Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-24
BEND — Paid interns, even if they're hired only for a fixed period, can apply for and receive unemployment benefits after an internship ends. To take home an unemployment check, the qualifications that apply to permanent workers also apply to people who have lost temporary employment, such as a paid internship or contract labor, said Craig Spivey, a spokesman for the Oregon Employment Department. A paid internship is no different than any other job, he said. "I think what throws people off
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-25
Saying the biofuels industry is "in its death throes" due to a lack of acceptance of the alternative fuel, Rising Phoenix Biofuels has closed after nine years in business. The Phoenix-based company sold a quarter-million gallons of biodiesel, adding $1 million to the local economy, owner David Tourzan said, but repeated attempts to market to municipalities, farmers and fleet owners failed. They sold their last gallon on Sept. 4 and removed the tank on Wednesday. "Rising Phoenix stayed true to th
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-24
Ashland High School and Lincoln School were temporarily put on lockdown around 10:30 a.m. Thursday after a high school student who is known to often wear tactical gear to class was reported as a man with a holstered handgun on campus. Ashland Police Chief Tighe O'Meara said police responded to campus within 2 minutes after receiving the call at 10:29 a.m. and found the student on campus with no firearm. He said the student often goes to class wearing tactical gear. The lockdown were lifted withi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
Ashland City Councilors decided Monday night on a process to replace former Councilor Pam Marsh who was sworn in as an Oregon state representative Monday, Jan. 9. Marsh leaves behind council seat 6, which will be filled by appointment.  City Charter does not provide for a special election for the filling of a vacant elective office. According to City Recorder Barbara Christensen, “City Charter states that a vacant elective office shall be filled within 60 days, which is Mar
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
Set against a backdrop of powerful hydraulic machines capable of raising many tons of dead weight, Wisconsin Gov. (and GOP presidential candidate) Scott Walker surely hoped for a similar boost to his sagging campaign Monday at XTreme Manufacturing in downtown Las Vegas. Plummeting in the polls, Walker returned to the theme that made him a hero to Wisconsin conservatives and the bane of organized labor. And this time Walker went, ahem, XTreme: He rolled out a plan to gut the National Labor Relati
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
Set against a backdrop of powerful hydraulic machines capable of raising many tons of dead weight, Wisconsin Gov. (and GOP presidential candidate) Scott Walker surely hoped for a similar boost to his sagging campaign Monday at XTreme Manufacturing in downtown Las Vegas. Plummeting in the polls, Walker returned to the theme that made him a hero to Wisconsin conservatives and the bane of organized labor. And this time Walker went, ahem, XTreme: He rolled out a plan to gut the National Labor Relati
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
PORTLAND — Oregon voters have narrowly rejected the labeling of genetically modified foods following the most expensive ballot-measure campaign in state history. Residents voted 49.5 to 50.5 against the measure, which would have required manufacturers, retailers and suppliers to label raw or packaged foods produced entirely or partially by genetic engineering. As of Wednesday morning, the difference was about 13,000 votes. Colorado voters on Tuesday also rejected mandatory labels on genet
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
Jackson County's Board of Commissioners is poised to set the county's tax rate on marijuana sales at zero for the first year the drug is legal for recreational use in Oregon. An order the three-person board will put to an official vote at an unknown later date is being drafted, but Commissioner Doug Breidenthal said the board is expected to vote unanimously on a zero percent rate after a discussion at a board work session today. The date of the vote will be set as soon as the election results fr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
PHOENIX — Sarah Wright, a challenger who endorsed the incumbent for a seat on the Phoenix-Talent School Board, was leading with 1,254 votes to Marina Piacentini’s 831 in results issued at 11 p.m. Wright led by 59 percent to 39 percent. “I think it's pretty flattering,” said Wright. “I know Marina has been a really great member of the School Board, and I’m honored to attempt to fill the role I know she played.” Wright filed on the last da
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
Turnout for Tuesday's district election is lagging at 16.9 percent, said Jackson County Clerk Chris Walker. “It’s a really, really slow election,” she said. “We’ll probably be close to 20 percent.” District elections typically draw about 19 to 30 percent turnout, Walker said. Tax measures generally determine voter participation, and this year only Ashland has a school district levy on its ballot. Districts with contested seats include Medford, Central Po
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
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Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-21
Jackson County Democrats will host two forums for five candidates vying to challenge U.S. Rep. Greg Walden in the November general election, according to a news release. Both forums are open to the public. The first will be from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 24, at Southern Oregon University's Stevenson Union building; the second will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 25, at North Medford High School auditorium. The candidates are Michael Byrne, Jamie McLeod-Skinner, James Crary, Eric Burnette
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
In a column entitled “Democrats’ votes come from the center,” Froma Harrop resurrects the Hillary-vs.-Bernie debate in an effort to disparage those left of party dogma. She concludes that the recent election of “centrist” Dan Lipinski (by a razor thin margin) over progressive Marie Newman is vindication for establishment Dems. She derides Zephyr Teachout, “the ultimate Berniecrat,” for losing her congressional race to a Republican where Clinton bested Trump. She excuses Diane Feinstein’s failed
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
Music from Mexico, Spain, Greece, the Balkans and Zimbabwe — presented in its native languages — will be at the heart of the annual World Music Festival this weekend. Rogue World Music and Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission partnered to present this year’s event at Butler Band Shell in Ashland’s Lithia Park. Look for Rogue World Ensemble and Choristers, along with bluegrass and Americana by Rainey and the Rattlesnakes; Mexican folk dances and music by Ballet Folklorico Ritmo Alegre and Mari
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
While mama bear kept an edgy vigil in the driveway, her four cubs Saturday hit the jackpot, slinking into the open garage of Chris and Susan Hearn on Wimer Street and diving into big open tins of cat food — all this as the couple shot a soon-to-be-viral video. No one was hurt, but as the Hearns stood atop their front stairs shooting video of mama bear, with Chris “bear whispering” reassuringly, the large, wooly ursine denizen of local forests made an unmistakable lunge at them with her front paw
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
Jackie Apodaca, a professor of theater at Southern Oregon University, has co-written the book “Answers from ‘The Working Actor’” with actor Michael Kostroff (best known for his five seasons on HBO’s ”The Wire”). Taken from the actor’s trade paper “Backstage,” the book gives a fascinating picture of the complex and confusing world of the acting profession. Written in the style of advice to the lovelorn, “Answers” consists of years of words of wisdom given to struggling actors who have written to
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
“The Great Gatsby” is the most American of our great novels. Jay Gatsby’s story illuminates our culture like no other. When Mr. Gatz turns up for his son’s funeral, he shows to Nick Carroway, the narrator, Jay’s boyhood list for self-improvement. It included early rising, exercise, elocution practice, and reading “one improving book or magazine per week.” “ ‘Jimmy was bound to get ahead,’ Mr. Gatz says. ‘He always had some resolves like this or something.’ ” And “get ahead” Jay does, reinventing
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
There is a saying: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” That describes the situation we all face now that State Sen. Alan DeBoer has announced that he will not defend his record by running for re-election in November. When DeBoer ran in 2016, he promised he would not automatically follow the increasingly right-wing partisan stands of his party. “Trust me,” he said. Since he had no record as a state legislator, he was able to lead voters to believe
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
SEATTLE (AP) — Sabrina Ionescu scored a career-high 36 points and No. 6 Oregon won its first Pac-12 Conference tournament title beating No. 16 Stanford 77-57 on Sunday night. Playing in its first conference tournament final, the Ducks looked every bit the part of a premier team heading into the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Ionescu was the star, as the Ducks (30-4) avenged one of their two regular season losses in conference play. Ionescu, who was the Pac-12 player of the year, was brilliant
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2018-05-15
The Ashland Daily Tidings published its first edition on June 17, 1876, when Ashland had about 500 people but neither church nor saloon. Editor James M. Sutton noted, however, “whiskey is sold by the bottle and preaching is done in the schoolhouse; and therefore, the people are generally happy.” Sutton was former editor of the Oregon Sentinel, one of Jacksonville’s earliest papers, and is credited with coining the name “Crater Lake” for Oregon’s crown jewel. The Ashland Tidings, as the paper was