The Grants Pass City Council voted 5-3 Wednesday night to move forward with providing nearly $1.2million for a Roseburg company to launch a managed homeless site after a crowd of residents spoke by a 4-to-1 margin in favor of the plan.

"Let's pull together and do this," said resident Kate Huckert, who has lived for seven months with round-the-clock disruptions caused by unmanaged homeless camps near her home-based business by City Hall. Read More »

At this point, it's pretty safe to say that Bill Singler and the South Medford Panthers are quite familiar with the Columbia Cup and what comes with it.

South Medford will be in the Columbia Cup title game for the third time in as many years on Friday night, putting its six-game winning streak on the line against Sandy at Cottage Grove High School. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. Read More »

Contrary to claims on social media, a student was not armed when he made threats to shoot up a Grants Pass middle school, police said on Wednesday.

The student acted like he had a gun in his pocket but was not in fact armed, "not even a toy gun," Lt. Jeff Hattersley of the Grants Pass Police Department told the Daily Courier in a statement.

The Grants Pass School District also said the student was not armed. Read More »

TALENT — Tom Baker's reverence for wood is as old as he is. He spent some 40 years living on the edge of Lake Superior in rural northern Michigan — the Upper Peninsula — surrounded by hardwood forests and evergreens.

A 30-year career with the National Park Service instilled in him a deep respect for natural and cultural resources and contributed to his belief in stewardship for forests and maintaining wildlife habitat. Read More »