Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-28
Oregon Prison Guard Sentenced for Sexual Misconduct with Inmate with Psychiatric Disability Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 28, 2025 A former correctional officer at the Coffee Creek Women’s Prison in Wilsonville, Oregon, Levi David Gray, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on two counts of first-degree custodial sexual misconduct involving a female inmate. Gray was sentenced in the Washington County Court on Friday, and will also serve five years on probation after his relea
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-22
Coos County Woman In Custody After Crashing Into School Bus In High-Speed DUII Incident Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 22, 2025 COOS COUNTY, Ore. — Deputies from the Coos County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) arrested Amanda Vancannon, a 38-year-old Coos County woman, on Tuesday morning after she allegedly crashed her vehicle into a school bus that had stopped to pick up a child. Vancannon faces DUII and other charges arising from the incident. Responding to multiple 911 calls reporting
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-25
Oregon State University’s Breakthrough Chip Cuts AI Language Model Energy Use by Half Education By Diane Megaw On May 25, 2025 Oregon State University | Credit: saml123 Oregon State University (OSU) researchers have developed groundbreaking technology designed to cut the energy consumption of artificial intelligence’s Large Language Models (LLMs) by half, addressing the potential shortfall in available energy projected for 2026. OSU Technology To Halve Electricity Use Of LLMs
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-28
Iranian Hacker Pleads Guilty to RobbinHood Ransomware Attacks Affecting Gresham, Oregon Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 28, 2025 A 37-year-old Iranian man, Sina Gholinejad, pleaded guilty to participating in an international scheme involving the Robbinhood ransomware yesterday. The cyber-attacks were conducted across the US as Gholinejad and his associates compromised computer networks to extort ransom payments. Robbinhood Ransomware Kingpin Pleads Guilty The Robbinhood ransomware and e
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-20
Violent Pimp Sentenced to 11 Years for Trafficking Juveniles Across Oregon and Washington Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 20, 2025 Last updated May 20, 2025 The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Washington confirmed that a violent pimp, 35-year-old Dominique Terrel Gonzales from Washington State, who trafficked victims across the country, was sentenced to 11 years in prison yesterday. Pimp Who Preyed On Oregon & Washington Juveniles Sentenced Gonzales pr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-11
Federal Judge Blocks Homeland Security from Deporting Oregon University Students Over Arbitrary SEVIS Terminations News By Diane Megaw On May 11, 2025 A federal judge, U.S. District Judge Michael J. McShane, extended a temporary restraining order on Friday against Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), barring them from removing two students at Oregon universities by terminating their SEVIS records as a precursor to their arrest, detention, and deportation. Irreparable
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-04
Oregon Man Found Not Guilty by Insanity for Triple Murder Is Committed Indefinitely to State Psychiatric Care Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jun 4, 2025 A federal judge has committed 52-year-old Joseph K. Banks, a diagnosed schizophrenic and serial killer, to the lifelong jurisdiction of the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board. While the ruling places him under state psychiatric care indefinitely, Banks could be released if he no longer poses a threat to others. He Was Liv
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-23
Oregon Man Convicted After Driving Into Yellowstone Park Worker Redirecting Traffic Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 23, 2025 A Bend, Oregon man, 67-year-old David Tyler Regnier, was convicted by a federal jury on Wednesday for assaulting a federal employee with a dangerous weapon. The charges arose from a September 18, 2024, incident when Regnier drove his Jeep into a Yellowstone National Park employee attempting to redirect traffic around a construction zone. In the three-day trial bef
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-19
Oregon Humanities Council is Suing DOGE for Unlawfully Blocking Endowment Grants News By Lucille McNamara On May 19, 2025 Elon Musk | Courtesy: TED The Oregon Humanities Council has asked a federal judge to declare as unlawful the move by DOGE to block and terminate endowment grants that would have been spent on rural libraries, mental health sessions, and storytelling projects. An operation grant of $2.5 million was approved for the Humanities Council, effective from 1 November 2022 to 31 Octob
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-17
Former Homes for Good Payroll Specialist Arrested for Embezzling $560,000 from Lane County Housing Authority Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 17, 2025 LANE COUNTY, Ore. — A former Homes for Good HR and payroll specialist for Lane County’s housing authority, Miranda Renee Wilcox (59), has been arrested in connection with an alleged embezzlement scheme involving $560,000. Wilcox was arrested by the Eugene Police Department on Wednesday after the agency contacted them last September ab
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-30
Oregon’s New Homeland Security Roadmap Strengthens Defenses Against Wildfires, Cyberattacks, and Extremism News By Diane Megaw On May 30, 2025 The Oregon Department of Emergency Management (OEM) laid out the state’s Comprehensive Homeland Security Strategy 2025 to 2028, which seeks to address natural, technological, or human-caused risks as they arise over the next three years. Oregon Homeland Security Plan To Strengthen Threat Risk Management The 2025-28 Oregon Homeland Security St
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-15
Oregon Senate Passes Bill Banning AI-Generated Intimate Deepfakes to Safeguard Women and Children News By Diane Megaw On May 15, 2025 The Oregon Senate passed House Bill 2299 A earlier this month, a modification that would ban AI-generated porn sharing. HB 2299A, which relates to the unlawful dissemination of intimate images, was modified to include the disclosure of “a computer-generated explicit likeness” under the banned unlawful dissemination of an intimate image provision. HB229
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-04
Illegal Immigrant Behind Oregon’s Largest Meth Operation Ever Gets 15 Years in Federal Prison Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jun 4, 2025 Last updated Jun 4, 2025 A Mexican national and leader of a drug trafficking cell in Lane County was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for possession of the largest ever single seizure of methamphetamine in the history of Oregon. Found in Possession of 384 Pounds of Meth Martin Manzo Negrete (51), a Mexican living illegally in
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-06
Oregon Juvenile Caught Planning Chlorine Bomb and Shooting Rampage at Mall in Washington News By Lucille McNamara On Jun 6, 2025 A juvenile from Columbia County who conspired to a mass shooting and bomb attack at the Three Rivers Mall at Kelso in Washington state last month has been arrested by the Portland FBI Field Office and local law enforcement officers. The teenager, whose name cannot be released because he is a minor, was arrested on 22 May after details of the planned attack were reporte
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-24
Roseburg Man Arrested for Stealing Seven Exotic Lizards from Local Business Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 24, 2025 ROSEBURG, Ore. — A Roseburg man, 29-year-old Jesse Lee Proffitt, was arrested on Wednesday night after surveillance videos in Jungle Things Oregon, a Roseburg business, showed him stealing seven exotic lizards. Responding to reports of a theft at 11:30 p.m. on May 21, Roseburg Police Department (RDP) officers were informed by the victim that the alleged theft occurred whi
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-06
Bear and Cub Spotted in North Medford Prompt Safety Warning from Police News By Diane Megaw On Jun 6, 2025 Medford Police Photo UPDATE: Both bears now appear to have left the W Veneto Circle and Camina Drive neighborhood and moved into nearby fields and orchards. Residents are still urged to remain alert while walking or driving in the area. MEDFORD Ore. — North Medford residents were excited to see a mother bear and her cub in the area earlier this week, but the Medford Police Department (MPD)
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-16
Salem Man’s False Identity Unraveled as K-9 Sniffs Out Nine Pounds of Meth in Douglas County Bust Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 16, 2025 Last updated May 16, 2025 DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — An investigation into a Salem man suspected of trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine in the Douglas County area ended in the arrest of Enrique Gonzalez-Hernandez by the Douglas Interagency Narcotics Team (DINT) on Wednesday night. As Gonzalez-Hernandez drove into Douglas from Salem south
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-21
Pet Goat Killed in Oregon Burglary – Man Jailed After Showing No Remorse Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 21, 2025 An Oregon man was sentenced on Monday to 38 months in prison and three years supervision after burglarizing a property in Dallas last October, and killing the family pet goat. Matthew Alan Luker (50) appeared before Judge Rafael Caso in the Poly County Circuit Court on charges of first-degree burglary and aggravated animal abuse. Judge Says the Man Displayed No S
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-13
Oregon Senate Omnibus Bill Aims to Curtail Violent Deaths and Crimes with Stricter Gun Control Reforms News By Lucille McNamara On May 13, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Yesterday, the Oregon legislature considered a Senate Omnibus Bill to promote public safety and responsible gun ownership. The bill follows the controversial gun control Measure 114, which has faced innumerable legal challenges since it was approved in 2020. The Omnibus
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-08
Oregon’s Addiction Crisis Worsens as Study Reveals 3,000‑Bed Shortfall for Treatment Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Jun 8, 2025 The Barbara Roberts Human Services Building in Salem houses the Oregon Health Authority. A recent study undertaken by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) to assess behavioral health facility capacity and withdrawal management facilities across the state concluded that Oregon has a shortfall of 3,000 adult mental health beds. Oregon Ranks Last for Access to Trea