For the second time in less than three years, a traffic crash at the same power pole near Mock's Ford knocked out power to a large swath of downtown Grants Pass.

A pickup truck crashed into the pole along Seventh Street this morning, shearing the pole, knocking out power for 45 minutes, and snarling the morning commute. Read More »

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The Skyline swim meet was a strong day for first timers at Hidden Valley and North Valley.

Hidden Valley's Jayde Klipfel and North Valley's Nicholas Tucker both came victorious while trying out new events for the first time Saturday at the Grants Pass Family YMCA.

Klipfel, who had only practiced the 500-yard freestyle once, won convincingly in 6 minutes, 12.83 seconds, nearly 17 seconds ahead of second place. Read More »

It took the better part of four days, but as of today service has been restored to the thousands of residents in rural Josephine County left without power after last week's snowstorm.

At least 300 utility workers from Pacific Power and outside contractors helped clean up the damage from downed power lines. At its peak, more than 18,000 customers within a 60-mile radius were impacted from the winter storm Thursday. Read More »

Oh, the things people do for love. In particular, young college students in proper 1860s England who want to get their sweethearts alone long enough to pop the question.

That's the driving energy in the classic farce "Charley's Aunt" written over 100 years ago by Brandon Thomas.

The Barnstormers production that opened Friday is certainly entertaining. And at about three hours, extensively entertaining. Read More »