Daily Tidings Editorial Board

A local church has grown exponentially since its inception in Lithia Park last summer. The group is challenging the connotations associated with the word “church,” Lead Pastor Xavier Brasseur said, partly by its name: The Story. In a…

Two women, strangers to each other, are caught in an airport time warp, waiting for their flights to board. The setup sounds like it could be a nightmare and, at first, it is. “Walter Cronkite is Dead,” directed by Jeannine Grizzard, opened…

Veterans Administration Environmental Health Coordinator Rey Quintanilla assists injured veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange, napalm, or other toxic substances while serving in Viet Nam, Iraq or Afghanistan. Recently, in conversation…

I wouldn’t have liked to earn my living in public relations. Not that there’s anything intrinsically wrong with the occupation. Still, I think I would have foundered on moral dilemmas. For example, I wouldn’t have wanted to work on the PR…

With triple talent in acting, singing and dance, Presila Quinby in 1978 arrived in Ashland, performed with Oregon Shakespeare Festival and started up PJQ, a locally famous quartet with her brother Jim Quinby and lover Paul Jenny — then in…

Every classic play was a new play at one point in time, says Ashland New Plays Festival’s executive director Kyle Haden. “Think of how exciting it must have been for that first audience to see ‘Hamlet’ or August Wilson’s ‘Piano Lesson’…

Arwen Curry is a filmmaker on a serious mission. She has long been a researcher and fan of Ursula K. Le Guin, the Portland-based and globally respected fantasy and science fiction novelist (although she preferred to be called a novelist)…

More than a dozen nonunion Jackson County workers have received raises of more than $10,000 this year. Another 20 workers got raises between $5,000 and $10,000. Approximately 76 nonunion workers received raises totaling more than…

By Jessica Bryan “Bring something special with you next week,” she said. “We are going to do an exercise in ‘Sacred Psychometry.’” The teacher of our mediumship class was referring to the metaphysical practice of holding an inanimate…

Miss America attended the Jackson County Fair in 1958. The Kiwanian-sponsored fair primarily featured a 4-H and FFA livestock show and staged events at the adjoining Medford Armory. Miss America (Marilyn Van Derbur) walked through the…