Grants Pass is a few steps closer to getting a court injunction lifted in a homelessness lawsuit, but the moves are generating anger and frustration among residents and business owners near an expanded camping site by City Hall.

Workers finished setting up fencing, dumpsters and portable toilets on a paved city employee parking lot, allowing the site to open for homeless camping this week. Read More »

North Medford swept a Southwest Conference track and field dual meet from Roseburg on Wednesday at Bowerman Field in Medford.

The Black Tornado won the boys' and girls' team races by identical 75-70 scores.

Elijah Zavala won twice for the North boys and Eva Ringger won a pair of events for the Black Tornado on the girls' side.

Zavala took the 800 meters in two minutes, 6.72 seconds and the 1,500 in 4:29.34. Read More »

Grants Pass police were kept busy Wednesday morning investigating a serious stabbing and another, unrelated incident four minutes earlier that resulted in a callout of the SWAT team.

The first incident was reported at 10:12 a.m. and involved a domestic disturbance at a residence on Northeast Eighth Street in which a man allegedly attempted to stab a woman and then discharged bear spray before fleeing the scene. Read More »

A Mother's Day weekend tradition for 43 years, the Rogue Valley Piecemakers' annual quilt show is ready to brighten another holiday weekend.

Nearly 200 quilts are entered in this year's show — everything from bed quilts and lap quilts to children's quilts and art quilts — many on the theme of "A Whimsical Magic Life," chosen by show chair Candy O'Brien. Read More »