Southern Oregon Sanitation — the last local, family-owned garbage company in Josephine and Jackson counties — is being sold to a company based in Texas.

But Trent Carpenter, president and co-owner of Southern Oregon Sanitation, said he doesn’t think workers, customers or the community will notice much change once the sale to Waste Connections, one of the largest waste management companies in the country, becomes effective, likely on Aug. 1.

BEND — Two of the best offenses that Class 5A softball has to offer didn’t disappoint in Tuesday’s state semifinal.

Unfortunately for fifth-seeded Crater, a fast start wasn’t enough against a young Caldera squad that kept its foot on the gas once it got the ball rolling.

A long-imagined and long-planned business support space in downtown Grants Pass is now open for, well, business.

The Launch Pad Studio, at 218 S.W. G St in the Caveman Plaza, is having a semi-grand opening on Friday, 5-8 p.m., to introduce itself and its programs to the public.

The nonprofit Launch Pad is the brainchild of lifelong entrepreneur Kim Freeze.

"La Cage Aux Folles" was a big musical production on Broadway with big musical numbers, big personalities and big hair in 1983.

Barnstormers Theatre has brought it down to size — and in so doing, has made the focus even more on the big personalities but also on the story and love of a nontraditional family.

It opened on Friday and runs weekends through June 21.