Oregon News

Ashland is trading one thing for another when it comes to addressing the homeless crisis. Swiftly following the opening of a new homeless shelter last week, Ashland officials are now reportedly developing an urban camping ban. Nothing is…

If there’s one enigma that Oregon has been struggling to solve, it's the drug crisis. Now we have another concern on our hands: the open air drug markets. If you’re not sure what I’m referring to, it’s the infamous Measure 110, which…

It almost feels as though the amount of natural disasters is starting to climb as time goes on, and that’s because it is. Climate change has done its part so that natural disasters are becoming more of a constant than they have ever been.…

The University of Oregon is developing a sustainable textile factory close by its Northeast Portland campus.  It is a joint venture with NTX, a Singapore-based company, which is a leader in this field: having developed an environmentally…

The state of Oregon is going benefit from US$ billions investment over the next few years as Intel, the chip manufacturer, recently announced that it will make significant investment in its Oregon operations.  This will result in thousands…

We live in a period of time where we have to ask ourselves if going through years of higher education is even worth it. We go to college with the idea that being able to score a college degree will ensure a secure, higher paying job, but…

2023 September, saw very welcome relief to US tenants, as levels fell for the first time in six months, whereas in August, they had come to within $2 of an all-time high.   Tidings Data Snapshot September 2023 rent shift in one view…

Ashland, OR, is going all out for a ‘Spooktacularly Ghoulish Festival over the Halloween weekend.  There are over 20 events with something for all the family.  The Downtown Ashland Association has created an on-line ‘Trick or Treat map’ of…

Starting January of 2024, tens of millions of older folk will be seeing a decent increase in their Social Security benefits from the COLA, or cost-of-living adjustment. It will be a 3.2% raise as an adjustment for the rise in the average…

The only thing harder to miss than a gray whale itself is the fact that their deaths have been on the rise as of late. These animals, some of the largest to have ever existed on earth, are washing up on the shores of the United States,…