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Closer to Home (Depot)
By Robert Plain
Ashland Daily Tidings
After months and months of pleasant conversation, business wrangling and downright horse-trading, the City of Phoenix, Home Depot and the Oregon Department of Transportation have reached the final…
Comedian found dead
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…
Herpes spreads to mat
By Don Hunt
For the Tidings
A handful of wrestlers at Crater and Grants Pass high schools have been diagnosed with herpes, athletic directors at both schools confirmed Thursday.
The Crater wrestlers apparently contracted the viral…
Nude Ban Protest
August 4, 2004
By Emily Morris
Tidings Correspondent
Croquet is associated with old-world etiquette, or was for some people, until driving by last night's city council meeting, where a group of nude croquet players gathered for mint…
The truth about the ’60s is jarring, but valuable
May 21, 2004
Downtown
Andrew Scot Bolsinger
I start the conversation with Gerry Jones about his book, "Ginny Good," by telling him that I just finished it and passed it on to my 17-year-old daughter to read.
He groans,…
Taking the activism on the road
By AMBER FOSSEN
Ashland Daily Tidings
The Ashland Student Union is growing.
The Ashland Student Union - created after the failure of Measure 28 as a way for politically active students to unite in support of stable education funding…
Pro-war residents wary to speak out
By Myles Murphy
Ashland Daily Tidings
While anti-war protests grab the crowds and the headlines, there are Ashlanders who support the war against Iraq - but you might not see them out in the streets.
Students from North Medford High…
Captain Bligh and breadfruit trees
Jeff Cheek
Thanks to Hollywood, everybody knows about mutiny on the "Bounty". Less known is the fact that cheap food for slaves generated the voyage, and a forbidden love affair may have been the spark which ignited the mutiny.
In…
Students help reshape leadership policy at AHS
By Myles Murphy
Ashland Daily Tidings
Ashland High School leadership students will not be held responsible for off-campus conduct, but must still model exemplary behavior, have good attendance and be respectful under a new rule adopted by…