The Rogue Community College Board of Education on Tuesday approved a tuition increase, including rates for a new bachelor’s degree the school will begin offering next school year.

Set to take effect this summer, the tuition increase is the school’s third in a row, after being held flat for three years in a row during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For in-state students working toward a two-year associate degree, tuition will rise $4 per credit, from $124 to $128.

In a starting lineup full of future four-year college players, South Medford senior Dyllyn Howell stood out from the rest.

The Sacramento State-bound Howell was named the Southwest Conference’s Player of the Year, it was recently announced after a vote by the league’s coaches.

Howell was the leading scorer for a Panthers team that played over half of the SWC schedule without last season’s Player of the Year, senior post Mayen Akpan, due to injury.

The city of Grants Pass is surveying residents to see if they support using the historic Caretaker’s Cottage in Riverside Park for overnight lodging, with six yurts installed on a nearby lawn to provide more space for guests.

Once occupied by a live-in caretaker, the 1920 historic cottage has fallen into disrepair. Today both the cottage and park are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Two world-class string quartets will explore masterpieces of the string octet repertoire in a special April 18 performance of the Chamber Music Concerts series.

The Borromeo Quartet and the Verona Quartet will team up to perform Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Two Pieces for String Octet,” George Enescu’s String Octet in C Major, and Felix Mendelssohn’s String Octet in E-flat Major.