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The Ashland Fiber Network's cable television service is officially in the hands of a private company. At a Thursday afternoon press conference, City of Ashland Information Technology Director Joe Franell handed a gold-colored remote…

Marital problems between two leaders of prominent Ashland spiritual organizations have caused disturbances in both the Leela and Gangaji foundations. Eli Jaxon-Bear, the former head of the Leela Foundation, publicly admitted to a…

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 large suitcase, my laptop, and a backpack,"…

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…

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…

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,…

s: A legacy of Ashland tunes It was 5 p.m. on a Friday in 1979 as scores of us met at Jazmin& s, there to wind down from the week with hors d& oeuvres, cocktails and the wide-ranging conversations as cliques and groupings…

Currently in the construction business there are pretty much two different ways one can build a house, according to inventor and carpenter David Ward. Inventor David Ward explains the operation of his Strawjet machine, which uses a…

Joanie Mcgowan 1956-2005 By Jennifer Squires Ashland Daily Tidings A body discovered on the Bear Creek Greenway near Eagle Mill and Valley View roads has been identified as local comedian and actress Joanie McGowan. She had been…