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Posted Jan. 31, 2015 @ 2:00 am Updated Feb 2, 2015 at 9:31 AM Despite historically high graduation rates from our public schools — 81 percent in 2011-2012, the latest for which comprehensive data are available — we often hear elected…

They came from virtually every corner of the Rogue Valley business community — from private companies to nonprofit organizations, from the chamber of commerce to the Rogue Valley Transportation District — all flocking to Ashland, all asking…

Posted Jan. 17, 2015 at 2:00 AM Updated Feb 12, 2015 at 6:20 PM The South in which I grew up prided itself on its courtesy. The “Howdy” and “Y’all come back and see us” did make daily interactions more gentle than, say, in New Jersey.…

By Bob Palzer and Paul Fouch Posted Jan. 14, 2015 @ 12:01 am We are shocked that Southern Oregon University is proposing to replace its natural gas boilers with a highly polluting biomass cogeneration operation. Decades of effort by…

By Angela Decker For the Tidings Posted Jan. 13, 2015 at 8:20 PM Updated Jan 14, 2015 at 10:32 AM In 1960s Alabama, teenager Geneva Craig was jailed, beaten, tear-gassed and threatened, yet she was determined to fight for social…

Airline officials say a laser strike New Year's Day on an aircraft inbound to the Medford airport required the plane's first officer to seek medical attention. Jessica Wheeler, a spokeswoman for Allegiant Air, said Flight 558 from Los…

By Ryan Pfeil Mail Tribune Posted Dec. 29, 2014 @ 2:57 pm Updated Dec 30, 2014 at 12:27 AM A former Ashland High School volunteer swim coach convicted last year of having a sexual relationship with an underage team member is headed to…

Posted Dec. 16, 2014 @ 12:58 pm Updated Dec 16, 2014 at 12:59 PM Preliminary figures from the state Employment Department say employment in Oregon has reached an all-time high, finally climbing above a peak reached in 2007 before the…

By Sally McKirgan Posted Dec. 12, 2014 at 6:15 PM The article below was published as a Guest Commentary in the Tidings on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2008. It was the beginning idea that became the Inner Peace column that in January…