Grants Pass News

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Passersby who noticed smoke coming from the front window of a Grants Pass office building yesterday at approximately 11:30 AM in the 600 block of SE 7th Street managed to contain the fire after calling 911. Grants Pass…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Rever Grand Inc., a Grants Pass private agency that provides professionals to support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, was this week placed on probation for four years after accepting a State…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The City Council of Grants Pass took another step toward a managed homeless camp plan after voting to award a homelessness grant to Pathways to Stability. Grant Pass Homeless Camp Plan The proposed site for…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Deputies from the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, responding to a robbery in progress at Dollar General, located at 3625 Merlin Road, Oregon, near Grants Pass, arrested the suspect, 72-year-old Mark Warren Whidden, at…

Starbucks announced that it is shutting down hundreds of stores and cutting more jobs as part of a restructuring plan, which includes several Starbucks stores in Southern Oregon. About 1% of Starbucks' North American locations, including…

Recent research reveals three surprising Oregon towns among the metros where hourly wages are increasing faster than the rest of America, including Grants Pass. Oregon Towns Where Wages Are Rising Faster Than Many Other US Towns…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — “First Friday,” a well-loved Grants Pass event, is happening downtown this Friday, September 5. Aiming to support small businesses and foster a sense of community and local pride, downtown Grants Pass merchants have…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass Police Department officers arrested 46-year-old Jeremy Johnson on attempted murder charges after a dispute between neighbours on Sunday evening ended in a woman suffering a severe cut to her neck.…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — The recent agreement reached between the lawyers for the City of Grants Pass and Disability Rights Oregon (DRO) on enforcement of camping codes in the city is welcomed as a move in the right direction for homeless…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies responding to a request to check the welfare of the residents at a home in the 200 block of Hussey Lane, in the Picket Creek area, on Monday morning, discovered five bodies with…