WILLIAMS — A single mother of three stood in her backyard on a recent weekday morning, repeatedly thanking two members of the Williams Fire District who were unloading a trailer full of chopped wood onto her lawn.

“Logistically, getting firewood is a bit difficult,” Katie Fangrow, who lives just up the road from the district headquarters, said. “Being in a small community, and seeing the outreach — that warms my heart.”

PORTLAND — Grants Pass finally ran out of comeback magic in a season finale that left the Cavemen wondering what might have been.

Grants Pass (5-5) fell behind by 22 points in the first quarter, battled back to take a one-point lead at halftime, but were hurt by second-half penalties as Ida B. Wells won Friday’s first-round Class 6A football game 46-35.

A nationally known animal rights group is offering a reward leading to the arrest of the person or people who is allegedly shooting animals with darts along the Bear Creek Greenway.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, said that two cats, several pigeons and a great blue heron were shot with blowgun darts recently in the Medford area.

The Rogue Valley theater company, The Modern Prometheans is presenting “Antigone,” a new adaptation by Paul Cosca, of the classic Greek tragedy by Sophocles.

Antigone, daughter of the doomed house of Oedipus, finds herself on the wrong side of the law fighting for what she believes is right. Honoring her family will mean challenging the will of her king. Maintaining her morals will mean risking her life.