own light is at the heart of what is needed in this very moment around the world. These are the times we can find a space between the moments to create our own 3 feet of Peace . The 3 feet
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-26
With triple talent in acting, singing and dance, Presila Quinby in 1978 arrived in Ashland, performed with Oregon Shakespeare Festival and started up PJQ, a locally famous quartet with her brother Jim Quinby and lover Paul Jenny — then in 1984 went for the big time, acting on Broadway in “A Secret Garden” and “Meet Me in St Louis” — and then, married to musician Bil Leonhart, came “home” in 2000 to Ashland. It’s been a rich life and now, at 64, the ever-gorgeous Quinby is acting in what may be h
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-23
Southern Oregon Repertory Singers plan a profoundly moving concert experience when it kicks off its 33rd season opener with highlights by British composer Will Todd. The program’s showcase number is Todd’s “Among Angels,” which is “absolutely transcendent,” according to SORS music director Paul French. “The music is lyric and beautiful,” French says. “However, it’s not a one-note concert. There are contrasting pieces as well, some even boisterous and fun.” Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Satu
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-24
Dear Reader and Viewer, In the race for governor of our state, neither the incumbent nor contender has demonstrated the leadership to win our endorsement. We are not discouraging anyone from voting. We urge you to vote. We are putting the eventual winner on notice: You will be held accountable by one of the oldest news organizations in the state, and we expect you to lead us to our potential. We are weary of the lack of leadership we see through the fog of wildfire smoke ruining our summers, dam
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-24
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of columns by 27-year Ashland resident Peter Finkle, who says he’ll write about “Ashland history, as well as beautiful or unusual or quirky sites and sights around town.” There is a street in Ashland named after Oregon’s premium peach grower back in the 1890s. He may have been the premium peach grower in the entire country at the time! His name was Max Pracht. He was an immigrant, a veteran, an accomplished orchardist, a great marketer, an Ashland boo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-23
The city missing a $712,000 grant because proper procedure wasn’t followed might seem like a case of inattention by city officials. While there was some of that, turning down the grant was the right call. The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency would have helped hire three additional firefighters. But the grant required a match of $442,676, which isn’t in the budget. The grant rules also would have required the city to commit to keeping the new hires on after the three-year grant
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-10-24
The Ashland Public Library will be overflowing with prizes for two weeks to raise funds for various library projects. The 13th annual Friends of the Ashland Public Library Silent Auction features a bicycle, several pieces of art, themed gift baskets and multiple gift certificates, including concert tickets, auto-detailing and “lots in-between.” Bidding will be open during normal library hours from Saturday, Oct. 27, through 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 10, at 410 Siskiyou Blvd. Auction proceeds go towa
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. WHO COULD TELL HER STORY ABOUT TOP COURT CANDIDATE Christine Blasey Ford may testify against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, breathing new life into the prospect of a dramatic Senate showdown over Ford’s accusation that he assaulted her when both were in high school. 2. CAROLINAS STRUGGLE WITH HUGE STORM’S AFTERMATH The trillions of gallons of water dumped by Hurricane Florence conti
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 TRUMP IS SAYING ABOUT MUELLER PROBE The president blasts a newspaper report that the White House counsel has been cooperating with the Russia investigation while labeling it “McCarthyism.” 2. SCANDAL INFLAMES DEBATE OVER GAY PRIESTS Some conservatives are demanding a purge of all gay priests, while moderates would welcome gay men if they can be effective priests who commit to celibate