Smoke from the Taylor Creek Fire, seen from Sloan Mountain near Wilderville Friday evening, makes the sun look like an eclipse.
By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier
From all over the valleys north and west of Grants Pass, the Taylor Creek Fire captured the attention of fire watchers Friday evening.
"They just dropped again," said Jessie Wytcherley, perched on her mother Jennifer's car on Redwood Avenue, as air tankers dropped red retardant 12 miles away.
"It just went crazy today," added another nearby viewer. Read More »
Grants Pass second baseman Ashton Durler throws to first base as Roseburg's Logan Klopfenstein (6) slides into second base. With the throw the Cavemen completed one of its six double plays in the game.
The Grants Pass Cavemen outlasted the Roseburg Renegades on Friday to advance to the Cavemen D2 baseball tournament championship game.
The Cavemen needed 10 innings but finally pulled away for a 10-3 victory.
Roseburg then played in an elimination game against Klamath Falls. The Hawks won 5-4 to earn the other championship game berth and eliminated Roseburg/
The title game was set for 11 am. Saturday, with a second game set for 30 minutes after if Grants Pass loses. Read More »
The first light of day hits snags left by the 2002 Biscuit Fire near Whetstone Butte, roughly nine miles northwest of Kerby, in October 2017. Taken by Daily Courier editor Scott Stoddard during a fall hiking trip on the Kalmiopsis Rim Trail, this image was named best feature photo in the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association's Better Newspaper Contest.
Daily Courier journalists won 14 awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association for work published in 2017, the organization announced Friday.
It is the second-highest number of awards the Daily Courier has won in the group's annual Better Newspaper Contest in the last 10 years, and it is double the number of awards it received in last year's competition. Read More »
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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.
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