The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Josephine County hit 16 today as two new patients tested positive, according to the county's public health department.

No demographic information about the individuals was made public by the county.

Jackson County, meanwhile, continues to release age ranges and genders of its confirmed cases of coronavirus.

Plans change.

That's likely one of the best lessons to take away from this entire coronavirus pandemic.

March 29 should have been a day where I was watching the Florida Gators men's basketball team playing in the NCAA Tournament's Elite 8 (there's zero proof they would not have made it that far), and then hopefully catching a little bit of Sunday Night Major League Baseball.

Unfortunately, as we all know, the sports world has come to a screeching halt. Read More »

Grants Pass Department of Public Safety

A 42-year-old man was arrested at 12:14 p.m. Saturday on the back side of the Grants Pass Shopping Center. Police said he walked out of Fred Meyer with $417 worth of merchandise in his pack. A search of the pack revealed a sock with a pool ball in it. In addition to a theft charge, he was cited to appear on suspicion of felon in possession of a restricted weapon.

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To help keep our readers entertained during these difficult times, we're going to offer three ideas a day during the quarantine in this new, hopefully limited, column "3 Things To Do."

1 do science.

ScienceWorks Hands-on Museum in Ashland will debut a livestream facilitated science activity Tuesday on its Twitch channel: www.twitch.tv/scienceworks. Read More »