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Last Update Thursday, November 14th, 2019
 Black Forest Restaurant owner Deborah Faszer serves breakfast — eggs, sausage and coffee — to customer Ron Logan this morning as the popular eatery reopened following a devastating March 2018 fire.By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier
Frank Urbancic settled down at a table across from Marilyn Hanson and her husband, Bill, at the Black Forest Restaurant this morning, looking like a kid at Christmas.
"It's been a long time," he announced.
The popular restaurant that has occupied the west side of the Grants Pass Shopping Center for 38 years reopened today, nearly 20 months after a fire ravaged the interior.
The regulars have been checking periodically to see when their favorite eatery would return. Read More »
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 Hidden Valley's Lawrence Matusik (center) leads his teammates onto the field on Sept. 27 before the Mustangs' game against Salem Academy in Murphy. No. 1 Hidden Valley will face No. 8 Cascade Christian in the Class 3A state semifinals Friday in Murphy.By Ehsan Kassim of the Daily Courier
MURPHY — The old adage is that it's hard to beat a team twice.
That's what the Hidden Valley football team is tasked with in its Class 3A state quarterfinal Friday.
The No. 1 Mustangs (10-0) play No. 8 Cascade Christian (9-1) at 7 p.m. at Hidden Valley High.
The Challengers lost the first meeting between the teams 42-14 on Oct. 4, helping pave the way for Hidden Valley to earn the Class 3A District 2 South title. Read More »
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Discarded woodstove ashes spark grass fire
Improperly discarded ashes from a woodstove burned one-tenth of an acre on a property near Jumpoff Joe Creek Road and Winona Road on Wednesday.
The fire was called in at 12:26 p.m., and Rural/Metro Fire Department sent one engine and a tender and quickly snuffed it out. Oregon Department of Forestry also showed up to mop up and keep the fire from spreading farther. Read More »
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 Sally Pursell, seen at right painting a clay piece, creates many different designs of luminaria, above, along with fish and other animals. She'll be at the 44th Clayfolk Pottery Show and Sale.By Edith Decker of the Daily Courier
As she paints pale blue designs onto a glazed clay piece, Sally Pursell says, "I make what I like."
What she likes are luminarias. And fish. Also giraffes and lanterns. Oh, and owls.
A few feet from the back porch of her small Merlin-area clay studio, she points out a bird box where a screech owl takes up residence each year. Awaiting a final top piece is an owl "totem," a vertical stack of clay sculptures strung onto rebar. Read More »
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Whether you're about to head out on a road trip or just want to see what the weather's like in the mountains, thedailycourier.com's Trip Check page is for you. Check out the latest pictures from Webcams throughout our region, all on one page that we've custom designed for Southern Oregonians, using Oregon Department of Transportation cameras.
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The mountains circling Grants Pass can feel like old friends that we see every day. But how much do you know about them? Ever wonder what those mountains are called, and why? The Daily Courier has compiled names and their origins, along with other information, for most of them within sight in an interactive project.
Click here to take a look at our mountains
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CLASSICAL GUITAR: Arturo Ville Corona, 7 p.m. today, Grants Pass Museum of Art, 229 S.W. G St. $15; 541-479-3290. |
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