Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-14
High Speed Chase From Newport to Lincoln City Ends When Spike Strips Stop Oregon Suspect Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Dec 14, 2025 A high-speed car chase, which eventually involved multiple law enforcement agencies, ended when the suspect’s vehicle came to a halt after driving over spike strips near SE 51 Street in Lincoln City. The incident occurred on December 11 when Newport Police officers received information from an area law enforcement agency about a vehicle, suspected of inv
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-11
Medford Seeks Public Input on Main Street Bike Lane Redesign News By Diane Megaw On Nov 11, 2025 Downtown Medford, Oregon | Courtesy: www.downtownmedford.org MEDFORD, Ore. — The Medford City Council is seeking community input on design alternatives for Main Street that cater to bicycle access. The City received significant public feedback and concerns after implementing a new Main Street restriping layout in October 2023 to improve bicycle access. After reviewing multiple alternatives for the pr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-20
Undercover ATF Agents Arrest Three Men Associated With the Sureño Street Gang In Salem Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Nov 20, 2025 Undercover agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), arrested three men associated with the Sureño street gang after purchasing 15 firearms, 58 machine gun conversion devices, and cocaine in a five-month undercover operation. Taken into custody in Portland were Cesar Daniel Arevalo (36) of Portland, and Jose Luis Brown Ceba
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-11
Oregon Drivers to Pay More at the Pump After Kotek Signs Transportation Rescue Bill Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Nov 11, 2025 FILE - Oregon Department of Transportation Building - October 2024 | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed the controversial new transportation network legislation, a mere five days before the expiry date deadline. Kotek signed House Bill 3991 last Friday and, in a letter to the Secretary of State, Tobias Read, says the implementatio
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-15
Intel Announces 669 More Oregon Layoffs as Workforce Cuts Surpass 3,000 Despite Massive Tax Breaks Business By Diane Megaw On Nov 15, 2025 Intel, one of Oregon’s biggest employers, announced Thursday that another 669 employees will be laid off from its facilities in Hillsboro and Aloha before the end of the year. The latest round of layoffs comes after Intel’s Oregon workforce was hit hard, with layoffs surging past 2,000 despite $260M in tax breaks in July. Hardest hit in this round of la
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-02
Oregonians Lost an Average of $42,000 Each to Real Estate Scams, FBI Data Shows News By Diane Megaw On Nov 2, 2025 Suburb Family Houses - Portland, Oregon. A new study reveals that Oregonians who fell prey to real estate scammers lost an average of $42,095 per victim in 2023. Oregon Residents Lost $5.6 Million To Real Estate Fraudsters In 2023 Using data from the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and Google search volume, the researchers at cash home buyers, SellMyHouse, determi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-02
Oregon Man Who Shot and Killed His Neighbor’s Pet Labrador Sentenced to 18 Months in State Prison Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Nov 2, 2025 Daisy and Cat | Courtesy: Lincoln Co. District Attorney’s Office After a two-day trial, Tyson Kay (47) was sentenced to 18 months in prison by a Lincoln County Circuit judge for killing Daisy, a black Labrador/Retriever owned by his neighbors. Found guilty of first-degree aggravated animal abuse and first-degree animal abuse, Kay was sentenced on
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-05
More Oregon Students With Disabilities Graduating, Fewer Dropping Out, ODE Reports Education By Diane Megaw On Nov 5, 2025 Highland Park Middle School Beaverton School District | Credit: Calan The Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) 2023 State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR), released yesterday, highlights progress Oregon has made in specific areas, from early childhood to graduation outcomes, for students with disabilities. Outcomes Improving For Oregon Learners W
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-03
Medford Adopts Downtown Revitalization Plan Aimed at Boosting Housing and Business News By Lucille McNamara On Nov 3, 2025 Downtown Medford, Oregon | Courtesy: www.downtownmedford.org MEDFORD, Ore. — Medford City Council has adopted a plan to transform its Downtown into a vibrant, active, and welcoming mixed-use urban center that will provide residential, business, and entertainment opportunities. The revitalization plan for Downtown was developed through an inclusive collaboration that included
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-03
Portland Homicide Detectives Investigating After Man Found Dead Near SW 3rd Avenue Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Nov 3, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — The body of a dead male adult, believed to have been the victim of a shooting, was found in a parking lot in the 300 block of Southwest 3 rd Avenue in the early hours of Sunday morning by Portland Central Precinct officers. When the police arrived on the scene after receiving a report of a person down on the ground, there was no sign of a suspe
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-03
Two Eagle Point Teens Killed, Two Critically Injured in Highway 140 Crash News By Diane Megaw On Nov 3, 2025 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A 17-year-old driver and an 18-year-old passenger were tragically killed early on Saturday morning when their car crashed through a guard rail on Highway 140 in Jackson County, near milepost 9, and rolled into an adjacent creek after the driver failed to negotiate a curve. Two other teenage passengers also suffered critical injuries in the crash. Oregon State Police
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-05
Public Hearing Set Friday for Medford’s 490-Unit Haya Park Development News By Diane Megaw On Nov 5, 2025 Medford City Hall. Jackson County, Oregon | Credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives MEDFORD, Ore. — A public hearing to review the proposed Haya Park development will be held before the Site Plan and Architectural Commission (SPAC) on Friday, Nov. 7, at noon. The Haya Park development is expected to add nearly 500 new housing units to the area, spread across 26 two- and three-story bui
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-04
Man Killed in North Portland Gas Station Shooting — Second Homicide Reported Sunday Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Nov 4, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A victim has died in another fatal shooting incident in Portland on Sunday. The incident occurred at a gas station in the 9900 block of North Whitaker Road in North Portland. The other fatal shooting, also on Sunday, took place at a downtown parking lot, as reported by Daily Tidings yesterday. Officers from the North Precinct found a male vict
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-03
Oregon Zoo Offers Free and Discounted Entry for Polar Bear Nora’s 10th Birthday News By Lucille McNamara On Nov 3, 2025 FILE - Oregon Zoo, Portland | Photo by Seth Smigelski This week, the Oregon Zoo is offering free and discounted admission to coincide with the 10 th birthday of its Polar Bear, Nora. This is the perfect opportunity for Oregonians to wish Nora well before her transfer to a zoo in Madison, Wisconsin, later this fall. It is hoped that Nora will breed and raise her own cubs at her
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-27
Oregon Ranks Among States Using the Least Ozempic and Wegovy for Weight Loss News By Diane Megaw On Oct 27, 2025 Pharmacist Holding a Box of Ozempic | Credit: Chemist4U In a recent study of prescriptions for the weight loss injection GLP-1 in each US state, Oregon ranked as the state with the 5 th lowest prescriptions written. Oregon Has 5 th Lowest Rate Of Prescriptions For Weight Loss Injections In US A recent study by GLP-1 provider Nutrition NC revealed the states with the highest num
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-27
Klamath Falls Burglar Targeted Five Businesses and a Cemetery Before Arrest Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 27, 2025 KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. — Thanks to local Klamath Falls businesses that provided law enforcement officers with security footage and information, the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office was able to solve a spate of burglaries and recover stolen property. Five Businesses and a Cemetery Were Burglarized Five local businesses and a cemetery, all located on South Sixth Str
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-26
Oregon Has the Second-Highest Shoplifting Rate in the U.S. News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 26, 2025 Jackson County Sheriff Photo Oregon ranks second as a U.S. state with the most incidents of shoplifting, second only to New Mexico. The study was undertaken by the criminal defense law firm, Summit Defense . Oregon Records 675.98 Shoplifting Incidents and is 79% Above the National Average Shoplifting in 2024 was based on data in the FBI’s Crime Explorer, which revealed that there were 675.9
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-26
Oregon Households Pay Some of the Lowest Energy Bills in the U.S. News By Diane Megaw On Oct 26, 2025 Last updated Oct 26, 2025 Photo by Nordex USA, courtesy U.S. Department of Energy In a recent survey of all US states, Oregon households had the second-lowest energy costs. Oregon Households Have 2 nd Lowest Energy Costs A recent study by the Arkansas heating and air conditioning experts Anderson Air used the latest available state residential energy expenditure data from the United State
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-25
Oregon Sheriff Warns Teens After AI ‘Homeless Man’ TikTok Prank Triggers 911 Responses News By Diane Megaw On Oct 25, 2025 TikTok “Homeless Man” Trend | Courtesy: Jackson County Sheriff's Office JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) has warned teens and their parents of the consequences of hoax calls after deputies responded to several 911 calls when teenagers superimposed a nationwide viral AI-generated TikTok with realistic images of a disheveled “homeless man” insi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-26
School Officer Tip Helps Police Arrest 16-Year-Old After Portland Shooting Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 26, 2025 Courtesy: Portland Police Bureau PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland teenager was arrested less than 24 hours after the shooting of a 19-year-old male victim in the Centennial Neighborhood on October 22, 2025. The arrest of the 16-year-old male was the result of information shared with the PPB by a Portland Police School Liaison Officer. Last Wednesday, officers from the East