Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-10
A new wildlife tracking system shows confirmed cougar and bear sightings, and deer carcasses left by large predators in Ashland. Anyone can go into the system and report sightings at gis.ashland.or.us/cougar . In an emergency situation, a call should be made to 911 or 541-770-4784. City Police Chief Tighe O’Meara said there’s been no cougar sightings, to his knowledge, within the past couple of days. All past reported sightings were at night or around dawn, which is within Oregon safety standard
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-10
A new wildlife tracking system shows confirmed cougar and bear sightings, and deer carcasses left by large predators in Ashland. Anyone can go into the system and report sightings at gis.ashland.or.us/cougar . In an emergency situation, a call should be made to 911 or 541-770-4784. City Police Chief Tighe O’Meara said there’s been no cougar sightings, to his knowledge, within the past couple of days. All past reported sightings were at night or around dawn, which is within Oregon safety standard
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-11
Disabled persons and seniors can now get free home safety assessments and modifications to their homes from Ashland Fire & Rescue. Interested parties can attend a free presentation by Fire Chief Mike D’Orazi from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, at the Ashland Senior Center, 1699 Homes Ave. The Housing Safety Program service is free to applicants 62 years and older or disabled people who meet financial qualifications. Improvements include installation of smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, rais
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-12
Homeless for a night It’s 7 a.m., and I just returned home to my cozy kitchen after a night sleeping out to support Options for Homeless Residents of Ashland (OHRA). My coffee is hot, it’s warm in here, and I’m feeling extremely grateful and a little humbled. Sleeping in a tent with a good sleeping bag and a Cabela’s pad doesn’t come close to simulating being homeless. But last night I got a tiny taste of the struggles lots of my neighbors face very day. For just one night I had to haul a bunch
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-10
Thanks, Ashland Co-op Each year, graduate students in SOU’s environmental education program design and implement Fall in the Field, a place-based environmental education program. This year, with the support of the Ashland Food Co-op, we offered “Food for Thought,” a hands-on lesson where students learned about food miles and the environmental impacts of consumer choices. Students assisted in the preparation of locally sourced ingredients before sharing in a delicious taco dinner. Our goal was to
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
Two incumbents and two newcomers have taken the lead for Ashland City Council in Tuesday night returns. Challenger Tonya Graham, Position 2, is the executive director of Geos Institute, an organization dedicated to community collaboration and education on climate change adaption and resilience planning. This organization worked with the city to develop its Climate and Energy Action Plan. She also serves on the wildfire mitigation committee and the Ashland School District Bond Committee. She is l
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
Two incumbents and two newcomers have taken the lead for Ashland City Council in Tuesday night returns. Challenger Tonya Graham, Position 2, is the executive director of Geos Institute, an organization dedicated to community collaboration and education on climate change adaption and resilience planning. This organization worked with the city to develop its Climate and Energy Action Plan. She also serves on the wildfire mitigation committee and the Ashland School District Bond Committee. She is l
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
Democrat Jeff Golden won a seat in the Oregon Senate Tuesday, beating challenger Jessica Gomez by a healthy margin. Golden had 32,348 votes, or 55.2 percent, to Gomez’s 26,119 votes, or 44.6 percent after late returns. “It feels very validating,” Golden said. “It’s been a long, long year, full of high energy.” With Golden winning, it appears the Senate may have a supermajority of Democrats, which makes it easier for one political party to pass tax legislation. Democrats appear to have attained a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
After handily retaining their seats in a recall election last March over handling of senior program changes, Michael Gardiner and Rick Landt have won re-election to the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission. Gardiner, a veteran of 16 years at the post, snared 61.26 percent of the early vote count to defeat accountant Tim Kelly, 5,485 to 3,443. Landt, who has served 12 years on the commission, captured 74.14 percent of the vote to beat attorney Howard McEwan, 6,632 to 2,292. Newcomer Julian Bel
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
After handily retaining their seats in a recall election last March over handling of senior program changes, Michael Gardiner and Rick Landt have won re-election to the Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission. Gardiner, a veteran of 16 years at the post, snared 61.26 percent of the early vote count to defeat accountant Tim Kelly, 5,485 to 3,443. Landt, who has served 12 years on the commission, captured 74.14 percent of the vote to beat attorney Howard McEwan, 6,632 to 2,292. Newcomer Julian Bel
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
This shows the Nov. 6, 2018 election results for all of Oregon. Updated 11:03 p.m. AARON AUER Constitution 1.04% 14,874 NICK CHEN Libertarian 1.31% 18,715 KATE BROWN Democrat, Working Families 49.86% 709,940 KNUTE BUEHLER Republican 44.18% 628,998 PATRICK STARNES Independent 2.90% 41,230 CHRIS HENRY Progressive 0.55% 7,779 WRITE-IN 0.16% 2,226 TOTAL VOTES 1,423,762 for Governor contest for Governor contest US REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 2 MARK R ROBERTS Independent 4.07% 12,112 GREG WALDEN Republic
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-08
Ashland voters chose a mix of incumbents and newcomers Tuesday, sending a message the City Council in particular should heed. At the state level, the Democrats’ new supermajorities in both chambers of the Legislature may not carry the message they appear to. In Ashland, incumbent Councilor Michael Morris was shown the door in Position 2, as challenger Tonya Graham seized 61 percent of the vote, a clear signal that voters want new blood. In the Position 3 race, challenger Julie Akins took 55 perc
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-08
Keep up the work To the person or persons who took the “Black Lives Matter” sign from my yard late Halloween night: Imagine how thrilled I am to know that you too support the Black Lives Matter movement. If you had knocked on the door to ask for it I would have given you a hearty hug and all the rest of the Halloween candy! We live in a time when many of our fellow citizens and political figures have forgotten that we are “one nation, with liberty and justice for all”. When I was taught those wo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-08
The Ashland Kiwanis Club has recognized Ashland High School senior Nora Godfrey as its AHS Student of the Month for March. Godfrey participated in cheerleading during her freshman year, track as a sophomore, different types of classes throughout the years, and dance for the past six. Dance has always been a passion, especially during high school, she said. Godfrey is taking ballet, contemporary, and hip-hop, at DanceWorks, where she is a member of its performance group that dances at local event
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-06
WASHINGTON — The day of reckoning for American politics has nearly arrived. Voters on Tuesday will decide the $5 billion debate between President Donald Trump's take-no-prisoner politics and the Democratic Party's super-charged campaign to end the GOP's hold on power in Washington and statehouses across the nation. There are indications that a modest "blue wave" of support may help Democrats seize control of at least one chamber of Congress. But two years after an election that proved polls and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-06
She gets things done In August I drove over a nearly invisible bump-out on Mountain between Ashland and Siskiyou. This cost $800 for two new tires (and the damaged ones were almost new) and something called a “strut.” Months later nothing has been done to better identify the bump-out ,even though I called the university about it. So, I talked to Stefani Seffinger who contacted Paula Brown and this problem is going to be taken care of soon. Another reason to vote for Stefani — she gets things don
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-04
We humans enjoy gathering together to celebrate the ups and downs of life. Oftentimes eating is an integral part. We meet up to toast love, birthdays, new life, death, graduations, retirement, feats and defeats. “Breaking bread” with more people than the number of place settings in the cupboard requires some organization and advanced planning. Some gatherings team up with multiple households to combine resources for enough glasses, plates and utensils for attendees. Sometimes we are requested to
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-06
In his new book, “The Lost Commandment,” Ashland philanthropist Barry Thalden says the old Biblical Ten Commandments just aren’t making us happy because they forgot a big one — love thyself. True, Jesus told us “love thy neighbor as thyself” but, says Thalden, how can we do that if we don’t know how to love ourselves? His slim, 125-page softcover book, just published by White Cloud Press of Ashland, says, instead of resisting self-love with an endless mantra of fear and judgment, we can and must
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-06
In his new book, “The Lost Commandment,” Ashland philanthropist Barry Thalden says the old Biblical Ten Commandments just aren’t making us happy because they forgot a big one — love thyself. True, Jesus told us “love thy neighbor as thyself” but, says Thalden, how can we do that if we don’t know how to love ourselves? His slim, 125-page softcover book, just published by White Cloud Press of Ashland, says, instead of resisting self-love with an endless mantra of fear and judgment, we can and must
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-11-07
Recent efforts to secure two heavy lift firefighting helicopters next fire season is not without merit, but expecting two helicopters, or any number of added suppression resources, to fix the smoke and fire problem is short-sighted. Fuels have built up for the better part of 150 years, and climate change is a growing tsunami wave that is already inundating our wildfire environment with longer, hotter summers. While politicians and governments can, and should, be doing their part to find funding