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Marijuana growers are threat to salmon, biologists conclude
By Jeff Barnard
Associated Press
Posted Sep. 30, 2014 @ 1:11 pm
GRANTS PASS — Water use and other actions by the marijuana industry in the Emerald Triangle of Northern California and Southern Oregon are threatening salmon already in…
Ashlander creates new product intended to solve old problem
By John Darling
For the Daily Tidings
Posted Sep. 10, 2014 @ 6:40 pm
Updated Sep 10, 2014 at 6:51 PM
Shallan Ramsey of Ashland has found a problem that no one else seems to have recognized — and she has invented a fix for it, which…
Definition of ‘water year’ is fluid
By Doyle Hirsch
For the Daily Tidings
Posted Sep. 8, 2014 @ 6:16 pm
So it's the first week in September and the beginning of what local meteorologists call a new water year. What are they talking about?
If you live in the U.S., say,…
1-800 Flowers.com to buy Harry & David
Posted Sep. 2, 2014 @ 9:46 am
Updated Sep 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM
Harry & David has agreed to be acquired by 1-800 Flowers.com for $142.5 million in cash.
By joining forces with 1-800-Flowers.com,Harry & David will become part of a…
How has the drought affected you?
By Joe Zavala
Ashland Daily Tidings
Posted Aug. 15, 2014 at 10:13 AM
Updated Aug 20, 2014 at 5:55 PM
What's happening
Jackson County commissioners in March declared a local drought disaster and asked the state for an emergency…
SOU men voted CCC favorites
By Joe Zavala
Posted Aug. 15, 2014 @ 10:16 am
The Southern Oregon University men’s cross country team is the favorite to claim what would be its seventh consecutive Cascade Collegiate Conference title according to the league’s preseason…
RVTD levy would temporarily raise taxes 73 percent
By Damian Mann
Posted Jul. 8, 2014 at 2:00 AM
The Rogue Valley Transportation District will ask voters to approve a temporary, 73 percent increase in property taxes to avoid cutting evening hours and Saturday service.
"I hope it…
A degree of maturity
By Teresa Ristow
Posted May. 22, 2014 at 2:00 AM
Updated May 22, 2014 at 2:22 PM
Like most students preparing to graduate in a few weeks from Southern Oregon University, Madeline Goodwin is excited to put on her cap and gown and…
Boxing poetry hits hard
By Angela Decker
For the Tidings
Posted: 2:00 AM November 22, 2013
Nearly 40 years before baseball great Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in major league baseball, boxer Jack Johnson became the first black man to hold the world…
The tragic tale of Tunnel 13
By Amelia Covert Zeve
For the Tidings
Posted: 2:00 AM September 28, 2013
A disturbing piece of Southern Oregon history continues to haunt Tunnel 13, a railroad tunnel near the Mount Ashland exit off Interstate 5.
Though it's private…