Although Thursday wasn’t a burn day in Grants Pass due to poor ventilation, the air quality was at unhealthy levels as smoke lingered from widespread debris burning on Wednesday.

Grants Pass had the worst air quality in the state Wednesday and Thursday, as measured at Parkside Elementary School next to Reinhart Volunteer Park, according to the Oregon air quality index.

Local teams swept at least a piece of the top honors and Grants Pass junior Avery Yarrish earned a first-team nod in the recently announced Southern Oregon Conference volleyball all-league awards.

North Medford’s William Turner was named Coach of the Year and South Medford senior hitter Julia Mitchell was co-Player of the Year with Roseburg’s Isabella Nelson.

The frost nipped at my toes when I stepped out onto our patio at dawn Wednesday to let our adorable canine Kerby out into the back yard of our upper Applegate Valley home to do his business. The thermometer by the back door read a chilly 29 degrees.

Despite the fact I was shoeless and still in my pajamas, I was smiling and our pooch was proudly prancing around. After all, we knew that when we stepped back in the house an old friend would be giving us a warm welcome.

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.