Tanker 104 drops a load of retardant on the Rum Creek Fire on Thursday afternoon. The fire, which was burning atop a ridge that looms above Rainie Falls on the Wild section of the Rogue River, was the scene of a tragedy later in the day when a firefighter was killed by a falling tree.
By Shaun Hall of the Daily Courier
The call came into the Oregon Department of Forestry's dispatch center about 4 p.m. Thursday, from an incident commander on the Rum Creek Fire north of Galice.
"Break. Grants Pass, emergency traffic," the commander said over the radio.
"Go for emergency traffic," a dispatcher replied.
"This is Rum IC. I have a firefighter down, struck by a falling tree. He's unconscious at this time. I'm going to need air-med to fly him out at my location." Read More »
Wildlife Images spokesman Ben Maki walks through an area burned by a lightning fire next to the goat area at the animal rehabilitation and education center.
By Lauren Bishop of the Daily Courier
A bolt of lightning hit a little too close to home for the four-legged residents of Wildlife Images on Wednesday night.
One of at least 48 blazes reported in Josephine and Jackson counties as a result of an evening thunderstorm started within a few yards of animal enclosures at the animal rehabilitation and education center on Lower River Road, 13 miles west of Grants Pass. Read More »
Ernie Rascon of Grants Pass won ribbons for this wood carving of a sea landscape in the Artisan and Hobby contest at the Josephine County Fair this year.
Daily Courier
Many ribbons were awarded for creative pursuits at the Josephine County Fair last week.
Seven Best of Show ribbons were awarded in hobby craft: to Allie Rist in literary arts and in paper art, to Lindsay Cannon in literary arts for youth, to Bethany Steksal for graphic arts, to Lilian Brisco in adult pottery, to Ellie Wallace in youth pottery, and to Ernie Rascon in woodworking.
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