Tribal leaders on Thursday urged the Oregon Racing Commission to tighten the reins on Travis Boersma's Flying Lark racino and the gambling machines that are supposed to be a centerpiece of it.

Executives of Grants Pass Downs and the Flying Lark, a 35,000-square-foot facility currently under construction at the Josephine County Fairgrounds, met with the commission to give an update on the application for up to 225 wagering devices known as historical horse racing machines. Read More »

Better late than never.

Aja LaPan scored her first goal of the season with just five seconds left as second-ranked Hidden Valley squeaked by Mazama 1-0 in Thursday's Skyline Conference girls' soccer game in Merlin.

LaPan's huge goal capped a wild final minute that saw Mazama get perhaps its best scoring opportunity with about 45 seconds remaining. Read More »

A local real estate agent was arraigned today in Josephine County Circuit Court on charges alleging she used her position to facilitate an illegal pot farm in Williams.

Tyra Polly Ann Foxx, 41, of Rogue River was arrested Tuesday and taken to the county jail, but later made bail.

Court records make no mention of Foxx's employment in real estate, but Foxx is found online at RE/MAX, and on social media. 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 »