Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-09
Grants Pass Police Shoot and Kill 43-Year-Old Woman After She Fires Handguns in Roadway News By Diane Megaw On Feb 9, 2026 Courtesy: Grants Pass Police Department GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Oregon State Police confirmed that Alicia Shelton, 43, of Grants Pass, who was shot by officers after firing handguns in the roadway in the middle around midday on Saturday, was declared deceased at the hospital. Grants Pass Police Department officers responding to multiple 911 calls reporting a female in the roadwa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-09
Two Hikers Rescued Near Green Lakes Trailhead After Losing Their Way in Winter Conditions News By Lucille McNamara On Feb 9, 2026 Last updated Feb 9, 2026 Courtesy: Deschutes County Sheriff's Office DESCHUTES COUNTY, Ore. — Two young hikers were rescued on Saturday night after becoming lost near the Green Lakes Trailhead . After receiving the call at 6 p.m., volunteers of the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) Search and Rescue (SAR) team traveled to an area just beyond Mt. Bachelor, off t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-04
Medford Police Searching for Suspect Identified by Neighbor After $10,000 School District Theft Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Feb 4, 2026 Last updated Feb 4, 2026 Note: Suspect has short hair now | Medford Police Photo MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford Police Department is searching for 24-year-old Nicholas Thomas Mitts in connection with a string of high-dollar thefts in and around the Medford School District 549C. A Resident on the Same Street Where the Suspect Lives Identified Hi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-25
Oregon Braces for Major ODOT Layoffs After Governor and Republicans Battle Over Failed Transportation Bill Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Jan 25, 2026 FILE - Oregon Department of Transportation Building - October 2024 | Photo by Seth Smigelski While lawmakers engage in political maneuvering, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) remains in limbo, and badly needed funding remains elusive. House Bill 3991 would have raised the $242 million sorely needed for ODOT to contin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-24
Oregon Business Bankruptcies Reach Highest Level Since 2012 as Private Credit Market Tightens Nationwide News By Diane Megaw On Mar 24, 2026 FILE - Downtown Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski After more Oregon businesses filed for bankruptcy last year at the highest rate since 2012, high-cost refinancing has come into the spotlight, as Apollo Debt Solutions announced it would limit withdrawals from its $25 billion fund . Apollo Debt Solutions Decision Brings High Financing Rates &
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-23
Fentanyl Discovered During Cell Search at Oregon’s Largest Prison, Officer Sent to Hospital Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Mar 23, 2026 Last updated Mar 23, 2026 Creator: Robert Crow | Credit: vividcorvid - Fotolia | Copyright: vividcorvid - Fotolia A Snake River Correctional Institution officer was admitted to the hospital last Thursday after suspected exposure to fentanyl while conducting a cell search. The white powdery substance later tested positive for fentanyl. The incident occ
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-23
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Opens 91st Season in Ashland With Sold Out Shows Events By Bernadette E. Ontong On Mar 23, 2026 FILE - Lithia Park & Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland | Photo by Seth Smigelski ASHLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) opened its 91st season on Friday, March 20, and people are arriving from far and wide, with several shows already sold out. What’s On At Ashland Oregon Shakespeare Festival OSF’s 91st season opened with a sold-out performance of
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-22
Portland Weighs 12 Dollar Monthly Transportation Fee as Road Repair Backlog Hits 6.6 Billion Dollars News By Diane Megaw On Mar 22, 2026 FILE - Portland City Hall | Photo by Seth Smigelski PORTLAND, Ore. — After Portland’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved a proposal to create a Transportation Utility Fee and a Street Damage Restoration Fee last week, the City Council is considering creating two new fees to help fund its Bureau of Transportation (PBOT). PBOT is cur
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-22
Up to 10,000 Expected This Saturday in Medford as No Kings III Rally Protests War Powers and Military Escalation News By Bernadette E. Ontong On Mar 22, 2026 MEDFORD, Ore. — ‘No Kings III’ organizers, democratic advocacy group ORD2 Indivisible, confirmed that the planned route for this Saturday’s rally is along Biddle Road. Saturday’s Medford ‘No Kings III’ Rally Details Announced The protest, which is expected to draw thousands, is scheduled for Saturday, March 28, from noon to 2 p.m . O
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-22
Oregon Man Found Guilty After Victim Warned Friends About Her New Roommate Before Her Death Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Mar 22, 2026 Last updated Mar 22, 2026 A Clackamas County jury found 33-year-old Bobby Lee Grady Alsup III guilty of murdering his roommate, Kaley Snow, two years ago and desecrating her body on Tuesday. Snow had sent a message to a friend, asking her to look out for the “sketchy” new roommate if anything happened to her. Clackamas County Jury Finds
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-22
National Voter ID Bills Could Upend Oregon’s Vote by Mail System Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Mar 22, 2026 Kim Keller of Ashland drops off a ballot for a friend in the voting drop behind the Ashland Public Library. (Daily Tidings file photo) Congress is currently debating two bills that would impose national voter identification standards: the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act and the SAVE America Act. Both would require voters to provide proof of U.S. citizenship to register to v
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-21
Eugene Emergency Doctors Sue PeaceHealth Over ER Contract Awarded to Out of State Firm News By Diane Megaw On Mar 21, 2026 PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center EUGENE, Ore. — Eugene Emergency Physicians, a group of Lane County doctors, filed a lawsuit against PeaceHealth over a longstanding emergency room staffing supply contract to three local hospitals that was cancelled and awarded to the national firm ApolloMD. Eugene Doctors File Lawsuit Against Peace Health After ER Staffing Cont
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-03-21
Former Home Improvement Star Zachery Ty Bryan Sentenced to 19 Months in Oregon Prison After Probation Violations Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Mar 21, 2026 Former “Home Improvement” Star Zachery Ty Bryan was sentenced to 19 months in the Oregon Department of Corrections on Friday, after pleading guilty to a probation violation in Lane County court. Bryan has two domestic violence convictions against an Eugene woman from 2020 and 2023. Tidings Insight Oregon courts can revoke probation and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-16
Beaverton Debates City Code Change That Would Allow Officers to Investigate Misconduct by ICE Agents News By Lucille McNamara On Feb 16, 2026 Beaverton, Oregon | Credit: Another Believer BEAVERTON, Ore. — Mounting public pressure to investigate alleged acts of violence and reckless driving by federal immigration agents is being considered by the Beaverton City Council. The council is investigating the possibility of amending a city code to allow law enforcement officers to stop and cite ICE agen
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-16
Ashland’s Historic Butler-Perozzi Fountain Will Be Recreated by Two Local Sculptors Using Vermont Marble News By Lucille McNamara On Feb 16, 2026 Last updated Feb 16, 2026 Lithia Park Fountain, Ashland, Oregon | Courtesy: ashlandoregon.gov ASHLAND, Ore. — Thanks to generous community support, the Ashland Parks Foundation has raised $800,000 to recreate the historic Butler-Perozzi Fountain in Lithia Park. The fountain was originally carved from marble in Italy for the 1915 Panama-Pacific Internat
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-16
Oregon Job Openings Fall to Five Year Low as Higher Wage Workers Take the Biggest Hit News By Diane Megaw On Feb 16, 2026 FILE - Oregon Employment Department New data for Oregon’s declining job market indicate that job openings declined to the lowest level in five years as unemployment surges, with workers earning over the median of $26.56/hour taking the hardest hit. Oregon Job Openings Plummet Amidst Rising Unemployment As the state faces unemployment levels of 5.2%, the highest since t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-15
Oregon Moves to Close Loophole Allowing Out-of-State Lenders to Charge Interest Rates Above 36% Politics & Elections By Diane Megaw On Feb 15, 2026 Oregon State Capitol | Courtesy: Oregon Department of Transportation Despite no Republican support, House Bill 4116, a bill that seeks to close a loophole letting out-of-state lenders make loans to Oregonians at exorbitant interest rates, passed the House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection last Tuesday. Issue What regulators say is hap
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-15
Welfare Check Leads to Child Neglect Charges After Portland Police Find Three-Year-Old Outside Alone Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Feb 15, 2026 PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland felon convicted of heroin distribution in 2014 and for failing to register as a sex offender in 1999, will be arraigned next week on two counts of child neglect and criminal mistreatment. Tidings Context In Oregon, child neglect and criminal mistreatment are often charged when a caregiver fails to provide adequate
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-07
Medford Man Sentenced to 17 Years for Domestic Violence Assault and Kidnapping Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Feb 7, 2026 MEDFORD, Ore. — A 33-year-old Medford man, Joseph Latu Jr., was sentenced to 17 years in prison for an October 2023 domestic violence incident in Medford. Jackson County Judge Hands Down Sentence For First Degree Assault In Domestic Violence Incident The charges emerged after the victim, who was dating Latu at the time, reported an argument at his apartment. The
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-02-10
Oregon Lawmakers Introduce Plan to Renovate the Moda Center and Keep the Blazers in Portland Without New Taxes News Sports By Lucille McNamara On Feb 10, 2026 FILE - Moda Center in Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon political leaders yesterday announced that they have crafted Senate Bill 1501 to renovate the Moda Center without creating a tax burden for Oregonians. Keeping the Blazers in Portland is a Top Priority Keeping the Blazers in Portland in future years is a top pri