Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-14
Time to rethink college Linda Schott Monday Dec 12, 2016 at 7:21 PM Dec 12, 2016 at 7:21 PM By Greg Stiles For the tidings It may be time to re-examine the college experience, first-year Southern Oregon University President Linda Schott said Monday. "Not just how we teach or learn or the tools we use, but how we conceptualize the very purpose of college and how learners engage with institutions," Schott told a Chamber of Medford/Jackson County au
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-14
10 things to know for Tuesday Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 6:42 AM Dec 13, 2016 at 6:44 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday. Click here for more national and international news. 1. WHO TRUMP TAPPED FOR TOP DIPLOMAT Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson is picked to lead the State Department, dismissing concerns about the businessman's close ties with Russia. 2. TRUMP REMAINS SKEPTIC
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-16
10 things to know for Thursday Thursday Dec 15, 2016 at 6:31 AM Dec 15, 2016 at 6:34 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Click here for more national and international news. 1. EVACUATION POISED TO BEGIN ANEW IN ALEPPO Warring sides confirm the evacuation of rebel fighters and thousands of civilians from the last sliver of the besieged eastern part of Aleppo is imminent
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-15
Teen charged in Talent shooting Felipe Villalba Tuesday Dec 13, 2016 at 6:47 PM Dec 13, 2016 at 6:47 PM By Nick Morgan For the Tidings A Phoenix High School student was charged Tuesday with attempted murder after allegedly shooting into an occupied manufactured home in Talent with a shotgun. Felipe Villalba, 18, was arraigned in Jackson County Circuit Court on felony charges alleging he fired into the residence just before 3 a.m. Dec. 6 while two
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-15
UPDATED: Medford and Ashland under flood watch Wednesday Dec 14, 2016 at 10:48 AM Dec 14, 2016 at 12:05 PM By Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch that covers most of Jackson County, including Medford and Ashland, as well as eastern Curry and Josephine counties, the Siskiyou Mountains and the Southern Oregon Cascades. It is in effect until 4 a.m. Thursday. "This heavy rain will cause small streams and cree
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-11
Young Grizzlies crush Phoenix Ashland High junior Alie Voskes attempts to shoot past Phoenix High's Maggie Carrillo at Phoenix High on Tuesday. (PHOTO BY: LARRY STAUTH JR) Wednesday Dec 7, 2016 at 2:00 AM Joe Zavala Ashland Daily Tidings @Joe_Zavala99 PHOENIX — Young and athletic, the Ashland High girls basketball team showed glimpses on Tuesday that the program may be headed towards a resurgence. Freshman wing Mikayla Titus scored 12 points and junior Mya Elder-H
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
Wine honors for SOU's Greg Jones reach worldwide Greg Jones is shown in his Confraria regalia after he was honored by the Portugese wine industry. Photo courtesy of Greg Jones Thursday Dec 8, 2016 at 12:54 PM Dec 8, 2016 at 1:55 PM By MJ Daspit for the Tidings In recognition of his viticultural research, Southern Oregon University’s Professor Gregory V. Jones has received two new wine industry honors to add to his résumé. The Con
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
Ashland prepares response to climate change Thursday Dec 8, 2016 at 6:30 PM Dec 9, 2016 at 10:19 AM By Julie Akins for the Tidings Brian Sohl has some very important reasons for being concerned about climate change. “I’m involved because I have kids. I worry about the future for them,” Sohl told a packed room in Southern Oregon University’s River Room on Wednesday night. He and a panel charged with creating a Climate a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-13
Talent facing a housing shortage Monday Dec 12, 2016 at 12:01 AM By Tony Boom for the Tidings TALENT — There wasn’t a single residential lot for sale in town, and the lowest of four homes on the market was $360,000 when Charlie Hamilton checked listings Wednesday. Hamilton and his associates at Suncrest Homes have built about 100 houses in the city over the past 25 years, and he says the problem is simple: “Talent has a shortage of land." Hamilton se
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-13
Lomakatsi, NW Forest Worker Center earn grants Monday Dec 12, 2016 at 12:01 AM Local report Nonprofit organizations Lomakatsi Restoration Project and the Northwest Forest Worker Center have received awards from Meyer Memorial Trust involving ecosystem restoration and forest work. An award of $200,000 to Lomakatsi will support building the organization’s capacity to expand its model of economic development and ecological restoration to support more communities. An
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-13
10 things to know for Monday Monday Dec 12, 2016 at 6:48 AM Dec 12, 2016 at 6:50 AM our daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Click here for more national and international news. 1. WHERE TRUMP IS FACING AN EARLY TEST Lawmakers want to investigate Russian interference in the November election and issue warnings over the incoming president's potential pick for secretary of state. 2
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-11
Letter to the editor, Aug. 12 Friday Aug 12, 2016 at 12:01 AM Censorship is wrong As a professor and librarian with a master's degree in library science, I would like to point out that what OSF Executive Director Cynthia Rider and others have done by initiating a boycott of the Shakespeare Books & Antiques bookstore is censorship. Censorship is defined on the American Library Association's Intellectual Freedom and Censorship page as follows: "Censorship is the suppre
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
Police reports, Dec. 7-8 Thursday Dec 8, 2016 at 3:30 PM Wednesday, 2:20 a.m. — Police conducted a confidential investigation in the 100 block of South Mountain Avenue. Wednesday, 2:34 a.m. — Police found property in the first block of East Main Street. Wednesday, 2:58 a.m. — Police arrested a man in the first block of Fourth Street on a trespass charge. Wednesday, 12:22 p.m. — Police conducted a confidential sex abuse investiga
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
Police reports, Dec. 8-9 Friday Dec 9, 2016 at 2:03 PM Dec 9, 2016 at 2:03 PM Thursday, 9:19 a.m. — Police investigated a report of public indecency in the 900 block of 'B' Street. Thursday, 12:01 p.m. — Police confiscated property in the 200 block of South Mountain Avenue. Thursday, 12:45 p.m. — Police investigated a trespass complaint in the first block of Lithia Way that led to an arrest. Thursday, 1:06 p.m. —
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
New Sammy's Cowboy Bistro looks for new owners New Sammy's owners Vernon and Charlene Rollins plan to sell their Talent restaurant after 28 years in business. Daily Tidings / Denise Baratta Friday Dec 9, 2016 at 1:12 PM Dec 9, 2016 at 1:12 PM By Tammy Asnicar for the Tidings In November, Vernon and Charlene Rollins put their Talent eatery, New Sammy’s Cowboy Bistro, up for sale. For 28 years, the Rollinses have served internationally renow
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-09
Artists and poets inspire each other in Talent "The Grape Leaf" was David Lorenz Winston's response to a poem by Stephanie Nead. Submitted photo Thursday Dec 8, 2016 at 2:55 PM Dec 8, 2016 at 2:56 PM By Tony Boom for the Tidings Four visual artists paired with four poets of the opposite gender to create works inspired by each other's media that will be featured at Bell House Gallery in Talent Friday evening. The exhibit, “2 x 4: images and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-09
Letters to the Editor, Oct. 15 Saturday Oct 15, 2016 at 12:01 AM Vote yes for history Last weekend I helped with the Scarecrow Festival at the Historic Hanley Farm. What a pleasure to watch parents and young children stuffing scarecrows with straw and engaging in other traditional activities reminiscent of our rural past. If you live in Jackson County, you are heir to a rich and fascinating local history. On Nov. 8, each of us has a special opportunity to support our loc
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-09
City struggles with Trumps in the road The letter "T" is still visible to the left of the "Bump" warning on Oak Street after election night vandals altered the pavement signs to read "Trump." Daily Tidings / Denise Baratta Wednesday Dec 7, 2016 at 5:50 PM Dec 7, 2016 at 6:05 PM By Nick Morgan for the Tidings The word-play may have faded, but the paint used in an election-night vandalism incident may linger past inauguration day. On Oak Street in
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
Ashland chiropractor's license suspended in sex case Friday Dec 9, 2016 at 1:57 PM Dec 9, 2016 at 1:57 PM By Nick Morgan for the Tidings An Ashland chiropractor won't have to register as a sex offender after being convicted Thursday of inappropriately touching a young woman during her massage appointment. Mark Evan Machala, 44, was sentenced to three years of probation Thursday after he pleaded no-contest to a misdemeanor sexual harassment charge
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2016-12-10
10 things to know for Friday Friday Dec 9, 2016 at 6:45 AM Dec 9, 2016 at 6:47 AM Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: Click here for more national and international news. 1. SOUTH KOREAN LAWMAKERS IMPEACH PRESIDENT The stunning and swift fall for Park Geun-hye, the country's first female leader, follows protests over a corrosive corruption scandal that drew millions into the stre