As some of the final flurries of the season fell into the Colestine Valley, a group of local high school students toiled tirelessly Wednesday, planting Ponderosa pines along Cottonwood Creek.
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The Community Dialogue Committee is hosting a public forum to define community values.
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Toward the last leg of her tour of Ashland art galleries during the A Taste of Ashland event, Beth Mortonson said Ashland reminded her of a 'little San Francisco.'
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'Overwhelming,' is a word often used to describe the sight: a shimmering carpet of tiny flags spread over the big lawns of Southern Oregon University, each one representing six people killed in the Iraq War.
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Election officials are reminding voters of deadlines for changing party affiliations or registering to vote in the upcoming May 20 election.
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Spring finally came to the top of the Dead Indian Plateau, just in time to break enough ice and melt enough snow at Howard Prairie Lake for anglers venturing there for last Saturday's opening of the spring trout-fishing season.
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Southern Oregon University's softball team watched its playoff hopes slip away in dramatic fashion as it lost both ends of a doubleheader for the second day in a row, losing at Eastern Oregon, 7-2, 3-2, Saturday.
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Roger Clemens had a decade-long relationship with country star Mindy McCready that began when she was a 15-year-old aspiring singer and the pitcher was a Boston Red Sox ace, the Daily News reported.
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Dirk Nowitzki already is using the past tense when discussing the Dallas Mavericks' first-round series with the New Orleans Hornets. And he's not even the star player who might have to sit out the possible finale.
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One thing about an NFL draft with this many trades: There were that many players that teams just simply had to have.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers were willing to take a chance on Dennis Dixon.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton has a better chance than Barack Obama of beating Republican John McCain, according to a new Associated Press-Ipsos poll that bolsters her argument that she is more electable in the fall than her rival for the Democratic nomination.
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Fire crews battling a wildfire had a close call early Monday as winds, which had been fairly tame, unexpectedly kicked up and sent flames within yards of several houses.
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The long and frustrating search for signs of past or present life on Mars took a hopeful turn this month when scientists said they had spotted what they believe are remains of two hot springs "” the kind of warm, protected environments where many scientists think primitive life can thrive.
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Tidings editorial
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Case in Point: By Chris Honore
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Tales From the Crib: By Jennifer Margulis
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By Cynthia Tucker
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By Orville Hector
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Someone spent about $250 to suggest parents encourage their Lincoln High School students to use cognac and condoms on prom night.
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Miley Cyrus is taking issue with a photo of herself that's going around, and it's not another amateur, truth-or-dare Internet snapshot "” it's the handiwork of Annie Leibovitz.
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By the end of Coachella, over 100 bands had fanned out across five stages, more than 150,000 people had sweltered through the desert heat and at least as many bottles of water had been guzzled.
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Dear Abby
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