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Ultramarathon runner Todd Ragsdale died of "undetermined natural causes," the Jackson County Sheriff's Department has determined. Toxicology tests returned to the department Tuesday revealed no new information about the cause of the…

By Julie Akins For the Tidings Posted Jun. 25, 2016 at 7:35 PM Updated Jun 26, 2016 at 6:34 PM “It’s still an Oregon law, I could kill a black person and be out of jail in a day and a half. Look it up. The KKK is alive and well…

By Kernan Turner Amigo Club Posted Jun. 20, 2016 at 7:47 PM Updated Jun 21, 2016 at 10:49 AM An official delegation from Ashland's Sister City, Guanajuato, Mexico, will arrive in Ashland next Tuesday, continuing a 47-year tradition…

I caught up with Dr. David Humphrey, who, as director of the Oregon Center for the Arts (OCA) at Southern Oregon University, is responsible for spearheading a multidisciplinary arts behemoth here in the Rogue Valley. He shared his thoughts…

Southern Oregon University’s search for its next president is about to enter the final phase after the third of three finalists arrived on campus Thursday for a tour and a town hall-like forum. Like the other two finalists, Linda Schott’s…

By Luana (Loffer) Corbin Southern Oregon Historical Society Posted Jun. 1, 2016 at 5:16 PM It was 1965 when Lee Hobbs founded the Blackbird Shopping Center as an army surplus store in Medford. To attract customers, Hobbs built a huge…

By Kernan Turner Amigo Club Posted May. 25, 2016 at 2:00 AM Southern Oregon University and the University of Guanajuato renewed and extended 47 years of collaboration this month. SOU President Dr. Roy Saigo and Provost Susan Walsh…

By John Darling For the Tidings Posted May. 25, 2016 at 2:00 AM Updated May 25, 2016 at 10:13 AM One good way to smooth out the polarized emotions around Ashland’s aggressive deer crisis is to make a fun little movie about it,…

Southern Oregon Theatre Arts sets its production of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors" in Ephesus — a place that looks a lot like Ashland — and the play's Syracuse takes on the quality of Medford. "The set is sort of a mash-up of Ephesus…

Jenny Steiner doesn’t like the stereotype, but the truth is that the boy was a jock. “Kind of defensive,” she said, “kind of too cool for school on the front.” But like many children navigating the choppy waters of adolescence, the…