It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas over at the Josephine County Fairgrounds, where about 30 volunteers showed up Saturday to erect donated holiday lights and decorations.

With the Joe's Place Ministries Christmas tree lot open near the fairgrounds entrance, and the Winter Growers' Market attracting shoppers, the holiday season was hitting its stride during the post-Thanksgiving bustle. Read More »

Under the final proposal from the Oregon School Activities Association classification and redistricting committee, North Valley would drop from Class 4A to 3A next fall and Grants Pass would get a new opponent in the 6A Southwest Conference. Read More »

A call about family members fighting led to the arrest of a 27-year-old man at 12:17 p.m. Saturday in the 400 block of Southeast J Street.

Police found him at the intersection of 10th and J, and the man ran when told to put his hands behind his head.

He was chased down and booked on suspicion of escape as well as warrants that included felony aggravated theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

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Friends Nik Martin and J.P. Pierce have a lot in common.

They are both in their 40s. They both sport facial hair and multiple tattoos. They are both fathers.

And about a year-and-a-half ago, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, both of them were experiencing serious life stress.

Martin's infant son had health issues that kept him in intensive care for three months.

Pierce's life partner was diagnosed with breast cancer. Read More »