Two weeks after New Year's Day, county code enforcement will be officially granted citation authority, giving teeth to rules that currently slow the process of mitigating nuisances.

But 11 months later, voters will likely be asked whether the tightened rules will stand going into the next cannabis growing season. Read More »

The rivalry between Hidden Valley and North Valley doesn't need any extra incentives.

But serious playoff implications will ratchet up the intensity even more in Friday's Skyline Conference showdown in Merlin.

The winner of the game looks headed for one of the three Skyline spots in the Class 4A football playoffs, and the loser will likely be left out. Read More »

Prosecutors on Wednesday filed charges against a man in a case that authorities called a local example of a worldwide problem: predatory "catfishing."

Boris Alexander Deleon, 35, of Grants Pass was arraigned Wednesday in Josephine County Circuit Court on charges of attempt to compel prostitution and attempted coercion.

The prostitution charge is a Class C felony in Oregon. The coercion charge is a Class A misdemeanor. Read More »

Terence Emmons searched for mention of his architect grandfather's buildings in city newspapers and records all over Oregon.

It wasn't until just after he published a book about his grandfather's work this year that he discovered one Walter Pugh building was in his own city — Grants Pass. Read More »