Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-06
Oregon Moves to Outlaw ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Firefighting Foam Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Mar 6, 2025 Ashland, Oregon Oregon is on the brink of becoming the 16 th state to outlaw ‘forever chemicals’ in firefighting foam believed to be in the bloodstream of every person in America, according to testing and research by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PFAS Has Leached into Streams and Rivers, Contaminating Water Supplies PFAS does not break down
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-26
Fatal Highway 101 Crash Claims Life of Brookings Pedestrian News By Diane Megaw On Feb 26, 2025 CURRY COUNTY, Ore. — Oregon State Police (OSP), who responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian crash on Highway 101, near milepost 359, in Curry County on Saturday at 10:49 p.m., confirmed that the pedestrian injured in the crash, William Donald Zehdner (63) of Brookings, passed away from his injuries in hospital. The Brookings Police Department and Harbor Fire assisted OSP. According to the preliminary
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-07
Wheelchair-bound Oregon Man Dies In Fatal Camas Valley House Fire News By Diane Megaw On Mar 7, 2025 Credit: Eric Rider A 76-year-old man was found dead in a Camas Valley house fire Wednesday evening after firefighters had extinguished a blazing house fire. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) confirmed that DCSO, with the Camas Valley, Tenmile, and Lookingglass Fire Departments, Central Douglas Fire and Rescue, Winston Police Department, Umpqua Valley Ambulance, REACH Air Medical Services
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-12
Medford Manhunt: Adam Hausa Arrested After Armed Standoff Near McLoughlin Middle School Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Feb 12, 2025 Medford Police Photo MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a report of a menacing with a handgun, the area around the 400 block of N. Grape St, Medford, was closed off yesterday as the Medford Police Department (MPD) attended the scene. By 6.30 pm, the suspect, 31-year-old Adam Hausa, had been arrested. Police closed off the Grape Street area yesterday, and McLoughlin Mid
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-17
Douglas County Sheriff’s Office Busts Large-Scale Chop Shop, Recovers Stolen Vehicles and Makes Multiple Arrests Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Feb 17, 2025 Credit: Eric Rider DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore — The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office (DCSO) confirmed that a months-long investigation into a large-scale chop shop operation in northern Douglas County ended with the successful recovery of several stolen vehicles and property. Multiple arrests were also made. Douglas County P
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-13
Oregon Senators Demand RFK Jr. Launch Vaccine Push as Measles Outbreak Claims First U.S. Lives in a Decade News By Diane Megaw On Mar 13, 2025 Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. | Credit: Gage Skidmore Following the first measles deaths in the US in a decade, US Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have called on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to take immediate action to curb the spread of measles. Oregon Urges Vaccinating In Light Of Deadly Measles Outbreak In a letter to R
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-09
Providence Healthcare Strike: St. Vincent Hospitalists Approve Contract, But Medford Nurses Reject Offer News By Diane Megaw On Feb 9, 2025 Providence Medford Medical Center MEDFORD, Ore. — While hospitalists and palliative care physicians at Providence St. Vincent in Portland have approved their tentative agreement, Providence Healthcare nurses in Medford have voted to reject it. St Vincent’s agreement is the first contract for the 70+ hospitalists who unionized with PNWHMA in August 2023
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-12
Jaguar Land Rover to Invest $180M in Portland for Next-Gen Self-Driving Tech Business By Diane Megaw On Feb 12, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced plans to invest $180m into its Portland, Oregon, engineering facility yesterday. The funds are intended as part of the carmaker’s global drive to join next-generation connectivity and autonomous driving systems for future vehicles. Jaguar Land Rover Portland Engineering Facility Gets $180m Boost Significant investment
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-25
High-Tech Hunt Nabs Medford Shooting Suspects in Midnight Chase Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Feb 25, 2025 Courtesy: Medford Police MEDFORD, Ore. — Responding to reports of shots fired in the 800 block of Archer Dr. on Saturday just before midnight, Medford Police officers quickly deployed technology to follow, find, and arrest the suspects who had sped away from the scene. Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots, and officers found bullet impacts on the residence on their arrival, but
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-11
Portland Police Execute Massive Retail Theft Bust at Mall 205, 29 Arrested Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Feb 11, 2025 By the end of a retail theft mission conducted by officers from Portland’s East Precinct officers, in collaboration with Multnomah County Parole & Probation, the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (MCSCO), Neighborhood Response Teams from all three precincts, and business partners on Thursday, February 6 the Mall 205 in and Gateway areas, 29 people had been arrested and
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-26
ODE Launches Program to Improve the Literacy Skills of Oregon’s 309k Middle and High School Students Education By Lucille McNamara On Feb 26, 2025 Corvallis High School | Courtesy: Oregon Secretary of State In an all-out effort to improve the poor scholastic literacy achievements of students in public middle and high schools in recent years, the Department of Education (ODE) is launching a statewide program entitled the Oregon Adolescent |Literacy Framework (OALF). The director of the ODE, Charl
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-19
Josephine County Residents Warned of Bitcoin Scammers Posing as Officials Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Feb 19, 2025 Last updated Feb 19, 2025 JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Scammers claiming to be from reputable companies or law enforcement agencies are extorting money in the form of so-called Bitcoin investments from gullible residents, warns the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO). Scammers Pose as Representatives of Reputable Companies or Law Enforcement Officers The JCSO s
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-08
Armed Oregon Man Barricaded In Basement Arrested After Evading Police in Multi-County Chase Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Feb 8, 2025 A Coos Bay man, Deven Dunn, 34, driving dangerously through populated areas as he led police on several chases on Wednesday, February 5, was arrested on Thursday night after barricading himself in the basement of a house in Eighth Terrace in Coos Bay with a gun. Dunn had initially sped off in a car stolen in Curry County before evading police, who caught up
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-12
Oregon Senate Approves Sweeping Ban on Single-Use Shopping Bags, Utensils, and Hotel Toiletries News By Diane Megaw On Mar 12, 2025 Photographer: Marco Verch The Oregon State Senate passed SB511 yesterday to ban single-use checkout bags statewide. If the bill passes the House of Representatives, Oregonians will only be able to use recycled paper bags, and they will cost at least five cents per bag. SB511: Oregon Single-Use Checkout Ban Passes Senate Currently, stores are banned from issui
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-19
Oregon Veterinarian Labeled a Monster by his Former Lover at His Life Sentencing Yesterday Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Feb 19, 2025 Last updated Feb 19, 2025 The former lover of a well-known and respected Oregon City veterinarian labeled him a monster when he was sentenced to life imprisonment yesterday (Tuesday) for murdering her husband in the garage of the Intel campus in Hillsboro. A Sobbing Tanya Fandrich Told How She Was Finally Left a Widow A sobbing Tanya Fandrich (5
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-07
Oregon Gun Rights Group Ordered to Pay $66K in Legal Fees After Losing Fight Against Measure 114 Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Mar 7, 2025 The Oregon Firearms Federation (OFF) must pay a Portland civil defense trial lawyer $66,161.82 in unpaid fees, plus interest, for his legal work on behalf of the organization that challenged gun control Measure 114. In a recent Clackamas County court ruling, Senior Judge Marilyn E. Litzenberger found that John Kaempf’s legal firm performed its wor
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-16
Portland Has the Dubious Honor of Hosting Three of the Worst Highways for Traffic Snarl-Ups in Oregon News By Lucille McNamara On Mar 16, 2025 FILE - Interstate 5 - Interstate 84 Interchange in Portland | Photo by Seth Smigelski Portland comes out tops for the worst traffic snarl-ups in Oregon, with drivers entering a mental state of a third dimension while sitting for what seems a lifetime in unmoving lanes of vehicles. Which Rush Hour Traffic Makes You Rethink Your Life? This fact was r
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-27
Oregon Boosts Early Learning Access for Nearly 2,000 More Children With Disabilities Since 2020 Education By Diane Megaw On Mar 27, 2025 A report released by the Oregon Department of Education and the Department of Early Learning and Care yesterday indicates that almost two thousand more children with disabilities in Oregon received special education services in early childhood learning classrooms in the 2023-24 school year compared to the 2020-21 school year. More Children With Disabilit
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-28
Judge Dismisses Insanity Plea for Christmas Eve Shooting of Oregon Mail Carrier Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Mar 28, 2025 An insanity plea for the Christmas Eve shooting and wounding of an Oregon mail carrier was dismissed on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge J. Immergut, who ruled that Kevin Eugene Irvine was aware that his actions were illegal. Shooter Made Three DoorDash Deliveries After Attacking Target The shooting occurred in Milwaukie on Christmas Eve 2022 when Irvine r
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-04
Deputy Caught Faking Jail Checks in Multnomah County Sheriff’s Sting Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Mar 4, 2025 Multnomah County Justice Center | Credit: Another Believer Another person has been held accountable in Multnomah County Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell’s crackdown on jail deputies. On Friday, ex-sheriff’s deputy Johnathan Lee Taylor, 38, pleaded guilty to a count of second-degree official misconduct for falsely logging security and welfare checks while on duty. Multnoma