Sheri Preskenis' fourth grade class at Bellview Elementary has been quilting all year, incorporating every subject except science in the project Quilting Across the Curriculum. They studied how geometry affects the designs of quilts, learned about pioneers hand-stitching clothing on the Oregon Trail and read books and wrote essays about quilting.
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Even Ashland Mayor John Morrison finds the cost of housing expensive in Ashland. He said he had to move out of his rental home months ago and has been staying with various friends while he looks for more permanent and affordable housing.
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The Ashland School District presented a budget proposal Tuesday night with few cuts but several adjustments that will have an impact in the years to come.
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Ashland's public schools are helping kindergarten-age children and their parents prepare for this fall's school year with open houses and pre-registration at Bellview, Walker, and Helman elementary schools.
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Someone threw a baseball-sized piece of asphalt through a window of the Interfaith Care Community of Ashland near Shop 'n Kart, a homeless center that is slated to close its doors for good today.
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Designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, April creates an opportunity to bring awareness to sexual violence and its prevention in the Rogue Valley. It is also a chance to underscore the efforts of individuals and agencies in the area that provide rape crisis intervention, prevention, and support services to sexual assault survivors and their families.
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Former President Bill Clinton might make his second appearance in little over a month in Jackson County at a fundraiser in Ashland May 8 in support of the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.
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Students from Ashland Middle School's Roots and Shoots program drove to Portland Wednesday morning, April 25, to meet with Dr. Jane Goodall and share with her activities in which the group has been involved.
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Ashland High School's choir joined 13 other state high school organizations in receiving honors in the spring Dairy Farmers of Oregon Academic All-State program released by the Oregon Schools Activities Association.
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With the game-winning run at second base, Lewis Sebrell was ready to swing at anything.
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One of the top prep wrestling recruits in the state of Oregon has decided to continue a strong family lineage at Southern Oregon University.
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Chris Paul had never appeared in the playoffs when the New Orleans Hornets began their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks.
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Eagle Point dominated in a Southern Sky Conference track and field dual, with the boys winning 82-63, and the girls 82-59 Tuesday at Ashland High.
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The killings of three U.S. soldiers in separate attacks in Baghdad pushed the American death toll for April up to 47, making it the deadliest month since September, the military said today.
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Investigators have discovered a history of physical injuries, including broken bones, in children taken from a polygamist sect's ranch compound, the chief of state protective services told legislators today.
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State police have removed four children from an apocalyptic church whose leader claims to be the Messiah and acknowledges having sex with some of his followers.
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Tidings editorial
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Response to Tidings coverage of film; Support for John Frohnmayer; Wake up, America!; The left hook
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Earth Talk
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By Roland Martin
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64 Gresham St.
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As a consumer, Jason Salavon has had the experience of putting together the sleek, affordable furniture of popular retailer Ikea. As an artist, he decided he'd rather break the Scandinavian company down. Salavon created a collection of works inspired by the global home furnishings chain whose typically mammoth blue and gold stores offer everything from build-it-yourself sofas to plates of Swedish meatballs.
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Artist Kearine Muizz draws her greatest inspiration from places many people spend their lives trying to avoid: cemeteries.
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Some top international food scientists Tuesday recommended halting the use of food-based biofuels, such as ethanol, saying it would cut corn prices by 20 percent during a world food crisis.
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Vivid Entertainment is releasing a sex tape allegedly starring Jimi Hendrix.
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Dear Abby
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