The Josephine County Board of Commissioners on Friday is scheduled to discuss a vacancy on the board created when Commissioner Andreas Blech resigned last week in the face of a recall election.

The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. in the Board of Commissioners' conference room in the Josephine County Courthouse. Read More »

Grants Pass' first home dual wrestling meet of the season proved to be an overwhelming success.

The Grants Pass boys' team scored a 66-11 victory over visiting Sheldon in Southwest Conference action on Wednesday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.

"It was a good night," Grants Pass head coach Ben Coulter said. "We had a lot of young guys in the lineup and we were just talking about pushing the pace and getting [Sheldon] tired." Read More »

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to more than six years in prison for his role in a burglary in the Central Point area.

Christopher Michael Jenkins of the Savage Creek area east of Grants Pass also was placed on three years of post-prison supervision for his guilty plea in Jackson County Circuit Court to a host of charges, including aggravated theft in the first degree. Read More »

Seventy-nine artists submitted their artwork to this year's membership show at the Grants Pass Museum of Art.

Two of those artists are in grade school.

Not just the domain of established artists and art patrons, art museum membership is about being part of a community of art advocates, says museum director Hyla Lipson. And that means being accessible to everyone.

"It's important to include as many age groups as we can," Lipson says. Read More »