Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-25
Eugene Shopper Held at Gunpoint by 7-Eleven Employee, Police Say Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Nov 25, 2025 EUGENE, Ore. — A terrified Eugene shopper was held at gunpoint by a 7-Eleven employee at the West 13 th Avenue store in the early hours of Sunday morning. The employee, known as Akashdeep ‘XX’ according to Lane County Jail records, was arrested. The incident occurred at 1 a.m. yesterday when ‘XX’ allegedly racked a shotgun and blocked the shopper’s exit from the store. Accordin
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-30
Fruitland Elementary in Salem Locked Down After Woman With Gun Spotted Across the Street Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 30, 2025 SALEM, Ore. — The Fruitland Elementary School in NE Salem was placed under lockdown yesterday afternoon when a woman, armed with a handgun, took up position across the road from the school. After spotting 53-year-old Janet Ogren across the street from the school, staff members dialed 911, and their quick response prompted immediate action from the Marion
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-30
FBI Arrests Four Illegal Immigrants Accused of Pointing Laser at Federal Helicopter Over Portland Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 30, 2025 Review of CBP Surveillance Video Screen Capture | Courtesy: FBI – Oregon PORTLAND, Ore. — Four illegal immigrants have been arrested by the FBI after a laser was aimed at a Customs and Border Protection agency helicopter conducting law enforcement activity in the skies over Portland on Saturday night. The laser also threatened another air
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-30
Jackson County Warns Residents of Phishing Scam Masquerading as Jackson Alerts News By Diane Megaw On Sep 30, 2025 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Jackson County’s Emergency Management has warned that a phishing email scam is doing the rounds pretending to be from “Jackson Alerts,” but it is not from them. Scammers are attempting to impersonate Emergency Management using the sender name “Jackson Alerts” in emails that falsely claim that your Jackson Alerts account will be deleted within 48 ho
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-29
Portland Police Officer on Leave After Neck Hold Used in Violent Struggle With Attempted Murder Suspect Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Sep 29, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland Police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after ‘applying a neck hold’ on a suspect during a struggle that ended in hospital for Bo W. Davis (43) and two policemen on Saturday morning. Davis, of Portland, is facing numerous charges, including attempted murder. Suspect Was Hitting Passing
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-28
Oregon Survey Exposes Growing Anxiety Over Economic And Consumer Struggles News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 28, 2025 Future prospects look somewhat bleak to 32% of Oregonians who believe that their families will be ‘worse off’ when looking ahead to the next year. This represents an increase of eight percent compared to the previous year, according to a statewide survey. The survey was conducted by the Oregon Values and Beliefs Center, which asked 1,897 adults about ways to improve consumer rights
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-26
Charity Scam That Raised $175 Million in Cancer Donations Draws Oregon Into Legal Fight News By Diane Megaw On Sep 26, 2025 The Oregon Department of Justice (ODOJ) has joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and 18 other states to stop the Kars fundraising scheme. Michael Irwin and Lisa Frank, operating under the United Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. (UBCF), raised nearly $175 million through cash and car donations, claiming the funds would support breast cancer screening. However, the majorit
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-28
Amazon Strikes Deal To Power Oregon Data Centers With New Solar Project Business By Diane Megaw On Sep 28, 2025 Credit: Canonicalized Iberdrola Group’s Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company, has signed an agreement with Amazon to produce power for its data centers through the new Oregon Trail Solar 57 MWdc (41 MWac) project in Gilliam County, Oregon. The project is expected to produce enough electricity to power approximately 10,000 US homes upon completion. Oregon Trail Solar Project To Be C
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-27
Rapid Fire Devices That Turn Firearms Into Automatic Weapons Are Now Illegal in Oregon Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Sep 27, 2025 Last updated Sep 27, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Senate Bill 243 became effective yesterday (Friday), banning the use of rapid-fire devices, changing semi-automatic firearms into automatic weapons. The implementation of the new law followed intense debates for and against it by Democratic and Republica
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-28
Federal Government Pressures Oregon To Hand Over Residents’ Medicaid Records News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 28, 2025 Credit: RDNE project Following threats earlier this month of a $30 million fine, Oregon health officials have handed over Medicaid identification numbers and other sensitive information to the federal government. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) had resisted handing over the data to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) since June, but folded under legal pressur
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-27
Hunter’s Discovery of Dead Body Sparks Klamath County Homicide Arrests Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Sep 27, 2025 KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon State Police (OSP) SWAT team arrested two Sprague River men, 38-year-old Russell Dwayne Carroway and 31-year-old Devin Tyler Pellerin, on Thursday in connection with the dead body, since identified as Robert T. Hein, found by a hunter near Sprague River on Tuesday. 2 Arrests In Connection With Sprague River Homicide Responding to a 911
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-28
Survey Reveals That an Increasing Number of Oregon Parents Seek Loans From Their Children News By Lucille McNamara On Sep 28, 2025 Credit: Christina & Peter For decades, parents have been the go-to lenders for cash-strapped children. However, that trend is reversing, according to new research involving 5,014 Oregonians. The survey, by MarketBeat , reveals that 43% of adult children in the state have loaned an average of $900 to their parents. Most Loans Are Made to Help Parents Cope With
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-09-27
Southern Oregon Starbucks Locations Among Hundreds Closing as Coffee Giant Restructures News By Bernadette Obrien On Sep 27, 2025 Credit: Dries Buytaert Starbucks announced that it is shutting down hundreds of stores and cutting more jobs as part of a restructuring plan, which includes several Starbucks stores in Southern Oregon. About 1% of Starbucks’ North American locations, including approximately 400 stores, will close this month as the restructuring plan, which aims to revive the str
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-17
Oregon Signs Onto Hyundai Kia Settlement Over Security Flaws but Offers Little Relief to Drivers Hit With Sky High Insurance Business By Diane Megaw On Dec 17, 2025 A coalition of 36 states, including Oregon, settled with Hyundai and Kia yesterday following the exposure of their vehicles as easy targets for thieves after a TikTok video went viral in 2022. Future cars from these manufacturers will have better security, but there’s not much to compensate owners who were unable to insure thei
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-17
Oregon Rolls Out Free Birth Control for OHP Members but Limited Pharmacy Access Threatens the Program’s Impact Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Dec 17, 2025 Last updated Dec 17, 2025 Birth control and emergency contraception are now available free of cost and without prescription from Oregon pharmacies to members of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP/Medicaid). However, while this initiative attempts to make contraception easily available, the lack of sufficient pharmacies in the state remains a majo
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-16
Home Invasion in Keizer Leads to Attempted Murder Charges Against Three Young Eugene Suspects Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Dec 16, 2025 Last updated Dec 16, 2025 Courtesy: Keizer Police Department LANE COUNTY, Ore. — Two young men and a teenage female have been arrested by Keizer Police Department detectives after a targeted home-invasion attack and robbery in the area of McGee Court NE on October 24. All Three are Charged With Attempted Murder All three have been charged wit
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-16
Oregon Cities Halt AI License Plate Reader Program After System Reactivates Cameras Without Permission News By Lucille McNamara On Dec 16, 2025 FILE - Interstate 5 - Interstate 84 Interchange in Portland | Photo by Seth Smigelski Flaws in the Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) system, installed in Eugene, could result in Oregon lawmakers introducing tighter controls over the AI system. Lawmakers heard from a work group, consisting of law enforcement agencies and concerned citizens, organized
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-12-15
Homemade Sauna Ignites Late Night Fire in Medford Backyard as Firefighters Rush to Contain Flames News By Diane Megaw On Dec 15, 2025 Medford Fire Department Photo MEDFORD, Ore. — Fire crews from Medford Firefighters Local 824 doused a fire caused by a homemade, wood-burning enclosed sauna in the early hours of yesterday morning. Still, the fire had caused extensive damage to the sauna and deck. Responding to a reported structure fire in the area of West 13th Street at approximately 12:17 a.m.,
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-14
Portland City Council Rejects Plan to Shift $4.3 Million From Homeless Camp Cleanup to Rent and Refugee Aid News By Lucille McNamara On Nov 14, 2025 FILE - Portland City Hall | Photo by Seth Smigelski PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council on Wednesday dismissed a proposal to redirect $4.3 million from the Impact Reduction Program (IRP) to support rent, food, and refugee assistance. Funds for the $14.7 million annual IRP budget are used to dismantle homeless campsites and to remove trash fro
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-11-15
Oregon Funds 43 Clean Transportation Projects in Major Push to Replace Diesel With Zero-Emission Vehicles Environment By Lucille McNamara On Nov 15, 2025 The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality yesterday awarded $11.5 million to projects focused on reducing diesel emissions. According to a DEQ news release, 43 of the 60 applications for funding have been awarded to Oregon businesses, government agencies, and equipment owners. The projects receiving the cash injection fall into three categ