Former Josephine County Commissioner John West is still pursuing civil defamation claims against two of his most vocal critics, only now it’s two separate cases instead of one.

In July, West sued Jay Meredith, one of the leaders of the campaign that engineered West’s recall from office in December 2024, and Jonian “JJ” Scofield, the former head of Josephine County’s human resources department, accusing the pair of defamation and abuse of process.

Another week, another dominant Southwest Conference dual meet win for the Grants Pass wrestling teams.

The Cavemen clobbered Willamette 72-12 and the Cavers won the girls’ dual 54-6 on Wednesday at Heater-Newman Memorial Gymnasium.

Alexander Pepe got the GP pin parade started in the boys’ action with a fall in just 11 seconds at 106 pounds.

Grants Pass police arrested a 42-year-old woman in connection with a stabbing Wednesday night.

The arrest was linked to a 911 call at about 8:30 p.m. coming from a home in the 1000 block of Northeast A Street, the police department said.

Dispatchers heard a disturbance in the background, and patrol units responding to the scene discovered a 39-year-old man had been stabbed in the upper body, police said.

Collaborative Theatre Project is celebrating its 10th anniversary season in its Medford Center venue with a lineup of plays that pay homage to movies and actors.

“If you look at our season, you’ll see a lot of the shows have a connection to film, some directly, some indirectly,” says Susan Aversa, artistic director of the small Medford-based theater company.