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By Robert Plain Ashland Daily Tidings Mike Ruppert is gone. He left not only Ashland, his new-found hometown, but has denied his allegiance to the United States with a reported exodus to Venezuela. "I left the United States with one…

By Robert Plain Ashland Daily Tidings Ashland Police have created a “watch sheet” of individuals that they have on-going problems with, Officer Teresa Selby, the creator of this list, said. The “watch sheet” contains names, color…

Ashland City Councilors have decided to put their faith in the business savvy of the Ashland Fiber Network’s new leader. On Tuesday night, the council unanimously endorsed Information Technology Director Joe Franell’s recommendation to…

I read Lance Pugh’s recent article on the bank robber that got away. I was a detective for the Ashland Police Department for 28 years, and know exactly which robbery he is referring to. I was not one of the officers who confronted the…

For the first time in its history, the Ashland Fiber Network has its own leader. An Ashland City Council majority confirmed the appointment of Joseph Franell as Information Technology Director on Tuesday night. Franell will head AFN…

By Jennifer Margulis Tidings Correspondent Sporting black cowboy boots, jeans and a white button-down shirt, 29-year-old Matthew “Mateo” Paneitz doesn’t look like the kind of guy you would want to hold up at gunpoint. Six feet 2 inches…

By Vickie Aldous Ashland Daily Tidings Nova Gregg survives on a caregiver’s salary by going without a car, cable television and Internet service. She doesn’t understand why she should be paying $7.50 more per month on her electricity…

By Mercedes Binh Ly Tidings Correspondent Briana Lescher With the help of the local community, Briana Lescher will embark on a spiritual journey to India this fall. The 18-year-old graduate of Ashland High School is seizing the…

Alcohol may have been a factor in a car wreck near Mount Ashland that killed 11-year-old Dametri Martin of Medford, according to Jackson County Sgt. Dace Cochran and friend of the family Mike Standard, who was at a campfire with them just…

A child died in a car accident on Mount Ashland this morning. His family was driving on a logging road on the south side of the mountain near Forest Road 20 when the car left the road and plunged 1,000 feet over the steep embankment,…