Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-11
Survey Finds Oregon’s White-Collar Workforce Most Worried About AI Replacing Them News By Diane Megaw On Aug 11, 2025 In a survey of 3,034 employees, Oregon Service Reps are the #1 group when it comes to being fearful of being replaced, followed by Graphic Designers, Data Entry Clerks, and other white-collar workers. Oregon Workers Most Fearful Of Being Replaced By AI As workers from copywriters to customer service reps, paralegals to financial analysts, workers in traditionally “safe” of
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-12
Southeast Portland Welfare Check Turns Into Armed Standoff and Murder Investigation Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Aug 12, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — What started as a routine welfare check in Southeast Portland on Sunday night spiraled into an armed standoff that ended with a homicide investigation. Caller Reports a Dead Woman In the Home Around 6:30 p.m. on August 10, officers from the Portland Police Bureau’s East Precinct were dispatched to a home in the 2000 block of Southeast
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-19
Oregon Man Gets 3 Years for Selling Fatal Dose of Fentanyl to Childhood Friend Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jul 19, 2025 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Enrique Rodriguez-Banuelos (32) has been sentenced to 37 months in a federal prison for selling a $20 packet of fentanyl powder to an old school friend who died from toxicity. Friend Had Been Sober For More Than Four Years Evidence on Wednesday was that Travis Rister (29) had been sober for more than four years when he was found dead
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-13
Teen With Loaded Handgun Arrested in Salem McDonald’s Parking Lot Shooting Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jul 13, 2025 Firearm recovered during investigation of shots fired in South Salem | Courtesy: Salem Police Dept. SALEM, Ore. — A 17-year-old juvenile has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting at a McDonald’s eatery located at 5090 Commercial St. SE, Salem, on 30 June. He is the fourth suspect arrested by the Salem Police Department, believed to be involved in the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-11
Triple-Digit Heat Bears Down on Southern Oregon as Cooling Shelters Open News By Lucille McNamara On Aug 11, 2025 Oregonians will be subjected to extreme heat that could soar into the lower 100s in the Rogue Valley, prompting the opening of weather shelters. The National Weather Service (NWS) states that high temperatures in the upper 90s will prevail through to Wednesday, with the heat moderating somewhat to the upper 80s by Thursday. The NWS says winds from the north and northwest will prevail
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-13
Grants Pass Area Home Becomes Scene of Murder-Suicide That Killed Family of Five Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Aug 13, 2025 GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with gunshot wounds. After it was reported an adult female at the residence had uncharacteristically not shown up for work on Monday, police
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-22
Deputy Shoots and Kills Suspect After Wild Chase From Washington Into Oregon Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jul 22, 2025 An officer from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) is on administrative leave following his involvement in the fatal shooting of a suspect near Merrill Creek on Sunday. Oregon State Police is Investigating Oregon State Police (OSP) is investigating the shooting involving the officer, Deputy Sean Luedke, under the guidance of the Columbia County Distr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-08-12
Boaters Trapped on Rocks at Edge of Santiam River Falls Pulled to Safety in Marion County News By Diane Megaw On Aug 12, 2025 MARION COUNTY, Ore. — Two men pinned between rocks at the top edge of the falls on the Santiam River near Mill City on Friday were successfully rescued without any injuries. Responding to several 9-1-1 calls about a man stranded on the rocks at around 3 p.m. Friday, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) Marine Patrol and four fire departments arrived to find two
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-30
OHSU Study Finds COVID Causes Metabolic and Cognitive Changes Long After Virus Clears News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 30, 2025 FILE - OHSU in Portland | Photo by Seth Smigelski A COVID-19 study on rhesus monkeys conducted by scientists at Oregon Health & Science University has revealed that a seemingly short-term illness has a lasting impact on the body long after the virus has disappeared. Although previously unexposed and unvaccinated, rhesus monkeys infected with the delta variant of the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-29
Two Children Test Positive for Meth After Portland Mom Found Unresponsive at Home Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Jul 29, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland woman, 23-year-old Chloe Alethia Barnes, was arraigned last Thursday on four counts of criminal mistreatment and two counts of child neglect after witnesses reported her 3-year-old child wandering the streets around 7 p.m. on July 23, in Southeast Portland. Court documents indicate that Portland Police officers responded to reports of the
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-30
Honduran National Caught in Portland with Ten Pounds of Fentanyl and a Sweetener Used to Cut Drugs Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jul 30, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — An Illegal immigrant has been sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to possession and conspiracy to distribute fentanyl in Oregon. Edis Odalis Centeno Banegas (45), a Honduran national living illegally in Portland, appeared in court on Monday and was also sentenced to three years of supervised release. &
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-30
Klamath County Cuts All Animal Control Funding, Leaving Just Two Clerks to Cover Entire Region News By Diane Megaw On Jul 30, 2025 KLAMATH COUNTY, Ore. — The Klamath County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) indicated that staffing cuts following the removal of all county general fund dollars from Animal Control for this fiscal year included the loss of four Animal Control Operations positions. As a result, public hours have been adjusted. In a letter, KCSO confirmed that three Animal Control Deputy positi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-30
Grants Pass Poacher Wanted After Buck Shot and Abandoned Near NW Vine Street News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 30, 2025 Oregon State Police Photo GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Oregon State Police are searching for the person or persons who shot a buck deer and left it to die in Grants Pass on July 21. The police from the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Division are appealing to the public who have information about the incident to contact them asap. A buck deer was fatally shot on private land located on NW Vine S
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-30
Oregon Becomes First State to Guarantee Insurance Coverage for Advanced Breast Reconstruction News By Diane Megaw On Jul 30, 2025 Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed Senate Bill 1137, ensuring that health insurers must now cover autologous breast reconstruction surgery, which uses the patient’s own tissue rather than implants. Signing the bill puts Oregon, the first state in the nation to guarantee access to advanced breast reconstruction surgery for women post-mastectomy, at the forefront o
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-30
Drive-By Shooter Still at Large as Medford Police Hunt for Blue Dodge Pickup Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Jul 30, 2025 Medford Police Photo MEDFORD, Ore. — As part of a drive-by shooting investigation, the Medford Police Department (MPD) has asked the public to help identify the blue Dodge Pickup in this video: The blue Dodge pictured in the video was used in two drive-by shootings: early in the morning of July 26 and again during the early morning of July 27, in the 3600 b
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-17
FBI Extradites Armenian Hacker Behind Ryuk Ransomware That Crippled Oregon Tech Company Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jul 17, 2025 The FBI is making progress in the investigation and arrest of foreign nationals involved in ransomware attacks and an extortion conspiracy targeting an Oregon tech company, as well as similar operations throughout the United States. Conspirators Extorted $15 Million From Companies in Oregon and Elsewhere in the Country The four co-conspirators alle
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-11
Grand Jury Clears Officer After Knife-Wielding Suspect Shot in Medford Park Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Jul 11, 2025 MEDFORD, Ore. — A Jackson County Grand Jury cleared Medford Police Officer David Leal in the July 4 shooting of Salvador Sanchez, 55, in Hawthorne Park, but Sanchez was indicted on multiple felony charges related to the incident. Grand Jury Decision In Hawthorne Park Shooting The Grand Jury said Leal was legally justified under Oregon statute ORS 161.242 in using d
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-18
City Pushes for Tax Boost to Turn Medford Into Oregon’s Next Major Events Hub News By Lucille McNamara On Jul 18, 2025 Medford City Hall. Jackson County, Oregon | Credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives MEDFORD, Ore. — Residents of Medford will be asked to vote for a 2% increase to the maximum allowable Transient Lodging Tax (TLT) on the November 2025 ballot. The proposed increase is part of the City Council’s broader vision to transform downtown Medford into a vibrant and active hub for a
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-17
Man Extradited to Oregon to Face Murder Charges in 1983 Josephine County Cold Case Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Jul 17, 2025 JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Justice is prosecuting 72-year-old Mark Sanfratello for the 1983 Murder of Teresa Peroni in Josephine County. He has been extradited to Oregon and was arraigned in court yesterday. 40-Year-Old Cold Case Suspect Finally In Court Four decades after the disappearance of Peroni, a Josephine County woman, Sanfrant
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-29
Oregon Governor Says Affordable Housing Shortage Is Driving the State’s Homelessness Crisis Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Jul 29, 2025 FILE - Oregon Governor Tina Kotek Oregon’s shortage of affordable housing is the ‘stubborn engine of our homelessness crisis,’ Governor Tina Kotek said yesterday when she ceremoniously signed housing-related bills into law. The ceremony took place at the Century Commons construction site in Hillsboro, where 18 affordable homes are nearing comple