An Ashland man was arrested after an ongoing investigation “into child exploitation and internet crimes against children” led to execution of a search warrant on Alida Street early Tuesday, according to a news release from the Ashland Police Department.
Jackson County District Attorney Beth Heckert marked the final day of her third and last term in office on Monday. Former Chief Deputy DA Patrick Green was sworn in as the county’s new top prosecutor Monday.
The National Weather Service in Medford is advising residents of potential flooding conditions in Southern Oregon and Northern California. A flood watch advisory issued Friday afternoon, after a flood advisory was first issued Wednesday, warns residents in Jackson and other counties of a significant rise in stream and river levels due to moderate to heavy rain expected through the weekend.
A criminal trial against former Asante nurse Dani Marie Schofield, who faces 44 felony counts of second-degree assault against hospital patients, has been delayed for a third time.
The establishment of an enhanced law enforcement area in the south Ashland business corridor would be a “step in the right direction,” for the area’s ongoing problem with certain “negative behaviors,” Ashland Police Chief Tighe O’Meara told Ashland.news in an interview Friday.
More than 1,800 Oregonians died of drug overdoses in 2023, a rising trend that state leaders want to reverse with new programs to combat addiction. In Jackson County, people experiencing drug overdoses entered hospital emergency rooms 736 times in 2023. That same year, 130 people in the southern Oregon county died of drug overdoses.
A woman’s in the hospital and a man is in jail on charges of attempted murder following a shooting Monday evening in Ashland, according to an Ashland Police Department news release issued Tuesday afternoon. Cory A. Davison, 49, of Ashland is being held without bail at Jackson County Jail on charges of attempted murder in the second degree, domestic violence assault in the second degree, and unlawful use of weapon in connection with an incidence of domestic violence.
A rash of break-ins over the past few days resulted in about $5,000 damage at two Ashland low-income houses under construction by Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity. No suspects have been arrested. Food and drinks for volunteers who were building the house near North Mountain Avenue in the Beach Creek subdivision were eaten.
Here in the Pacific Northwest, there’s a risk no one wants to think about: “The Really Big One,” a magnitude 9 earthquake along a 700-mile stretch of coast — from Mendocino in Northern California to Vancouver Island in Canada — followed by waves reaching 100 feet high. Seismologists call it the Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca Plate moves to the east and slides below the much larger, mostly continental North American Plate.
A tsunami warning was in effect for the Oregon coast from south of Florence and into northern California as far south as just north of Santa Cruz after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake was detected 45 miles southwest of Eureka, California, at 10:44 a.m. Thursday, according to the National Tsunami Warning center
Ashland residents will have two opportunities to show their solidarity with a national Women’s March at two events on Saturday, Jan. 18, with a formally organized event at Oak Knoll Golf Course following an informal gathering on Ashland Plaza in the morning.
Obituary: During he early 2000s, John Fisher-Smith read short commentaries on JPR’s “Jefferson Daily” about place and value, called “Reflections.” He loved singing with the Peace Choir, and the group’s pilgrimage to Hiroshima, Japan, in 2006 was one of the highlights of his elderhood. A celebration of John’s life will take place at Temple Emek Shalom on April 6, welcoming all who wish to join at 1:45 p.m.
Herbert Rothschild: If HR23 passes and gets signed into law, we will be guaranteeing immunity to the actions of parties over whom we have no legal control.
A bright blue book locker outside the Ashland Family YMCA provides a new, more convenient way to check out materials from the library. The book locker can be accessed 24/7. Books are placed on hold through the library services website, which also has a video showing the book locker installation.
John Marciano and Leslie Dwyer: While hedge funds and rich corporate interests are buying up hospitals across the country and cutting services and staff to increase their profits, the well-being of hospital staff and patients is undermined.
KS Wild Side: With the help of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program, the state of Oregon will see its first wildlife overpass built in Ashland’s backyard. The proposed wildlife overpass is located roughly at mile marker 1.7 on Interstate 5, just north of the California border.
(It’s free)
