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Panel discusses journalism in an era of “fake news”
It’s the job of the press to keep politicians and the rich and powerful on the hot seat, something the powerful don’t enjoy but should realize is a vital counter-balancing force in democracy. Sometimes their roles, as now, get reversed, and…
That’s a wrap: AIFF awards presented
By John Darling For the Tidings The Rogue Creamery Audience Award for Best Feature Length Documentary was presented to “City of Joy,” the tale of oppressed women amid violence in the Congo, during the Ashland Independent Film Festival…
Bait bike lures thieves — and protests
Joe Zavala Ashland Daily Tidings @Joe_Zavala99 Luring potential thieves with bait bikes is not entrapment, says Ashland police chief Tighe O’Meara; it’s a way to catch criminals and cut down on local bike thefts. And it’s working.…
“Translated” version of “Edward III” works well
By Jeffrey Gillespie For the Tidings "Edward III" was published anonymously, and was thought to be designed as something of a propaganda piece against the Scottish people. It was not originally included in the first folio of…
Students prepare for Sister City adventure
By Señora Chela Tapp-Kocks Amigo Club Two Ashland High School juniors will travel in June to Guanajuato, Mexico, as official city of Ashland participants in the Sister City’s summer festivities. The 17-year-old students, Brook Hall…
A year in nature
Five young women spent a year in a log hootch in the woods of the Cascade foothills, east of Ashland, an epic challenge designed to enrich self-confidence and connection with nature, as well as the heart of a just-released film called…
NASCAR Hall-of-Famer’s Ashland auto museum
This is the second in an occasional series on Oddities & Wonders in the Ashland landscape. If you have been walking or bicycling on the Bear Creek Greenway, at the turn by the wastewater treatment plant, where it crosses Ashland…
Local author to release second book in series
Joe Zavala Ashland Daily Tidings @Joe_Zavala99 Southern Oregon University adjunct professor Michael Niemann had already written plenty of academic articles before arriving in Ashland in 2008, but growing inside Niemann was a budding…
Backpacking in the Sky Lakes Wilderness
Editor's note: This article is from the dailytidings.com blog Ecologue. A few weeks ago we took advantage of the balmy weather and went backpacking on the Blue Lake Canyon Trail in the Sky Lakes Wilderness. From the trailhead, located…
Boy, 12, pleads not guilty to murder
The 12-year-old Ashland boy who allegedly killed his mother and injured his sister with a chef’s knife Tuesday morning is locked up at the Jackson County juvenile detention facility in Medford while a judge considers whether or not he’ll be…
