Project Youth+ welcomed the public Wednesday to the official opening of its new space to host students looking to take their next steps out of high school.

The program, formerly known as College Dreams, has built a home of its own called the Drummond Family Center for Youth Excellence at a building that was once a florist shop on the corner of Northeast Seventh and School streets to host staff meetings, family nights and trainings. Read More »

With a 9-0 run to begin the second quarter, Grants Pass took a 24-22 lead over 10th-ranked South Medford Wednesday in Medford.

But the Panthers (12-2, 2-0) went on a 13-4 run of their own to end the first half and rolled to a 73-57 Southwest Conference boys' basketball win.

South Medford put the game away with a 10-3 run early in the third quarter. Read More »

The students in Dan Coulter's woodshop class at North Middle School have a little more to work with these days.

Coulter applied for and received a grant for equipment for the new woodworking program at the school, as well as a field trip for his students.

"This is a brand new program at North so ... I realized we needed a lot of things," Coulter said about applying for the grant last year. Read More »

If your idea of art on a street utility box involves stickers of chorus line teddy bears or announcements of garage sales, the Committee on Public Art hopes you'll reconsider.

The first two of five chosen downtown utility boxes on Seventh Street have gotten a makeover this month.

First up at the beginning of the month was the box at Seventh and F streets near Roe Motors. Read More »