Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-07
Counties Across Oregon Question If Sanctuary Laws Shield Immigrants on Parole for Violent Crimes News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 7, 2025 Marion County Courthouse Salem Oregon | Credit: M.O. Stevens Twenty of Oregon’s 36 counties have united to send a letter to the U.S. and state Attorney Generals for clarification of their legal obligations to turn over parole-related public records of alleged undocumented immigrants on parole for serious crimes. Their action follows the Declaratory Judgment act
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-06
Man Clings to Life After Early Morning Shooting in Southeast Portland Neighborhood Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Oct 6, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — Homicide detectives from the Portland Police Bureau are investigating a shooting early yesterday morning in the Creston-Kenilworth Neighborhood. East Precinct officers responded to a report at 5.36 a.m. of a shooting in the 5800 block of Southeast Foster Road. On arrival, the officers found a male adult seated in a vehicle suffering from life-t
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-06
Oregon to Distribute $3.5 Million in Unclaimed Checks From 2019–2023 Without Residents Needing to File Claims News By Diane Megaw On Oct 6, 2025 Oregon State Treasury | Courtesy: Oregon.gov Oregonians will be mailed checks in October through the ‘Checks Without Claims’ initiative after Oregon State Treasurer Elizabeth Steiner, MD, announced yesterday that the Treasury will be proactively returning approximately $3.5 million in unclaimed property to individuals in October. Oregon Treasury
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-05
Wells Fargo Cuts 50 Jobs in Downtown Portland as Layoffs Continue Across Oregon Business By Diane Megaw On Oct 5, 2025 Wells Fargo Center in downtown Portland, Oregon | Credit: Another Believer In the latest round of layoffs, the multinational financial services company Wells Fargo laid off 50 workers from its downtown Portland office, primarily from the Financial Crimes Division. According to Wells Fargo, the company is consolidating corporate jobs in central locations. While the company indica
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-18
‘Why Are Homeland Security Helicopters Circling Portland?’ Oregon Lawmakers Demand Answers News By Diane Megaw On Oct 18, 2025 Last updated Oct 18, 2025 U.S. Customs and Border Protection Helicopter | U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Benjamin Applebaum A group of Oregon lawmakers wrote a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem demanding answers about the loud, disruptive, persistent noise Portlanders are subjected to after DHS increased the use of helico
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-18
OHA Announces 10% Medicaid Payment Increase, Affecting 1.4 Million Oregonians News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 18, 2025 Oregon Department of Human Services Building in Salem, Oregon A 10.2% increase in Medicaid insurer payments next year by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) will help Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) operate within the margins of restrained budgets. Facing federal policy shifts and rising healthcare costs, the OHA is working with partners across the state to protect access to
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-19
Oregon Homes Face 11% Higher Burglary Risk Than National Average News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 19, 2025 Serial Burglar Arrested in Shady Cove | Jackson County Sheriff Photo Oregon is 16 th on the list of U.S. states most at risk of residential burglary. Burglaries in the State are 11% Higher than the National Average New research reveals that the burglary rate in the Beaver state is 11% higher than the national average. Other data revealed in the research shows that Oregon has a monthly
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-17
More Than 300,000 Oregonians to Lose or See Cuts in Food Benefits Thousands of Oregonians Begin Losing Their Food and Utility Allowances Based on Stringent Qualification Requirements Imposed by the Federal Government News By Lucille McNamara On Oct 17, 2025 The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) has begun mailing notices to the more than 313,000 residents who will be affected by changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) introduced by the federal government’s more st
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-10-05
Ski Season Returns to Mt. Ashland With Discounts, Twilight Hours, and a New Chairlift Project News Travel & Outdoors By Bernadette Obrien On Oct 5, 2025 Mt. Ashland | Courtesy: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region ASHLAND, Ore. — As Mt. Ashland gears up for this winter’s ski season, a planned opening day is set for December 13, and the public is invited to a sneak preview at the Mt. Ashland Winter Kick-Off Party on November 22. Mt. Ashland 2025-26 season details: Season Passe
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-16
Oregon Needs Nearly 500,000 New Homes as Housing Shortage Reaches Crisis Levels, New Report Says Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Jan 16, 2026 Portland Oregon Aerial View, June 2025 | Credit: Spicypepper999 The recently published 2026 Oregon Housing Needs Analysis indicates that Oregon needs to build nearly 500K new housing units over the next 20 years to catch up the existing backlog and provide for future housing needs in the state. Oregon Housing Needs Analysis To meet housing needs for O
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-07
Oregon Didn’t Hit Its 2025 Workforce Readiness Goal but Student Enrollment Is Finally Rising Education By Lucille McNamara On Jan 7, 2026 Portland State University - Portland, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Enrollment at Oregon public universities and community colleges increased by 1.5% last year, raising optimism that educators will reach their goal of creating a more skilled and productive workforce to bolster state tax coffers. According to a report by the Higher Education Coordinati
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-07
West Coast Doctors Break From CDC, Urge Oregon Parents to Follow Full Vaccine Schedule News By Lucille McNamara On Jan 7, 2026 The West Coast Health Alliance (WCHA) has criticized the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) decision to significantly reduce the number of vaccinations that all American children have routinely received in recent years. Instead, the WCHA endorses the child and adult immunization schedule recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for al
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-15
Oregon Students Spend Weeks Less in School Than the U.S. Average and It’s Crippling Test Scores Education By Lucille McNamara On Jan 15, 2026 Last updated Jan 15, 2026 Courtesy: Oregon State University Oregon is the worst offender nationwide of chronic school absenteeism, which amplifies the negative effects reflected in its end-of-year exam outcomes. The Average American High School Student Spends Between 35 and 47 More Days in School Oregon is the worst offender nationwide of chronic sc
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-07
Lawsuit Says Oregon’s New Union Law Punishes Anyone Who Tells Workers They Can Opt Out of Paying Union Dues News By Diane Megaw On Jan 7, 2026 Last updated Jan 7, 2026 The Freedom Foundation filed a lawsuit challenging HB 3789, an Act relating to union misrepresentation, which took effect on January 1, because the new law imposed penalties as high as $1 billion for informing public employees of their Constitutional right to opt out of union membership. Freedom Foundation Heads To Court Ov
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-08
Oregon Sneaker Seller Gets 70 Months After $80 Million Fraud That Left Customers With Nothing Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jan 8, 2026 Wayne L. Morse United States Courthouse in Eugene, Oregon | Credit: M.O. Stevens The owner of a former Oregon business that sold collectible sneakers online was sentenced on Tuesday to 70 months in federal prison for a fraud conspiracy involving more than $80 million. According to the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office, customers were defrauded of more th
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-06
Ashland Activist Sues City After Being Removed from Council Meeting for Calling the Police Chief a ‘Fascist’ Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jan 6, 2026 The Ashland City Hall building | Courtesy: Ashland Chamber of Commerce ASHLAND, Ore. — A Jackson County resident who called the Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara ‘a fascist’ at a City Council meeting last September has filed a civil rights suit for violation of his First Amendment rights. Toren McKnight (23) was escorted out of the me
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2026-01-08
Oregon’s Unemployment Hits 5.2% as State Falls to 47th Worst in the Nation Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Jan 8, 2026 FILE - Oregon Employment Department Oregon Employment Department monthly employment and unemployment data for November shows that the state’s unemployment rate was 5.2%, making Oregon one of the worst states for unemployment. Oregon Unemployment Reaches 5.2% in November After a significant delay due to the federal government shutdown, the Oregon Employment Department
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-02
Wanted Eugene Man Pulled From Culvert by His Ankles After Pepper Spray, K-9 and Robot All Failed to Flush Him Out Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Dec 2, 2025 EUGENE, Ore. — After four hours and four desperate rescue attempts, the Eugene-Springfield Fire Department eventually managed to drag Nicolas Ian Tallman out of a culvert by tying ropes to his ankles. The drama began at 1.57 p.m. on Sunday when Eugene Police officers conducted a patrol check at the end of Kintyre Street, where sev
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-01
Hiker Rescued From Knife-Edge Ridge at Saddle Mountain After Crews Rappel 250 Feet in Nighttime Operation News By Diane Megaw On Dec 1, 2025 Last updated Dec 1, 2025 Saddle Mountain, Oregon | Credit: Ian Poellet CLATSOP COUNTY, Ore. — A weekend hike that could have been tragic had a happy ending on Saturday after rescuers rappelled down a ridge at Saddle Mountain State Park to rescue a hiker stranded 40 feet up on a “knife-edge” ridge. Cannon Beach Fire crews, along with Gearhart and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-01
Homeless People Living in RVs in Portland Now Face $350 Towing Bills After City Scraps Fee Exemption News By Lucille McNamara On Dec 1, 2025 FILE - Homeless RV Camp - Portland, Oregon PORTLAND, Ore. — Homeless people living in RVs on Portland streets now face hefty fines if their vehicles are towed away for contravening city bylaws. “Occupied vehicles line North Union Court in city-owned Delta Park … dozens of decaying RVs, cars and campers lined the road.” Willamette Week The previous concessio