All four nursing homes in Grants Pass have suspected or confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to a spokeswoman for the Oregon Department of Human Services.

Each of the homes has posted mandatory advisory signs at their entries, restricting admission and notifying visitors that "the facility has suspected, presumptive or confirmed cases of COVID-19," the respiratory disease caused by the highly contagious and rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Plans change.

That's likely one of the best lessons to take away from this entire coronavirus pandemic.

March 29 should have been a day where I was watching the Florida Gators men's basketball team playing in the NCAA Tournament's Elite 8 (there's zero proof they would not have made it that far), and then hopefully catching a little bit of Sunday Night Major League Baseball.

Unfortunately, as we all know, the sports world has come to a screeching halt. Read More »

A man who was killed in a shooting Thursday that authorities have concluded was self-defense has been identified as 29-year-old Preston Sweaney of Grants Pass.

Oregon State Police released the name of the dead man Friday, the day after the shooting in the 2700 block of Speaker Road in the Wolf Creek area. Read More »

To help keep our readers entertained during these difficult times, we're going to offer three ideas a day during the quarantine in this new, hopefully limited, column "3 Things To Do."

1 do science.

ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland will debut a livestream facilitated science activity Tuesday on its Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/scienceworks. Read More »