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Last Update Sunday, December 15th, 2019
 SHAUN HALL/Daily Courier
Josephine County Sheriff s Office deputies Anthony Griffin (left) and Courtney Pittman confer at the scene of a traffic crash Thursday on Merlin Road. The department is scheduled to have patrols on the road 20 hours a day as of Jan. 1, up from 12 hours currently. By Shaun Hall of the Daily Courier
Josephine County Sheriff Dave Daniel said he expects to have deputies on the road 20 hours every day come Jan. 1, up from 12 hours daily now.
Not since 2012, when federal funding cuts led to massive layoffs in the department, has the sheriff's office been able to have that much coverage. Even so, Daniel said things are better, but not good enough. Read More »
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 Illinois Valley's Alexis Gomez (4) attempts a layup over Myrtle Point's Madison Brown (22) in a nonleague game Friday at Ken Mann Gymnasium. Gomez scored five points in the Cougars victory over the Bobcats.By Ehsan Kassim of the Daily Courier
CAVE JUNCTION — The shots were not falling Friday for the Illinois Valley girls basketball team.
The Cougars saw a double-digit lead evaporate, but pestered Myrtle Point with the full-court press to escape with a 37-34 nonleague victory at Ken Mann Gymnasium. Read More »
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 City of Grants Pass
This diagram provided by TMB Racing to the city of Grants Pass as part of the company s pre-application for development shows a proposed racino betting facility (left) alongside the existing YMCA building (right) and parking lot.By Shaun Hall of the Daily Courier
Plans are going forward for TMB Racing and its owner, Travis Boersma, to build a racino at the Josephine County Fairgrounds.
TMB Racing, created to support horse racing at the fairgrounds and in Oregon, has submitted a pre-application to the city of Grants Pass for a 22,750-square-foot building it calls Grants Pass Entertainment Venue. Read More »
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 Terry Dunton strings the bulb lights formerly used on the Caveman Bridge inside Riverside Park at the entrance to the Lions light display, which opens this weekend.By Edith Decker of the Daily Courier
The big red Christmas bulbs that once festooned Caveman Bridge were expected back this year.
If you've missed them, get used to it.
"We're not doing the bridge this year because I can't find any location for power supply," says Chuck LaTourrette with the Redwood Lions Club and longtime organizer for the club's light display at Riverside Park. 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.
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