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Legend has it Native Americans used it to care for the sick or elderly. In the early 1900s visitors began flocking to Ashland to bathe in it. And almost exactly 100 years later, many locals still describe it as a miracle drink. But does…

Thousands of people die every year from treatable conditions because they are black and the cost to the health care system of allowing this is more than $1 trillion, Dayna Bowen Matthews of the University of Virginia Law School and author…

My conscious quest for inner peace began when I was 18 years old after a transcendent experience in which I spontaneously experienced a peace beyond my life circumstances. I spent the next 15 years on a spiritual quest exploring the aspects…

Editor's note: This article is from the dailytidings.com blog Ecologue. A few weeks ago we took advantage of the balmy weather and went backpacking on the Blue Lake Canyon Trail in the Sky Lakes Wilderness. From the trailhead, located…

It’s great when people have made arrangements for their estate planning by setting up a will or a trust. Most people understand the importance of having these legal documents in place and reviewed with some regularity. However, recently a…

The island nation of Madagascar and the landlocked Himalayan nation of Bhutan might seem like charming tourist attractions. Travelers might want to think twice before visiting them, though. A recent Health Risk index by International SOS…

By Ian Hand Ashland Daily Tidings Posted Oct. 1, 2014 @ 11:59 am Updated Oct 1, 2014 at 5:53 PM Ashland's Lithia Park is one of America's 10 Great Public Spaces for 2014, the American Planning Association announced Wednesday. "A…

subs at Tolman Creek Plaza in Ashland, Mystic Treats is facing closure because of steep rent, owners say. Erika and Michael Lowe this week got a $5,000 loan from a loyal customer to use toward rent, but have to come up with $10,000…

On January 26, 2009, a dozen Ashlanders met to discuss a new way of supporting the Ashland Emergency Food Bank. The economy had crashed four months earlier, and the number of people in Ashland who needed emergency provisions had jumped…

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…