Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-18
Portland’s Downtown Revival Gains Momentum With Crowds Returning but Offices Still Half Empty News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 18, 2025 FILE - Downtown Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski PORTLAND, Ore. — A cleaner and safer downtown Portland has seen pedestrian traffic increase by 22% in January. A Great Post-Pandemic Turnaround This is a great turnaround for a city that has experienced a steadily declining number of feet visiting businesses and retail establishments in the area si
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-18
Oregon Wholesale Trade Suffers Biggest Job Losses as Unemployment Ticks Up to 5% News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 18, 2025 The Oregon wholesale trade suffered the most job losses in August, shedding 1,100 positions. This was likely caused by factors such as softer consumer demand and increased cost pressures from tariffs. The Wholesale Sector Has Been on the Decline for a Year Overall, the wholesale trade has declined rapidly over the past 12 months, shedding 4,300 jobs, or -5.5%. All thre
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-18
Survivors Say Oregon Youth Prison Doctor Abused Them for Years as Staff Looked Away Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Sep 18, 2025 Another 11 men were added to the federal lawsuit, filed in Portland, against the MacLaren Youth Prison in Woodburn. The 73 Plaintiffs allege that Dr. Edward Gary Edwards, nicknamed “Dr. Cold Fingers,” groped them during exams. Oregon Youth Prison Abuse Allegations Revolve Around Doctor Groping Prisoners Dr Edwards, who died in February at 87, wo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-17
Overturned Log Truck in White City Crushes Three Vehicles and Leaves Two Drivers Injured News By Diane Megaw On Sep 17, 2025 Jackson County Sheriff Photo JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — A log truck trailer overturned on Avenue G near the intersection of Highway 62 at approximately 10:15 a.m., on Monday, crushing three vehicles and injuring two people. Responding to reports of a major traffic crash involving an overturned log truck trailer that spilled its load of timber on Monday morning, crushing three
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-17
Portland Fentanyl Ring Leaders Extradited From Honduras to Face Federal Trial in Oregon Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 17, 2025 Last updated Sep 17, 2025 Two Honduran nationals appeared in federal court in Portland yesterday (Tuesday), after their extradition from their homeland to the U.S. for conspiring to distribute fentanyl in Oregon. According to court documents, at the beginning of 2022, Teodoro Rodas Dubon (32) directed and controlled the distribution of bulk quantities of
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-17
Oregon Senate Votes Today on Funding Bill That Could Raise Gas Prices and Save ODOT Jobs Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Sep 17, 2025 FILE - Oregon Department of Transportation Building - October 2024 | Photo by Seth Smigelski Will the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) beleaguered funding bill be passed by the Senate today is the question on many lips. Sidestepped by Republican lawmakers that left the funding bill unresolved at the end of the last legislative session, it
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-17
Scammers Using Card Skimmers Are Draining Oregon EBT Accounts and Stealing From Families in Need News By Diane Megaw On Sep 17, 2025 Credit: born1945 Following an increase in scams involving card skimmers on payment machines at grocery and convenience stores across Oregon, especially in rural areas, Attorney General Dan Rayfield today warned Oregonians that scammers are stealing data from Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. Oregon EBT Card Skimmers Face Threat From Scammers Law enfor
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-17
Nearly Half a Century Later Oregon Detectives Finally Solve the Mystery of the Wolf Creek Remains Skeletal Remains Identified as a 21-Year-Old Who Went Missing from a Tigard Shopping Center 49 Years Ago News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 17, 2025 Forensic Approximation of Marion McWhorter | Oregon State Police Photo The skeletal remains found in the Wolf Creek area near Swamp Mountain in Linn County 49 years ago have been identified as those of Marion Vinetta Nagle McWhorter (21), last seen alive i
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-16
Three Dead, One Hospitalized as Suspected Overdose Hits Roseburg RV Park News By Diane Megaw On Sep 16, 2025 ROSEBURG, Ore. — Douglas County law enforcement officers found three people dead and another in medical distress, but alive, in an RV at the Shady Point RV park, south of Roseburg at 2703 Hwy 99S, during a contact call in a different investigation on Sunday. An officer with the Roseburg Police Department and a deputy with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) attempted to conta
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-16
Florida Man Flew Into the Tampa International Airport from Oregon Carrying 64 Pounds of Marijuana Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 16, 2025 Federal agents say the man who flew into Tampa from Oregon was found with a machine gun, silencers, and Glock switches during a raid on his home. | USA v. Valeriani Trial Exhibit | Courtesy: U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida Phillip Michael Valeriani, who flew into the Tampa International Airport from Medford, Oregon, with 64 po
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-16
Portland Police Stop Drugs Worth $2M Entering City As Arrests Follow Overdose Investigation Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Sep 16, 2025 Portland Police Bureau Photo The Portland Police Bureau (PPB) indicated yesterday that a weeks-long overdose investigation by the agency’s Narcotics and Organized Crime Unit (NOC) resulted in the seizure of almost $2 million in illegal drugs intended for the Portland area and the arrest of several people. During several operations stemming from leads devel
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-16
Oregon Cracks Down on Medical Debt, Junk Fees, and Shady Car Sales Politics & Elections By Diane Megaw On Sep 16, 2025 Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signing consumer protection bills, September 15th 2025. A set of bills aimed to protect Oregon consumers was signed by Governor Tina Kotek on Monday. The bills address three pressing issues: medical debt, online transactions, and car purchases. Gov Kotek Signs Bills Into Law After signing three Senate Bills —SB 605, SB 430, and SB 3178 —on M
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-15
Grants Pass Ranks Among America’s Fastest Growing Wage Towns as Oregon Pay Surges News By Diane Megaw On Sep 15, 2025 Downtown Grants Pass, Oregon | Credit: J. Stephen Conn Recent research reveals three surprising Oregon towns among the metros where hourly wages are increasing faster than the rest of America, including Grants Pass. Oregon Towns Where Wages Are Rising Faster Than Many Other US Towns Ranking among the top 50 metros in hourly wage growth, Oregon shows robust wage gains acros
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-15
Oregon Universities Caught in National Backlash as Federal Minority-Serving Grants Are Canceled Education By Lucille McNamara On Sep 15, 2025 FILE - Portland State University, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski The U.S. Department of Education’s withdrawal of $350 million in funding to several Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) has impacted Western Oregon University and Portland State University. Western Oregon University became the first designated Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) in the state
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-14
Public Safety at Risk as Washington County Voters Face $337 Million Levy Decision News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 14, 2025 WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ore. — The surge in popularity of Washington County has increased the need for expanded public safety services, and County officials are now appealing to its 611,272 residents to support the introduction of a levy that will inject an additional $337 million over the next five years. More than 200,000 new residents have flocked to Washington county since 19
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-14
Oregon Schools Falling Behind as Teacher Shortage Reaches Crisis Levels Education By Diane Megaw On Sep 14, 2025 Corvallis High School | Courtesy: Oregon Secretary of State A recent study revealed that Oregon has the tenth-most severe teacher shortage relative to the number of schools in the U.S., with an average of 24.0 teachers per school —compared with the national average of 31.1 teachers per school. Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data on public s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-14
Oregon Homeowners Sitting on Backyards Worth Half a Million Each News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 14, 2025 Home in Dayville, Oregon | Credit: Rick Obst Oregon homeowners have the seventh most expensive backyards in the U.S., with the average yard worth more than half a million dollars. This data is revealed in a study conducted by R&T Fence, a fence installation company, which analyzed yard values across all 50 states. To arrive at the 10 states with the most expensive backyards, researchers
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-13
Ashland Police Identify Persons of Interest After Deadly ‘A’ Street Shooting Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Sep 13, 2025 ASHLAND, Ore. — Multiple law enforcement agencies joined forces with the Ashland Police Department to investigate the fatal shooting of Matthew Mark Vandersande early Sunday morning. The homicide investigators have made significant progress and identified several persons of interest. Investigators from the Major Assault and Death Investigation Unit (MADIU), an investigat
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-13
Oregon’s Post-Fire Forest Recovery Inspires South Korean Delegation to Reshape Their Woodlands Environment By Lucille McNamara On Sep 13, 2025 Kyle Kaupp, ODF’s Santiam Unit Manager, discusses burn severity and salvage logging operations in the Stout Creek Restoration area in the Santiam State Forests with a group of South Korean forest researchers. | Courtesy: Oregon Dept. of Forestry A delegation of South Korean researchers, who recently visited Oregon to learn from recovery efforts in the San
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-12
Jackson County Man Accused of 18 Burglaries Freed Under Oregon’s Bail Reform Bill Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Sep 12, 2025 Last updated Sep 12, 2025 Serial Burglar Arrested in Shady Cove | Jackson County Sheriff Photo JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) confirmed yesterday that 38-year-old Justin David Teixeira, a serial burglar wanted for committing 18 burglaries at three businesses in the Shady Cove area, was arrested by patrol deputies on Wednesday, but