An announcement this week that a new federal courthouse will be built in Medford has thrown attention on the fate of the city's current federal courthouse.

The historic James A. Redden U.S. Courthouse, 310 W. Sixth St., Medford, is slated for "disposition," according to information received by the office of Sen. Ron Wyden and forwarded to the Daily Courier by his office.

It's not uncommon to see Dutch Bros Coffee co-founder Travis Boersma at Grants Pass Golf Club or a Caveman game, like last week's baseball contest against Roseburg at George Russell Field.

But local residents may see Boersma in some different surroundings if they're watching Saturday's television coverage of the Kentucky Derby.

That's because the local coffee mogul will be at Churchill Downs with a horse — Owen Almighty — in the annual Run for the Roses. Read More »

Until this past week, if someone had invited Maureen and I over for dinner only to announce they were serving leather britches, we would have fled screaming for the door. After all, it would have sparked fears of having to nosh on uncomfortable pants, not scrumptious cuisine. Read More »

For anyone who has ever wondered what their teachers are like outside of school, or how they chose the subjects that they teach or what happens at the end of the year to all the things teachers confiscate, wonder no more.

The South Middle School Theatre Club has the answers in its spring production, "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Your Teachers (But Were Afraid To Ask)." Read More »