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Anti Abortionists Suing Grants Pass City for Violation of Freedom of Speech
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An anti-abortion street preacher lawsuit against Grants Pass City that began in 2020 finally went to trial this week. The anti-abortion group, known as Abolish Abortion Oregon (AAO), is suing the city for violating their…
Jackson And Josephine Counties Alerts: Fire Danger Levels Rising And Air Quality Gets Worse
The fire danger level in Jackson and Josephine counties has been raised to reflect a red alert (“extreme”) in an announcement by the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF). The Wildfires in Eagle Point (Salt Creek fire) and Siskiyou County (…
Funding for the Renewal of the Caveman Memorial Pool in Grants Pass is Underway
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Grants Pass City Council has finally agreed to explore funding avenues to rebuild the aging Caveman Memorial Pool which has been serving the community for 70 years. While the pool is open to the public this summer, it is…
15 Years Jail Without Parole For Man Who Shot Bullets Into Ex-Wife’s Central Point House
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Following a shooting incident in the house of a woman in the 6000 block of Downing Road, Central Point, Oregon, on August 17, 2023, her ex-husband, Thomas Lee Parks, 48, was arrested. Parks has now been sentenced to…
Triple Digit Heatwave Predicted in Oregon Over Independence Day Weekend
A triple digit heatwave is predicted will start on Independence Day (Thursday, July 4) through to Sunday, stretching from Portland in the northwest to Medford in Southern Oregon.
Temperature gauges will hover between 100 to 115 degrees.…
New Grants Pass Library On The Agenda For Josephine County Library Foundation Public Meetings
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Three community meetings will be held this month to solicit feedback from residents about the Grants Pass Library planned to be built on the entire city block in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon, near the Rogue River,…
Fire Danger Level Rises to HIGH in Jackson and Josephine Counties
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — The fire danger level has been increased to HIGH (yellow) from Monday, July 1, in Jackson and Josephine counties. The announcement has been made by the Southwest District of the Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) and…
Grants Pass Homeless Camping: Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of City
GRANTS PASS, Ore. — After hearing arguments in the case, the U.S. Supreme Court (Scotus) ruled today in favor of the city in the matter of The City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, a case that revolves around homeless people camping ordinances in…
Demolition of Evans Creek Dam Will Restore Native Salmon and Steelhead Breeding Grounds
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. — Work crews this week completed the demolition of a concrete dam to restore habitat of native salmon and steelhead in Evans Creek which is now completely free flowing at the dam site for the first time in 128 years,…
Jackson County Sheriffs Arrest Suspect For Fire In Table Rock Road House
MEDFORD, Ore. — Following a fire in a vacant house at 4500 Table Rock Road in Medford, 68-year-old Andrew Joseph Ragsdale, a suspect who was at the scene at 12:16 p.m., has been arrested by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO).…