It was hot, humid and crowded in the kitchen Tuesday afternoon at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass.

And over in one room, Oregon Air National Guard troops were hustling to clean a steady supply of incoming dishes from lunchtime.

"We're happy to help," said Capt. Luke Ovgard, who normally would be teaching business courses at Henley High School in Klamath Falls. Read More »

Grants Pass pulled within five points three different times in the fourth quarter, but a talented Eagle Point boys' basketball team held on for a 57-44 non-league win Tuesday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.

Owen Alderson nailed a 3-pointer for the Cavemen with about two minutes left to cut the Eagles' lead to 48-43.

But Eagle Point's Brennen Neyt hit an eight-foot pull-up jumper on the baseline to put his squad back up by seven. Read More »

Josephine County on Tuesday reported four COVID-19 deaths, raising the toll for the month of January to 23.

None of the four were vaccinated. All occurred since Friday.

The deaths reported by the county:

Friday: A 61-year-old man at Asante Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass. He tested positive Dec. 27. He had underlying conditions and was unvaccinated. Read More »

Two more regional artists are able to see their work large scale and rolling as the Art in Motion program to put artwork on Josephine County Community Transit buses begins a new year.

The "art bus" debuts its new exterior this weekend.

You may see David Tiedemann's painting of Mount Rainier with wildflowers in the foreground. Or it may be Desmond Serratore's plein air painting of the McKee Bridge, a historic covered bridge near Applegate Lake. Read More »