Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-14
Portland, Bend, and Eugene Lead as Oregon’s Top Cities for Launching Startups with Strong Local Government Support Business By Lucille McNamara On Apr 14, 2025 Willamette River in Portland Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Portland, Bend, and Eugene are the top three cities selected by entrepreneurs to launch a startup business in Oregon. The cities are ranked among the top 150 places in the U.S. to launch a new business in a poll of 3,024 respondents conducted by MarketBeat.com, a financia
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-31
Hit-And-Run Driver Smashes into Second Vehicle While Attempting to Escape from Milwaukie Police News By Lucille McNamara On Mar 31, 2025 Last updated Mar 31, 2025 CLACKAMAS COUNTY, Ore. — After slamming head-on into an oncoming vehicle, the driver fled the scene in his badly damaged vehicle before crashing into a stationary car and surrendering to Milwaukie law enforcement officers. Victim of Head-On was Injured and Admitted to Hospital The incident occurred shortly before 9.05 p.m. on Sa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-17
Oregon Senator Demands Investigative Hearing as Musk’s DOGE Threatens Social Security Payments for 73 Million Americans Politics & Elections By Lucille McNamara On Mar 17, 2025 Elon Musk | Courtesy: TED The disregard with which Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) treats the Social Security Administration (SSA) threatens to disrupt and delay payments, prompting Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, a Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee Democrats, to call for an investigative
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-29
Sudden End To Oregon’s $117 Million In Federal Covid-Era Grants Will Affect Key Health Initiatives News By Diane Megaw On Mar 29, 2025 The Barbara Roberts Human Services Building in Salem houses the Oregon Health Authority. The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), terminated approximately $117 million in federal grants and funding, affecting pr
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-12
Roseburg Man’s Harley Ride Ends in Fatal Crash Found by Friend News By Diane Megaw On Apr 12, 2025 Credit: Eric Rider ROSEBURG, Ore. — The search for a Roseburg man, Terry Eugene Kruh, 63, ended on Thursday, April 10 when a friend, who was one of the searchers, found the body of Kruh and his motorcycle crashed in the 6600 block of Roberts Creek Road in dense blackberry bushes. Kruh, who was last seen around 5:00 p.m. on April 9 when he left for a motorcycle ride on his 2004 yellow Harley Davidso
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-21
Eugene Police Arrest Two Teenagers Shooting at Cars With Lifelike Airsoft Gun Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Mar 21, 2025 EUGENE, Ore. — Responding to reports of teenage boys shooting at passing cars passing a downtown parking garage on Tuesday just before 9:30 a.m., Eugene Police Department (EPD) officers arrested the pair. They found a realistic-looking airsoft gun with an extended magazine and a spring-loaded knife. The teenagers, aged 13 and 14 and dressed in black, allegedly shot at p
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-18
Coos County Deputies Arrest Two Suspects in Brutal Johnson Mill Pond Murder Case Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Mar 18, 2025 Two people have been arrested and charged with murder by Coos County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) deputies following the discovery of the body of Larry Burkhow at Johnson Mill Pond on 12 March. The following day, deputies arrested Elaine Warner (57) in Brookings, and on 15 March they arrested a second suspect, Michael Finley (60), near Langlois, an unincorporated Cur
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-25
Ashland Leads Oregon Destinations with a Foreign Vibe, Survey Reveals Travel & Outdoors By Bernadette Obrien On Mar 25, 2025 FILE - Lithia Park & Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland | Photo by Seth Smigelski In a recent traveler poll of U.S. destinations with a ‘foreign feel,’ several places in Oregon were included in the list of the most sought-after destinations offering international charm. Ashland ranked among the top places. Most Sought After Places In Oregon That
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-10
Oregon Lawmakers Unite to Fund Summer Reading Programs for Struggling Students with New House Bill Education By Diane Megaw On Apr 10, 2025 FILE - Oregon State Capitol - October 2024 - Salem, Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski House Bill 2007, legislation seeking to expand access to summer literacy programs, especially for students reading below grade level, was unanimously passed in the Oregon House of Representatives. Oregon Summer Literacy Program Additional Funding For Learners Who Read
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-15
Eagle Point Cocaine Dealers Busted with Drugs, Ghost Guns, and Cash in Multi-Agency Sting Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Apr 15, 2025 Medford Police Photo MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a two-month investigation, two Eagle Point cocaine dealers, 55-year-old Ulysses Timothy Chappel III and 52-year-old Stacy Lyn Cramer, were arrested on April 3 by Medford Area Drug and Gang Enforcement team (MADGE) detectives who also seized drugs, guns, cash, vehicles, and ghost guns. The MADGE investigation, su
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-11
Portland Man Faces Charges After Breaking Into Apartment and Attacking Sleeping Woman Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Apr 11, 2025 PORTLAND, Ore. — A 39-year-old man who broke into a Portland apartment and assaulted a woman who was sleeping is facing multiple sexual assault charges. Michael Lynn Moore, Jr. was booked into the Multnomah County Detention Center on charges of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration, second-degree sexual abuse, third-degree sexual abuse, and first-degree
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-07
Washington County Sheriff’s Sting Catches Sixteen Shoplifters in Target and Home Depot Theft Crackdown Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Apr 7, 2025 In an operation that saw the Washington County Sheriff’s Office collaborate with the Beaverton Police Department, sixteen people were arrested on Friday, April 4, on suspicion of theft at Target and Home Depot stores in Beaverton and Washington County. Police joined loss prevention staff from Target and Home Depot in an organized retail theft mis
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-23
Oregon Deliveryman Claims $118k from City of Portland After Attack by an Unrestrained Police Dog Crime & Courts By Lucille McNamara On Mar 23, 2025 An Oregon deliveryman, bitten by an off-leash police dog while delivering packages from Amazon Flex to a home in Clackamas County in January, is suing the City of Portland after spending nearly $18,000 in medical expenses to treat his injuries. Khalid Fasasi is claiming $118,000 in damages, claiming he was attacked by Tex, a Portland police Germa
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-04-10
Grants Pass Woman Arrested for Stabbing Husband After Hiding in Park Following Brutal Attack Crime & Courts By Diane Megaw On Apr 10, 2025 GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A 39-year-old Grants Pass woman, Allison Jenkins, has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her husband on Tuesday, April 8t, at about 2:18 p.m. in the 1400 block of East Park Street. Grants Pass Police, responding to the report of the stabbing attack, indicated that Allison had fled the scene before they arrived. Her husband was take
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-13
Oregon Coast Visitors Urged to Tread Lightly as Threatened Snowy Plovers Fight for Survival During Nesting Season Environment By Lucille McNamara On Mar 13, 2025 Plovers and nest | Courtesy: Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. Visitors to the Oregon coastal regions should respect the 40 miles of a 362-mile coastline set aside to protect threatened western snowy plovers during their nesting season. The season is from mid-March to mid-September 2025. Beachgoers Can Help by Adhering to the Rul
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-21
Oregon Governor Urged to Order Lone Wolf Preying on Lake County Calves Shot or Captured News By Lucille McNamara On Feb 21, 2025 FILE - Ranch Land in Southern Oregon | Photo by Seth Smigelski Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has been requested to direct the Department of Fish and Wildlife to capture or shoot a lone wolf that is killing calves in Lake County. The urgent request follows a Public Safety and Livestock Emergency declaration by the Lake County Board of Commissioners, effective since Tuesday
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-02-25
Oregon Property Owners Face Looming Deadline to Appeal Wildfire Hazard Map Designations News By Diane Megaw On Feb 25, 2025 Following Oregon Governor Kotek’s announcement last week instructing Forestry officials to hold off on referring any wildfire hazard map designation appeals to the Office of Administrative Hearings until after the legislative session, the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) clarified that the deadline for appeals remains March 10, but the appeal will only be dealt with late
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-11
Oregon’s Manufacturing Slump Hits Timber and Tech Jobs Hard as Unemployment Ticks Up Top Stories By Lucille McNamara On Mar 11, 2025 Jobs in the Oregon manufacturing industry including the computer and electronic sectors have been declining steadily for the last two years in a pattern that shows no signs of abating anytime soon. The industry cut 6,900 jobs, or –3.7% in the 12 months through January, Wood products also fall under the manufacturing mantle and the loss of 200 jobs in this industry
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-10
Oregon’s Single Parents Battle Financial Strain as State Sees Subtle Family Structure Changes News By Lucille McNamara On Mar 10, 2025 Credit: Mandy Jansen The number of single-parent households in Oregon has dropped by 1% over the last four years, in line with the rest of the U.S. with decreases of 1% to 2%. Single Parents are in a Continuous Cycle of Struggle The survey , conducted by badcredit.org, describes single parenthood as a continuous ‘cycle of struggle’ that shows a ‘consistent
Ashland Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR — Wayback)
· snapshot 2025-03-12
Jackson Park in Medford Set for Major Renovation with New Pool, Splash Pad, and Dog Park News By Diane Megaw On Mar 12, 2025 Jackson Park, Medford, Oregon | Courtesy: medfordoregon.gov MEDFORD, Ore. — The City Council approved a resolution on March 5 to apply for a state grant of up to $1 million to supplement funds from the City’s Park Improvement Fund to renovate Jackson Park in West Medford. Jackson Park Planned Renovations Medford’s Parks, Recreation, and Facilities Department w