Ashland Daily Tidings - Daily Tidings

MEDFORD, Ore. — A suspect who recklessly fired a handgun and struck multiple houses and unoccupied vehicles in a neighborhood on North Ridge Terrace in south Medford, 24-year-old Chase Benjamin Smith of Medford, was taken into custody on…

PORTLAND, Ore. — A first-degree murder hearing against Jason Steiner (35), accused of gunning down and killing two robbers, has begun and is expected to last for up to a week. Steiner, who worked at a La Mota marijuana shop in the St.…

The federal judge overseeing Oregon and Portland’s joint motion to reverse the deployment of National Guard troops to the city was reassigned on Thursday, after the Trump administration requested that he recuse himself due to his wife,…

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek warned yesterday that Trump’s illegal actions in deploying the National Guard could cost taxpayers an estimated $10 million over 60 days. $10 Million Potential Bill From Oregon National Guard Deployment…

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two women have been awarded a $150,000 settlement by the City of Portland after they had their vehicle rammed by Portland police officers in a mistaken-identity arrest. In their lawsuit, Colleen McDonald and Hilary…

Four Oregon counties are facing a petition from two federal government agencies to provide information about 10 violent felons who were released back into the community between 2022 and 2023. The Oregon U.S. Attorney’s Office and the…

Thirty thousand Oregonians employed by the federal government have been told to stay at home without pay following yesterday’s government shut down. The decision to shut down the government rather than maintain affordable health coverage…

Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield confirmed yesterday that the state has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect services for crime survivors after the federal agency introduced a new "Legal Services…

The number of Oregon states with three or more preschool children for every slot available has drastically reduced from 27 in 2018, to nine in 2024. Referred to as ‘childcare deserts,’ the report was commissioned by the Oregon Department…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Deputies from the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, responding to a robbery in progress at Dollar General, located at 3625 Merlin Road, Oregon, near Grants Pass, arrested the suspect, 72-year-old Mark Warren Whidden, at…