Homeless people were forced to vacate the Southwest J Street camping site in Grants Pass on Friday after the City Council ordered its closure on a 5-2 vote on Jan. 7.
From staff and wire reports
The city of Grants Pass has been hit with another lawsuit over homelessness, less than a year after taking a homelessness lawsuit all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and winning.
Disability Rights Oregon sued Grants Pass today, accusing it of violating a state law requiring cities' camping regulations to be "objectively reasonable."
The city did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Nathan Lucore of Grants Pass won his match against North Medford's Hunter Bell in the 144-pound weight class by a score of 19-4 on Wednesday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.
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Grants Pass dominated North Medford in a Southwest Conference dual wrestling meet on Wednesday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium, shutting out the Black Tornado in girls' action and breezing to a 66-10 win on the boys' side.
The Cavemen had five pins and three technical falls on the night.
Ashton Park and Patrick Murphy led the way for Grants Pass, pinning their opponents in under a minute.
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A man who reported the theft of his truck hours after it struck and seriously injured a pedestrian in the Evans Valley area was arraigned Wednesday on a felony charge of hit-and-run.
Jason Allen Baker, 40, of Wimer, was arrested Tuesday by Jackson County sheriff's deputies investigating the collision, which occurred two days earlier on Queens Branch Road. Read More »
Alysia Beltran (left) declares her love for Monty (Cody Gerszewski, center) as Sibella (Katie Fay Francis) listens in, in a scene from "A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder," playing through March 30 at Oregon Cabaret Theatre in Ashland.
By Kathleen Alaks of the Daily Courier
Despite the high body count in the Oregon Cabaret Theatre's newest production, death has never been so amusing.
A story of revenge and murder — set to music — "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder," which opened Friday in Ashland, is a high-spirited, over-the-top, Victorian-era romp that is a perfect way to shrug off the cares of daily life. Read More »
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