Days of rain pushed the Rogue River into the lower parking lot and covered the boat ramp at Baker Park in Grants Pass, seen here on Sunday. The river did not flood, but did reach its highest level since 2016.
By Jeff Duewel of the Daily Courier
The relentless rain finally tapered off, but not before flooding roads and pushing creeks to their banks across Southwest Oregon.
Grants Pass soaked up its heaviest rain in over two years, with over 5.64 inches of rain between Thursday and Monday morning, approximately 4 inches coming between 7 a.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Sunday. Read More »
Grants Pass' Korbin Lopez (left) goes up for a shot over North Medford's Garrett Parker during the Cavemen's 71-56 Southwest Conference opening loss on Friday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.
By Michael Ambrose of the Daily Courier
The Grants Pass High boys basketball team's Southwest Conference opener followed an increasingly familiar script.
Grants Pass outplayed North Medford for large stretches Friday, but when things went wrong for the Cavemen, they went really wrong.
The Black Tornado broke a tie at the half to outscore Grants Pass by 17 in the third quarter and cruise to a 71-56 victory at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium. Read More »
A man who tried to pawn a stolen chain saw Friday afternoon at Cash Connection, 754 S.W. Sixth St., said he was pawning it for a friend. It turned out he was wanted for violating parole in a burglary case and was jailed.
JOSHUA KENNEDY/Kennedy Film and Photo LLC Gerry, a community theater director (Rose Wingenbach, left) isn't as pleased as the playwright (Jamie Krull) over the latest changes in "Play On!" at the Barnstormers Theatre. BELOW: In the comedy "Play On!" about a community theater's ill-fated production, actors in a terrible mystery (Isaac Bergstrom, Sophia Thompson) find themselves overacting, and romantically involved, in both the play and the play within a play.
By Edith Decker of the Daily Courier
"Write what you know" is common advice for writers. It works for all the arts, really. And in the case of "Play On!" by Rick Abbot, it's cause for comedy.
In this case — a play about a small community theater production that goes wrong, then more wrong — it's, "Make fun of what you know" and the result is hilarious. 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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