Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-27
Arson Suspected After Portland Councilor’s Car Goes Up in Flames Overnight News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 27, 2025 An arson investigation is underway after a car fire at the home of City Councilor Candace Avalos. | Courtesy: Portland Police Bureau PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland City Councilor’s vehicle was one of several gutted in a fierce fire during the early hours of Sunday morning. Arson is suspected. Portland Fire & Rescue received a call at 2.40 a.m. about a fire in the Mill Park neighbo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-26
Contaminated Cheese From Washington Creamery Sickens People in Oregon and Washington News By Diane Megaw On Oct 26, 2025 Last updated Oct 26, 2025 E. coli Bacteria An unpasteurized aged cheese produced by Twin Sisters Creamery Farmhouse in Washington state was linked to an Oregon resident who tested positive for Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O103. Three people experienced symptoms of E. coli infection between Sept. 5 and Sept. 16. The Oregon Health Authority confirmed that samples of the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-27
Suspect on the Run After Fatal Shooting in Southeast Portland Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Oct 27, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland Police Bureau (PPB) officers responding to reports of a shooting near 142nd Ave and Division in Southeast Portland on Saturday, at 5:24 p.m., arrived to find an injured man, who later died. When PPB East Precinct officers arrived, they applied trauma first aid and summoned paramedics. The injured man was taken to the hospital by ambulance, where, despite lifes
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-23
Police Arrest Portland Man in Cold Case Shooting That Killed Mohamed Shaani Three Years Ago Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 23, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — Justin Ortega-Mejia (28), of Portland, has been arrested by East Precinct officers in connection with the death in 2022 of Mohamed Shaani. Shaani Died of a Gunshot Wound Shaani was 39 when he died of a gunshot wound near Northeast Milton Street and Northeast 82 nd Avenue in the Madison South Neighborhood on March 27, 2022. Offi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-23
Medford Takes First Step Toward a Cleaner, More Vibrant Downtown News By Diane Megaw On Oct 23, 2025 Medford Oregon at Night. | Credit: Jim Craven | Southern Oregon Regional Economic Development Inc. (SOREDI) on Facebook. MEDFORD, Ore. — An unanimously approved resolution in Wednesday’s Medford City Council means City staff can now start working on the Economic Improvement District (EID) formally in partnership with the Downtown Medford Association. Medford EID Approved By Council The Med
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-21
Wrongly Imprisoned Oregon Man Discovers His ‘Victim’ Was Alive, Now the City of Portland Owes Him $300,000 Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 21, 2025 Newly-enrolled law student, Adam Gregg (39), will be paid $300,000 by the City of Portland after serving more than five years in a federal prison for the death of a man to whom he sold heroin, only to find out on his release from prison that the so-called deceased was very much alive. Former Prisoner is Now a Law Student Gregg, w
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-22
Out-of-State Tip Helps Oregon Deputies Bust 7-Man Crew Behind $200K Burglary in Welches Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 22, 2025 Last updated Oct 22, 2025 Clackamas County Sheriff's Office Photo A tip-off from an out-of-state law enforcement agency led deputies from the Clackamas Sheriff’s Office to the arrest of seven men in a holiday home in Welches, and the recovery of items stolen valued at more than $200,000 in a residential burglary earlier this month. Deputies served and exe
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-23
Grants Pass Approves Funding for Proposed 160-Bed Managed Homeless Camp News By Diane Megaw On Oct 23, 2025 Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The City Council of Grants Pass took another step toward a managed homeless camp plan after voting to award a homelessness grant to Pathways to Stability. Grant Pass Homeless Camp Plan The proposed site for the Grants Pass Homeless Camp is at 1798 Southeast N St., approximately half a mile from Riverside Elementary School and across t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-21
Oregon Elementary School Counselor Arrested in Online Drug Ring Selling LSD and Meth Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 21, 2025 A Eugene school district employee is one of three women arrested for operating an online drug outlet, selling opioids in exchange for cryptocurrency. Jennifer Blake, who worked as a counselor at the Chavez Elementary in the 4J school district, is currently in custody in the Polk County Jail. Together with Amanda Heffelfinger, Blake is alleged to have process
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-20
Suspects Flee After Man Fatally Shot on Southeast Portland Sidewalk Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 20, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A male victim was found dead on the scene of a shooting in the area of Southeast 17 th Avenue and Southeast Harold Street by Portland Central Precinct officers on Saturday night. Reports of gunshots in the Sellwood-Moreland Neighborhood were received by the police at 10.05 p.m., but on arrival, suspects had fled, and only the deceased victim lay on a sidewal
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-14
Oregon Sues HHS Over New Rule That Could Cut Funding Unless States Follow Anti-Trans Policy News By Diane Megaw On Jan 14, 2026 Credit: Joe Gratz Oregon joined a 12-state coalition yesterday in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for unlawfully conditioning hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funding on certifying compliance with a presidential executive order that seeks to deny the existence of transgender people . Oregon Joins Lawsuit Against HHS For
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-14
Skeletal Remains on Washington Beach Identified as Missing Oregon Mayor Using Advanced DNA Testing News By Lucille McNamara On Jan 14, 2026 The remains of a John Doe whose skeletal remains were found on a beach in Taholah, Washington, in 2006, have been identified as those of Clarence Edward “Ed” Asher, a former Mayor of Fossil in Oregon. Born in 1934, his positive identification followed years of unsuccessful investigations by the Grays Harbor Sheriff’s Office and the Grays Harbor County
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-04
Fake Sheriff’s Office Calls in Josephine County Try to Trick Victims Into Paying Bail Money News By Diane Megaw On Oct 4, 2025 JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Multiple reports of telephone scams, where individuals pretend to be members of the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, have been received by law enforcement. Scammers call their victims, identifying themselves as members of the Sheriff’s Office, often as Undersheriff Travis Snyder, and frequently discuss a family member who has been a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-03
Math and Reading Improve for Oregon Students but Gains Fall Short of Pre-Pandemic Marks Education By Diane Megaw On Oct 3, 2025 Corvallis High School | Courtesy: Oregon Secretary of State The Oregon Department of Education’s (ODE) 2024-25 Oregon Statewide Assessment System scores released yesterday show signs of progress in Math and English Language Arts (ELA) and Science, but remain below pre-pandemic levels. 2024-25 Oregon K-12 Test Scores Show Some Progress For the first time since tes
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-05
Oregonians Must Work 16 Days a Month to Meet Basic Household Expenses News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 5, 2025 Oregonians have to work an average of 16 days a month just to meet basic household bills, illustrating that it is not luxuries weighing down families, but basic expenses to keep households running. The Cost of Food, Utilities, and Housing is the Most Burdensome The three items most burdensome to households are food (56%), utilities (17%), and rent/housing (15%), according to respo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-02
Portland Police Mistakenly Rammed Women’s Car and Pointed Guns Before Realizing They Had the Wrong People Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 2, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — Two women have been awarded a $150,000 settlement by the City of Portland after they had their vehicle rammed by Portland police officers in a mistaken-identity arrest. In their lawsuit, Colleen McDonald and Hilary Rossio state that two Portland police cars struck their vehicle on August 29, 2023, after mistaking them for
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-04
Medford Voters to Decide on Lodging Tax Hike to Fund New Conference Center News By Diane Megaw On Oct 4, 2025 Medford City Hall. Jackson County, Oregon | Credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives MEDFORD, Ore. — On Wednesday, the Medford City Council approved a resolution proposing how revenue from a proposed increase to the City’s transient lodging tax (TLT) will be used, if voters approve the measure in the November 2025 special election. Medford Council voted to place a measure on the bal
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-30
Josephine County Authorities Seize 600 Pounds of Marijuana and Destroy 840 Plants in Cave Junction Raid Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Sep 30, 2025 Courtesy: Josephine Marijuana Enforcement Team JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Josephine County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that another illegal marijuana grow site- in the 5000 block of Holland Loop Road, Cave Junction, was dismantled on September 23 after police seized 600 pounds of processed marijuana and destroyed 840 marijuana plants. Ex
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-04
Portland Woman Who Wielded Knife at Federal Officer Outside ICE Center Faces December Sentencing Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 4, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A 47-year-old Portland woman, who resisted arrest by brandishing a knife at a federal officer outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in the city, will be sentenced in December. Julie Winters pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of felony intimidation and resisting arrest. Court documents reveal that
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-10
Oregonians Could Soon Get Automatic Payments From a $700 Million Google Settlement Business By Diane Megaw On Dec 10, 2025 Google Headquarters | Credit: Anthony Quintano As part of a coalition of 53 attorneys general, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield secured a $700 million settlement from Google. Most of this will be distributed to people who made purchases on the Google Play Store and were harmed by Google’s anticompetitive conduct, if the Court approves it. Getting Paid From $