Josephine County News

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After a tragic two-vehicle crash on Interstate 5, near milepost 62, in Josephine County,  on Saturday, at 2:04 a.m., 34-year-old Annette Dea Dimmick of Grants Pass was declared dead at the scene. Oregon State Police…

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After a bizarre burglary attempt in the 200 block of West Park Street, Grants Pass, yesterday, the naked suspect fled the scene, but was found in a neighbor's hedge, where he was arrested. Grants Pass police responded…

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…

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — Multiple reports of telephone scams, where individuals pretend to be members of the Josephine County Sheriff's Office, have been received by law enforcement. Scammers call their victims, identifying themselves…

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…

JOSEPHINE COUNTY, Ore. — The Josephine County Sheriff's Office confirmed that another illegal marijuana grow site- in the 5000 block of Holland Loop Road, Cave Junction, was dismantled on September 23 after police seized 600 pounds of…

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…