Southern Oregon & The Willamette Valley Local News

As It Was: Miss America attended the Jackson County Fair

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Sep 6, 2018

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…

Environment

Lending a plate to help save the planet

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Sep 4, 2018

Inspired by the ghastly sight of dumpsters overflowing with plastic dinnerware after weddings, meetings, concerts and parties, two Ashland Master Recyclers have started a “dish library” where, for free, you can pick up full dinner place…

Business

Invention awaits you at Talent Maker City

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Sep 4, 2018

TALENT — A makerspace that will encourage local entrepreneurs and supply them with tools, equipment and space is close to opening its first component. The space will eventually allow budding inventors to create prototypes, take…

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Mocha Musings: Syncing with a slower clock

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Sep 3, 2018

I got a call three weeks ago telling me that my father was in the hospital with pneumonia. He is 92 years old, so a bout of pneumonia is no small matter. I changed my vacation plans, got on a plane and flew to Southern California. Dad…

Events

Getting much more than their feet wet

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Sep 1, 2018

Actor-director Barret O’Brien is taking a year off the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to take action against climate change — “the biggest challenge ever to face humanity” — and the result is his play “Water Made to Rise,” an ironic and pithy…

News

National hunger strike rolls through Ashland

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Aug 20, 2018

Smoke may seem to be all that’s on everyone’s minds, but for fasters in the #Hungry4Justice hunger strike currently in Ashland it reinforces the message of their fight. Faster Dot Fisher-Smith, an Ashland resident with a long history of…

Events

As befits a masterpiece, ‘Snow’ can be difficult

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Aug 16, 2018

Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s “Snow in Midsummer” is a masterpiece. That’s not surprising. Cowhig, an internationally based playwright whose work has been staged on the West End, the Goodman Theatre, and at the Royal Shakespeare Company, among…

Environment

WasteNot: Recycling center again accepting soft plastic for recycling

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Jul 20, 2018

Like any responsible environmentalist I have been throwing my trash into separate bins for decades, assuming that the city-contracted waste hauler was sending mixed garbage to a local landfill, and plastics, glass, and paper to American…

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Ashland to host fourth annual Sister City Classic

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Jul 20, 2018

BY DANNY PENZA... The relationship between Ashland and Guanajuato, Mexico, goes well beyond the current ages of every Ashland Little League player, a pact between sister cities that is closing in on its 50th birthday. This week, the two…

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Dozens turn out for Plaza demonstration to stand for democracy

Daily Tidings Editorial Board Jul 20, 2018

BY JOHN DARLING / FOR THE TIDINGS... VIEW GALLERY There have been many demonstrations against the actions of President Donald Trump’s administration, but what made Ashland’s Wednesday afternoon protest different is that is was largely…

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