Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-07-09
Oregon Deploys Emergency Fire Teams to Rogue Valley as Heat and Lightning Stoke Wildfire Fears News By Diane Megaw On Jul 9, 2025 JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Two structural task forces from Benton and Lane counties have been mobilized to the Rogue Valley in southern Oregon by the Oregon State Fire Marshal through Immediate Response to boost capacity as local structural and wildland firefighters responded to wildfires on Tuesday. Southern Oregon Wildfire Firefighters Get Additional Crews Respon
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-10
FBI Busts Suspected Portland Dealer for Distributing Fentanyl Tied to Fatal Overdose Case Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Jun 10, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland man is in custody pending further court proceedings following the death by suspected fentanyl overdose of a Wood Village resident earlier this month. Daryl Antonio Edward Turner (43) is facing charges of possession and distribution of fentanyl and possession of a firearm to further a drug trafficking crime. The incident occur
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-27
Oregon Moves to Make Birth Doulas and Postpartum Care a Right for All Mothers Politics & Elections Top Stories By Diane Megaw On Jun 27, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon senators passed Senate Bill 692 – which would require private health insurers to cover expanded health services for mothers and babies on the Oregon Health Plan on Monday, with broad bipartisan support. Oregon Senate Bill 692 To Cover More Birth Ser
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-01
Ashland Secures $73 Million Federal Loan to Advance Water Treatment Plant Amid FEMA Grant Cuts News By Diane Megaw On Jun 1, 2025 Courtesy: City of Ashland ASHLAND, Ore. — While recent changes to FEMA’s Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) grant have raised some concerns, the City of Ashland Water Treatment Plant Project remains fully funded through a long-term, low-cost federal loan, and additional grants are still being sought to help reduce the financial burden on local ra
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-16
California Woman Jailed for Stealing $1.3 Million in COVID Relief and $700,000 in Oregon Business Payroll Taxes Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 16, 2025 A California woman, 43-year-old Jamie McGowen, who stole almost $1.3 million in Covid-relief program funds and failed to pay the IRS over $700,000 in payroll taxes she collected from the employees of a small business in Salem, Oregon, has been jailed. Court documents indicate that McGowen owned or partially owned nine separate companies
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-16
Oregon Real Estate Tycoon Admits to $18 Million Ponzi Scheme Swindling Investors and Lenders Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 16, 2025 Co-owner of an Oregon real estate investment company, Robert D. Christensen (55) of Sherwood, yesterday pleaded guilty to committing $18 million fraud in a Ponzi-like scheme with his business partner, according to a news release from the Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office. They Convinced Investors to Fund Undervalued Residential Properties Court do
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-29
Oregon Lawmakers Push Bill to Boost Rideshare Driver Pay and Protections Despite Uber Backlash News By Lucille McNamara On May 29, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon lawmakers are on the brink of introducing legislation that will increase earnings and improve the working conditions of rideshare drivers who work for companies like Uber and Lyft. Senate Bill 1166 requires transportation network companies (TNC) to pay drivers a minimum o
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-16
Oregon Kindergarten Vaccination Rates Drop to Record Lows as Non-Medical Exemptions Soar News By Lucille McNamara On May 16, 2025 The Barbara Roberts Human Services Building in Salem houses the Oregon Health Authority. Vaccinations of Oregon kindergarten children continue a three-year pattern of decline, risking outbreaks in schools and communities of illnesses that are vaccine-preventable, says the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). The highest-ever number of pre-school non-medical exemptions was r
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-04
Oregon Man Faces 40 Years for Giving Psychedelic Drugs to High School Students Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Jun 4, 2025 Yesterday, a Milwaukie, Oregon resident, 22-year-old Jack E. Wagner, pleaded guilty to unlawfully distributing controlled substances, specifically psilocybin, to two West Linn high school students. The case- part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), was investigated by the West Linn Police Department with assistance from the FBI and Clackamas County Interagency Task For
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-22
Homeless Man Tied to Portland Mayor Firebomb Threat Now Faces 10 Years for Plotting to Blow Up Montana Courthouse Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 22, 2025 A homeless man, previously investigated, arrested, and convicted following an FBI investigation after threatening to set fire to the house of the Portland Mayor using Molotov cocktails, appeared in court yesterday after threatening to blow up a Montana county courthouse. Kermit “Ty” Poulson (46) pleaded guilty to an allegation th
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-14
Oregon State Police Hunt Father and Son for Poaching Wild Steelhead at Amacher Park News By Diane Megaw On May 14, 2025 A father and son were stopped in the parking lot at John P. Amacher Park on the North Umpqua River on Thursday, May 8. The Oregon State Police (OSP) are seeking them after a wild steelhead was later found stashed in bushes where one of them had been fishing. The public is asked to provide information on the pair, and significant rewards are offered. Oregon State Police Photo Or
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-30
FBI Manhunt Ends with Oregon Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nine Years After Seizure of Narcotics and Modified Firearms Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 30, 2025 An Oregon man who missed his sentencing last year was yesterday handed a nine-year federal prison term for trafficking drugs. Authorities say the case involved more than 40 pounds of fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine. FBI Agents Discovered 3,000 Fake Fentanyl Pills and a Firearm Modified to Operate as a Machine Gun
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-17
Oregon Authorities Seize Ailing Animals from West Coast Game Park Safari for Urgent Veterinary Care News By Diane Megaw On May 17, 2025 Last updated May 17, 2025 Lion in enclosure at WSGPS on 5-15-25 | Courtesy: Oregon State Police After multiple search warrants were served at the West Coast Game Park Safari near Bandon on Thursday, the Oregon State Police (OSP)- working with local, state, and federal partners, have begun a forensic assessment of the animals in dire condition seized during the o
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-02
Oregon Motorcyclist Cited After Hitting 152 MPH on Highway in One of Fastest Stops Ever Recorded News By Diane Megaw On Jun 2, 2025 A Sunday evening bike ride ended for Austin Raszler, 35, of Sandy, as he headed east near Southeast 282nd Avenue at about 6:23 p.m. and was clocked at 152 mph, one of highest speeds ever recorded by Oregon State Police (OSP) last Sunday. Raszler was cited for excessive speed. An OSP trooper and a state police recruit stopped Razler after clocking his speed on his ne
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-06-06
Oregon Republicans Lose Battle to Ban Trans Athletes from Girls Sports in Contentious House Vote Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Jun 6, 2025 Last updated Jun 6, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon Republicans failed to collect enough support to ban transgenders from participating in girls school sports events, saying they should not have to compete against male-born opponents. House Bill Also Called for Segregate
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-20
Tragic Loss of Joyful Sixth Grader Elios Renteria Sparks Community Support in Portland News By Lucille McNamara On May 20, 2025 Elios Renteria, a sixth grader at Hosford Middle School in Portland who died from a gunshot wound in the backyard of his Clackamas County home on Tuesday, 13 May, was a joyful 12-year-old child according to his peers at the school. School Starts a GoFundMe Page Paying tribute to Elios on a GoFundMe page started by the school and which has already raised more than
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-12
Portland’s Homicide Surge Continues as Man Found Dead in Old Town Shooting Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On May 12, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A man died in a shooting in Old Town, Portland, on Sunday, bringing to at least 11 the number of homicides recorded in the city since the beginning of the year. Officers from the Portland Central Precinct received a report of shots fired at 7.03 a.m. at Northwest Naito Parkway near the Steel Bridge. An adult male was dead on the scene when police arri
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-31
Oregon Senate Passes Landmark Bill Banning Plastic Bags at Retail Checkouts Statewide News By Diane Megaw On May 31, 2025 Senate Bill 551, the bill banning all bags made of plastic film at checkout in restaurants, grocery stores, and other retail locations, passed the Oregon Senate with a vote of 22-8, taking a step closer to becoming law. The Oregon Senate approved the sweeping ban on March 11, and the Oregon House Committee on Climate, Energy, and Environment approved Senate Bill 511, banning
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-14
Grants Pass Police Crack Down on Retail Theft with Zero-Tolerance Operation at WinCo and Walmart Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On May 14, 2025 GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The Grants Pass Police partnered with local agencies on Saturday in an operation that seeks to thwart retail theft at WinCo and Walmart on Grants Pass Parkway. Joining forces with the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, Josephine County Community Corrections, WinCo Loss Prevention, and Wal-Mart Loss Prevention, the Grants Pass Polic
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-05-04
Oregon Public Universities Raise Tuition Nearly 30% in a Decade as State Funding Lags Behind Inflation Education By Diane Megaw On May 4, 2025 FILE - University of Oregon Portland - Downtown Campus | Photo by Seth Smigelski The average inflation-adjusted cost of undergraduate tuition for Oregon residents at the state’s seven public universities next year will be nearly 30% higher than a decade ago, following increases being considered or adopted by every university board for the next schoo