Kate Cannon holds her 3-year-old daughter Victoria as she receives the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination from Dr. Tamara Powell at Access Family Medicine in Grants Pass on Wednesday. "She is the best patient ever," Powell said later.
By Shaun Hall of the Daily Courier
COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5 have finally made their way to Josephine County, as 3-1/2-year-old Victoria Cannon of Grants Pass can attest.
She got her first shot of the Moderna vaccine on Wednesday, courtesy of Dr. Tamara Powell, with a second shot to follow in 30 days.
"We have been waiting and waiting and waiting" for the vaccine to become available, said Kate Cannon, Victoria's mother. Read More »
A Sikorsky S-61A helicopter operated by Croman Corporation of White City uses a flexible snorkel hose to fill its onboard tank with water from Applegate Lake while fighting the Collings Mountain Fire on Wednesday evening. The helicopter made 30 drops totaling 19,000 gallons of water on the fire, and a smaller Type 2 helicopter with an attached bucket also fought the fire from above.
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Ground crews and helicopters were used to fight a 7-acre wildland fire in extremely steep terrain about 1-1/2 miles west of Applegate Lake near the California border south of Grants Pass, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.
As of 9 a.m. today, firefighters had dug a line around 90% of the fire, named the Collings Mountain Fire, and were mopping up under hazardous conditions.
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Fireworks explode over Glendale High School last year. The community's three-day Fourth of July celebration starts Saturday and concludes Monday with fireworks at dusk.
By Kathleen Alaks of the Daily Courier
Looking to celebrate the Fourth of July? Here's what's happening:
Grants Pass
For the third year running, no Fourth of July fireworks show is happening in Grants Pass. But there still are a few fun things to do to celebrate Independence Day. Read More »
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