Carol Selph, joined by her partner Gregory Kime at an authorized homeless camping site on Seventh Street, sits in her broken wheelchair before leaving for an appointment. The city plans to replace the rough gravel surface of the site with smooth, compacted, decomposed granite dirt to better accommodate people with disabilities.
By Vickie Aldous and Julie Anderson of the Daily Courier
The Grants Pass City Council continues to strengthen the city's position ahead of an upcoming court hearing that could determine the city's ability to enforce homeless camping rules for years.
A hearing is scheduled this coming Tuesday for a judge to decide whether to grant a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit filed against the city of Grants Pass by Disability Rights Oregon and five homeless people. Read More »
Crater coach Amber Lease, wearing the net after the Comets cut it down Saturday, is interviewed after her team's victory over South Albany in the Class 5A state championship game.
By Travis Moore of the Daily Courier
Not many people win a state championship in their first year as a head coach.
Then again, not people are as well-prepared and genetically predisposed for that kind of success as Amber Lease.
Lease's Crater Comets won the Class 5A girls' basketball state championship game at Linfield University on Saturday in McMinnville, beating South Albany 64-58 in overtime to claim the crown. Read More »
Thursday is the deadline to file for the May ballot, in which seats are up for grabs on every school board and fire district in Jackson and Josephine counties.
In Jackson County, every school board has two or more openings: Ashland, Butte Falls, Central Point, Eagle Point, Medford, Phoenix-Talent, Pinehurst, Prospect and Rogue River.
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(From left) Mrs. Peale (Lisa Miller), Winifred (Anna Nelson), Lex (Sharif Abdulrahman), Mags (Kate Burkhardt), Steffan (Emery Pyle), Dear Wife (Tricia Drevets), security guard Oz (Emily Reynolds) and Dear Husband (David Blake) converge in a store bedroom in "Lost (and Found) in IKEA."
By Edith Decker of the Daily Courier
Who knew there was so much drama, romance and laughs at IKEA, the Swedish discount furniture and housewares store?
Playwright Gary Ray Stapp had an inkling when he wrote "Lost (and Found) in IKEA" in 2017.
And playgoers will have a chance to partake when the show opens at the Barnstormers Theatre in Grants Pass on Friday.
It hasn't been widely produced, but it was chosen for the Barnstormers season after the artistic committee enjoyed it and went looking for a director. Read More »
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