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By Sam Wheeler Posted Sep. 1, 2012 at 2:00 AM Representatives from Dignity Village, an encampment of about 60 homeless people near Portland International Airport, will come to Ashland to discuss whether a similar setup would benefit…

Posted: 3:00 PM August 13, 2012 Update: 3:40 p.m. A house fire near Ashland spread to nearly an acre and temporarily closed the northbound lanes of Interstate 5. Six fire engines and three water tenders responded to thefire at 488…

Only the superlative "cheer-tastic" can adequately describe the infectious excitement that cheerleaders bring to a game. It's also a perfect word for the giddy feeling of joy and inspiration I get watching someone cast aside all traces of…

By Sam Wheeler Ashland Daily Tidings Posted: 2:00 AM August 11, 2012 Concluding a nearly year-long dispute, Ashland Food Co-op employees will get the opportunity this month to vote on whether to unionize the store. Employees are set…

What would happen if Euripides, Shakespeare and Rodgers and Hammerstein all met on a single stage? It's a question Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Bill Rauch answers with the experimental play "Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella." The…

By John Darling Posted Apr. 24, 2012 at 2:00 AM In their first public outing together, tea party and Occupy backers — and an audience of 200 — found a lot of common ground on the issue that corporations, lobbyists, the military and…

By Karen Amarotico An Acts Matter Essay For the Tidings Posted: 2:00 AM April 05, 2012 What would you expect to learn about the world and yourself if you gave away a pie every day for a year? It's not a question I gave much thought to…

By Roberta Kent For the Tidings  Posted: 2:00 AM April 04, 2012 "Troilus and Cressida," the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's latest offering in the New Theatre, gives us Shakespeare in a dark and reflexive mode. In this fascinating…

By Allen Drescher For The Tidings Posted: 2:00 AM March 27, 2012 An Acts Matter Essay Police officers powerfully impact our lives, now and in the future. Their conduct in the performance of their duties can have a lasting impression…

HOUSTON — Alaska's moon rocks disappeared on Sept. 6, 1973. A fire set by an arsonist had torn through the state transportation museum in Anchorage, where the four rocks had been on display. The fragments, each smaller than a pea,…